If councilors OK the project, Cultivate Charlottesville will build a 10,000 square foot garden near the baseball diamond that will offer produce free to anyone.
Category: Health and safety
These are stories about health care, environmental issues, policing, crime, the stresses of inequities — all the things that make us healthy or unhealthy in expected and unexpected ways.
Posted inShort & Important
Wildfire smoke is back, but this time it’s not as severe and won’t stick around
But poor air quality could be a recurring problem for the rest of the summer, depending on Canadian wildfires and weather patterns.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions
It is illegal to set off any kind of firework in Charlottesville (yes, even a sparkler)
Stores in the city sell fireworks for July Fourth, but Charlottesville residents are not legally allowed to set them off without a permit.
Posted inHealth and safety
Meteorologists expect smoke from Canadian wildfires to linger over central Virginia until Friday
With hundreds of wildfires burning out of control, the smoke will likely return with the wind. Officials say N95 masks can filter out some of the worst of the smoke particles.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions
The abortion squabble in the primary: How candidates Laufer and Squire differ (and don’t)
Amy Laufer and Kellen Squire have similar enough views on abortion that it’s almost impressive they found a way to fight about them.
Posted inHealth and safety
State escalates air quality alert in central Virginia to ‘very unhealthy,’ warns people to limit activity outside
“People with respiratory or heart disease, the elderly and children are the groups most at risk,” says Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.
Posted inHealth and safety
Meteorologists expect smoke from Canada to remain over central Virginia until the weekend
Air quality forecasts recommend folks limit their time outside, especially if they have heart or lung issues.
Posted inHealth and safety
Charlottesville police release more information about what caused yesterday’s three-school lockdown
Police say the man caught trespassing at Buford on Tuesday threatened violence toward a single student
Posted inHow we learn
Police lockdown three City Schools after discovering someone trespassing at Buford
City Schools says students are safe, but police will remain on campuses as a precaution.
Posted inFirst person
Gun violence is as much about changing our culture as it is about changing our laws, says UVA undergrad activist
Karly Scholz says it’s time her generation changed its relationship with guns.
