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Paradox Pastry opens in the Glass Building Published on Jun 12th, 2012 4 comments Paradox Pastry, the sweet shop whose owners encourage you to sweat as well, opened bright and early on Tuesday, June 12. "It's been nice and steady," says owner Jenny Peterson behind the cash...
Sullivan stepping down as UVA President Published on Jun 10th, 2012 222 comments According to a Sunday email from UVA Rector Helen Dragas, University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan is stepping down August 15, citing a “philosophical difference of opinion” with the Board of...
Walk-in doc: FirstMed hits 51,000th patient mark Published on Jun 5th, 2012 11 comments Thirteen years ago, William G. "Gaines" Talbott and his family took a big risk, selling their home to purchase UVA's urgent care unit on Pantops without a single patient lined up. It was a risk that...
New construction a bright spot? Published on Mar 31st, 2012 13 comments 2/3/2012 ...
Market Street condo attracts multiple offers Published on Feb 22nd, 2012 0 comments 2/1/2012 Charlottesville CB&D, LLC to Christopher & Darlene Bruce, 1723 Chesapeake Street, $280,726 Arthur Feiner, Marie O. Pealer & Mary P. Newton to CB & D, LLC, 507 Hanover Street...
Month late: Scrap yard to debut 'METAL' program Published on Feb 14th, 2012 7 comments As previously reported, the CEO of the company that operates the Meade Avenue scrap yard long known as Coiner's Scrap Iron and Metal had promised to relaunch walk-in sales to artists and others in...
Unranched: Pop-up and more enliven in Fry's Published on Feb 9th, 2012 0 comments Address: 100 Troost CourtNeighborhood: Fry’s Spring, CharlottesvilleAsking: $359,900Assessment: $351,100Year Built: 1961Size: 2,580 finished sq. ft., 1,290 unfinishedLand: .53 acresCurb Appeal...
Prime location wins strong price Published on Feb 9th, 2012 0 comments 12/29/11 Albemarle Ronald A. & Kathleen F. Mordini to Margeret L. Vanekeren & Meredith Ann Dixon, 5935 Buck Ridge Road, $370,000 J. Timothy Beeghly to Edwin Nordenschild, 3296 Irish Road, $...
Realistic outlook Published on Feb 2nd, 2012 0 comments 12/20/11 Albemarle Douglas Wade to John & Kathleen Pegues, 727 Denali Way, Unit 206, $65,000 Phillip Norford to Katherine Chapman, 2517 Hydraulic Road, Unit 65, $60,000 Charlottesville...
Bus-ted: Transit policy blocks Harrington ad Published on Feb 1st, 2012 33 comments As Charlotte Ding drove behind a public bus in Rochester, New York, an advertisement on the back of the vehicle pleading for help with an unsolved murder grabbed the former Charlottesville resident's...
After 26 years, St. Maarten Café closes Published on Jan 30th, 2012 28 comments News about the sudden closing of St. Maarten Café on the Corner, the place with the Buffett vibe (Jimmy, not Warren) long before Cheeseburger in Paradise, spread like wildfire on social media...
High Expectations Published on Jan 26th, 2012 11 comments 12/15/11 Albemarle Dolly Prenzel to Anne Hilton, 1706 Old Forge Road, $359,000 Promised Land LLC to Piedmont Realty Holdings I LLC, 1570, 1572, 1574, 1576, 1578, 1580, 1582 Wickham Pond...
Country convenience Published on Jan 19th, 2012 6 comments 12/6/11 Charlottesville Opre Gleasons Development LLC to Unit 409 200 Garrett Street LLC, 200 Garrett Street, Unit 409, $306,600 12/7/11 Albemarle Douglas Wade to Christopher & Gwynne Corridon,...
Condo aversion: Craig's Barracks West a cautionary tale Published on Jan 16th, 2012 19 comments A search of the local multiple listing service (MLS) shows 202 condo sales in the greater Charlottesville area in 2011, a 40 percent increase over the previous year that was noted in November in...
Discounted deal on Garth Published on Nov 24th, 2011 2 comments 10/7/11 Albemarle R B C Bank USA to Onyx Tenth LLC, 1701 Bundoran Drive, $1,850,000 Owen & Rachel Norment to Guy & Joan Barnocky, 1247 Courtyard Drive, $324,000 NVR Inc. to Jamie &...
Harbinger of hope? Published on Nov 17th, 2011 2 comments 9/27/11 Albemarle Federal National Mortgage Association to Alessandro & Carrie Medici, 504 Fontana Drive, $350,000 Faisal Moiz & Nimra Siddiqui to Federal Home Loan Mortgage...
Cornering the market on Ridge Street Published on Nov 3rd, 2011 0 comments 9/9/11 Daniel Debroeck to Federal National Mortgage Association, 7710 Secretarys Sand Road, $314,934, Albemarle, (foreclosure) NVR Inc. to Taygen Inc., 144 Pioneer Lane, $162,771, Albemarle Betty...
Lengthy process Published on Oct 20th, 2011 0 comments 8/24/11 Theresa Sennewald to Matthew Kahal & Candace Abel, 1108 Pheasant Crossing, $415,000, Albemarle Poplar Glen LLC to Joseph & Carol Flynn, 513 Tulip Tree Court, $356,000, Albemarle...
Mall madness: Roof-top views, new deli, fancy Asian, pastries, and kabobs Published on Aug 19th, 2011 0 comments On a recent stroll around the Downtown Mall we were struck by all the new restaurant activity: four new places have either opened or are in the works. On Second Street, in the tiny space where Marco...
The bully pulpit: Documentary explores VQR tragedy Published on Aug 12th, 2011 15 comments Last summer, the tragic suicide of Virginia Quarterly Review managing editor Kevin Morrissey, who made a 911 call reporting his own shooting down by the Coal Tower on former UVA president John...