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May 13, 2008
2 suspects arrested in weekend robbery
Two male teenagers have been arrested by Albemarle County Police in connection with an armed robbery that took place on Saturday afternoon at the Riverbend apartment complex on Pantops Mountain.Party planned for rehabilitation of bruised frank
An Earlysville grocery store’s anthropomorphic frankfurter mascot may have been finally returned to his owner, but he is not in good shape.County beaches get brief opening for Memorial Day
Swimming beaches at Chris Greene, Walnut Creek and Mint Springs in Albemarle County will be open for the three-day holiday weekend starting May 24, according to a news release.Burnley-Moran gets VDOT safe routes grant
The Virginia Department of Transportation has awarded the city of Charlottesville a $328,280 Safe Routes to School project grant.May 12, 2008
Planned shopping center change raises objections
A proposal to replace part of Barracks Road Shopping Center’s signature concrete canopy has angered merchants, who fear it could deter customers from shopping and hurt sales.
Plaza could cause traffic quandary
As red dirt is moved in anticipation of a planned new shopping center that one Albemarle County supervisor calls a “monstrosity,” nearby residents are bracing for traffic troubles.
Dog gone … and back again
A dog was rescued Monday morning after spending more than three days stuck inside a muddy drainage pipe in Crozet.
Woodson indicted by Waynesboro grand jury
Alleged Interstate 64 sniper Slade Woodson was indicted by a Waynesboro grand jury today on six felony charges stemming from two early-morning shooting incidents in the city.Berkshire Road apartment fire under control
Berkshire Road apartment fire under control
The Commute
Good morning, now get to work.
Survey says: Keep Crozet park green
Suggestions for amenities at a park in a Crozet meadow have been plentiful — a pavilion, multi-use fields, a playground, a picnic area, a giant chalkboard.
Hillsdale connector funding delayed
The construction of the Hillsdale Drive connector road, which will provide drivers with an alternative to U.S. 29, has been delayed for several years because of the drop in state funding for local transportation projects.
Walking the path illegal
It sounded like approaching thunder.
But in the desert between the Mexican cities of Sasabe and Nogales, Central Virginia residents Jeff Winder and Sue Frankel-Streit knew it couldn’t be a storm. They soon realized it was people — the sounds of migrants risking their lives to reach the U.S. border.
May 11, 2008
Author: Huge shift in development needs to happen
Reid Ewing believes that a fundamental shift in real estate development is necessary to save the planet from climate change.Albemarle teachers overused, survey says
Nearly a quarter of teachers who responded to a survey recently conducted by the Albemarle Education Association reported working 60 or more hours per week. And two-thirds said that they do not have enough time in the week to complete the tasks that are expected of them.
Area’s bike week to begin Monday
The second annual “bike week” in the Charlottesville area, to include a series of events and free giveaways, starts Monday.Dancing the day away
JoAnn Robinson and her 7-year-old son, Gregory, were among 180 mothers and sons who attended Charlottesville’s second annual Mother’s Day prom at the Key Recreation Center off the Downtown Mall.
May 09, 2008
Laurencin leaving UVa for U-Conn
One of the University of Virginia’s most prominent medical and engineering researchers is leaving UVa to take a senior post at the University of Connecticut.
PVCC Commencement: ‘Be an optimist’
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine’s mother once told him: “If you want to be right, be a pessimist. If you want to do right, be an optimist.”
Albemarle teen dies in crash
At 7:08 a.m. Friday, the Sydney Aichs was preparing to make a left turn from Ashwood Boulevard onto southbound U.S. 29, police said. A short time later, emergency crews responded to the intersection to find that a tractor-trailer had plowed into her black 1999 Chevrolet Cavalier. Authorities pronounced Aichs dead at the scene.
Arrest made in hot dog’s abduction
A Charlottesville man has been arrested in connection with the theft of a beloved hot dog mascot.Suspect in stun gun robberies to enter pleas
An 18-year-old man charged in connection with stun gun robberies at two city Exxons is scheduled to enter a guilty plea June 2 on some of his charges.Tornado warnings, but no tornadoes
500 customers were powerless in Albemarle.Afternoon Commute
I-64 construction near Crozet leads to wreckPVCC graduation U-Hauled to U-Hall
Piedmont Virginia Community College’s graduation this afternoon has been relocated to University Hall at the University of Virginia.AHS student killed in wreck
“We are facing a great tragedy in our school system this morning and our thoughts and prayers are with Ms. Aichs’ family and friends and the entire Albemarle High School community,” said Superin-tendent Pam Moran, in a prepared statement.Juvenile in I-64 shootings charged in Waynesboro
The 16-year-old juvenile who plead guilty in an Albemarle County court Wednesday to participation in the string of shootings on and near I-64 in March is now facing charges in Waynesboro as well, police said.The Commute
It's a rainy day
Powerful storms, heavy downpour pound Central Virginia
Powerful storms threatened Central Virginia with tornadoes and flooding late Thursday, as pounding torrents of rain made it unfit out for man or beast.Tech wiz a master coder in mostly male field
Growing up in Zion Crossroads, Candice Clowater was bitten by the computer bug at an early age.
