March 28th, 2013 issue #1213

March 28th, 2013

  • Rotunda to Rivanna: the future of our urban core

    Like the palm of your hand, our city, if you were to look at it from high in the sky, has a similar pattern of lines that time has carved out. One of those lines, running east to west from the Rotunda to the Rivanna River, and parallel to the Buckingham Branch railroad, has local "palm readers" looking to the future.  "In 50 years, I hope someone can walk from the grounds of the University all the way to the

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4Better Or Worse

  • The week in review

    Worst trend: Charlottesville becomes the wild West again with another incident of gunfire on a weekend night at a crowded venue. The latest bullets erupt March 22 at the Bu...

The Dish

Essays

Real Estate - $old

Real Estate - On the Block

  • Spotlight on Fry's Spring

    Area:  Fry’s Spring Price range:  $108,800-$882,500 Schools: Jackson Via & Johnson, depending on location, Walker and Buford, Charlottesville High Sch...

Real Estate Property auctions

  • Property auctions

    March 28 at 11:30am at the  Albemarle Courthouse Property: 1646 Seminole Trail Debtor: WSG Charlottesville LLC Original amount owing: unknown Bidder brings: $100,000 I...

Movie Reviews

  • Rejection: Tina Fey's Admission fizzles

    by Richard Roeper Has Tiny Fey ever played a character we weren't rooting for? In smart features such as Mean Girls, Baby Mama and Date Night, on the just-completed NBC ser...

Contents

  • Table of contents

    COVERRotunda to RivannaImproving the West Main Street corridor is a top priority for city planners, and a slew of developments are already set to drastically change a pedes...

News

  • Another snow day-- for some

    Late March brings another four or more inches of heavy, wet snow, closing city and county schools yet again. No such luck for UVA students trudging to class on Monday, Marc...

  • Carousel in the cold

    The carousel at Central Place is supposed to celebrate the Virginia Festival of the Book and the coming of spring. On Friday morning at 34 degrees, that seems like a brisk ...

  • Dumler petition: Mr. Smith goes to circuit court

    In the latest episode of the scandal-plagued, sexual-battery-pleading, jail-time-serving Supervisor Chris Dumler saga, one of his constituents takes 584 signatures to Albem...

  • For Travis: Losing locks for a cure

    Twelve-year-old Travis Compher, a seventh-grader from Caroline County, has been battling leukemia for more than a year and is still undergoing monthly chemotherapy treatmen...

  • John Lewis and the power of love

    Civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis was arrested 40 times in the '60s, and four times since he's been in Congress. The youngest speaker at the 1963 March on Washington...

  • Lest we forget: Special election April 2

    Even in a non-presidential election year, Virginians go to the polls. This year, besides the June 11 Democratic primary and the November 5 governor, lieutenant governor and...

  • Public housing fray: HUD says no Norris conflict of interest

    Former mayor and City Councilor Dave Norris has made a career out of working for nonprofits dedicated to helping the disadvantaged. That's why it was so surprising to find ...

  • Witness-less: Curry prof's grand larceny charge reduced

    UVA Curry School of Education professor Glen Bull was in Charlottesville General District Court March 21 to face grand larceny charges involving a purse. The incident alleg...

Facetime

Black and White

  • Slim purchase

    They say that companies that contract with our City are bound by tree protection guidelines. We will watch a few trees. See how that goes… ~Commentator Bill Emory puts u...

Cultural preview

  • Get Out! events, shows, things to do

    "If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time." – Marcel Proust   Lose your head