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This goes way back. Business community has always been hung-ho about them, but many on the Planning Commission were against them: web.archive.org/web/20150908...
I always liked this quote from the late Commission Chair Bill Lucy, who thought they contradicted the purpose of the mall:
I always liked this quote from the late Commission Chair Bill Lucy, who thought they contradicted the purpose of the mall:
December 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This goes way back. Business community has always been hung-ho about them, but many on the Planning Commission were against them: web.archive.org/web/20150908...
I always liked this quote from the late Commission Chair Bill Lucy, who thought they contradicted the purpose of the mall:
I always liked this quote from the late Commission Chair Bill Lucy, who thought they contradicted the purpose of the mall:
Bids are now being accepted for the removal and replacement of the brick and granite pavers at the Downtown Mall Crossings on 2nd Street and 4th Street, which will include custom drop inlets, concrete pipes, concrete curbs, and sidewalks. Bids are due on 1/9 and works is scheduled to begin on 2/16.
December 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Bids are now being accepted for the removal and replacement of the brick and granite pavers at the Downtown Mall Crossings on 2nd Street and 4th Street, which will include custom drop inlets, concrete pipes, concrete curbs, and sidewalks. Bids are due on 1/9 and works is scheduled to begin on 2/16.
What’s sad is that all 15 comments under this are sincere ones from local people on ND trying to offer support.
November 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
What’s sad is that all 15 comments under this are sincere ones from local people on ND trying to offer support.
Nothing says holiday fun like the implementation of new safety policies and security checks.
November 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Nothing says holiday fun like the implementation of new safety policies and security checks.
James T.S. Taylor was just honored with a marker at Oakwood Cemetery [29News - shorturl.at/vtedk]. Some great history on Taylor here [ community.village.virginia.edu/usct/node/97 ] And here's what he was up against when Grant tried to appoint him #UVA postmaster:
November 23, 2025 at 2:57 AM
James T.S. Taylor was just honored with a marker at Oakwood Cemetery [29News - shorturl.at/vtedk]. Some great history on Taylor here [ community.village.virginia.edu/usct/node/97 ] And here's what he was up against when Grant tried to appoint him #UVA postmaster:
Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. was given five life sentences for killing UVA football players Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D’Sean Perry, and for the aggravated malicious wounding of Michael Hollins and Marlee Morgan. Photo: Hollins talks to the media outside Albemarle County Circuit Court.
November 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. was given five life sentences for killing UVA football players Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D’Sean Perry, and for the aggravated malicious wounding of Michael Hollins and Marlee Morgan. Photo: Hollins talks to the media outside Albemarle County Circuit Court.
The stats here are horrific. Deaths caused by vehicles striking pedestrians rose 70 percent between 2010 - 2023. Mostly on multi-lane roads that cut through poor neighborhoods and fading commercial strips. High speeds and larger vehicles are also killing people at a higher rate.
wapo.st/4polhCJ
wapo.st/4polhCJ
November 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The stats here are horrific. Deaths caused by vehicles striking pedestrians rose 70 percent between 2010 - 2023. Mostly on multi-lane roads that cut through poor neighborhoods and fading commercial strips. High speeds and larger vehicles are also killing people at a higher rate.
wapo.st/4polhCJ
wapo.st/4polhCJ
"If that had been built another foot back it would be legal under the zoning ordinance." Lol...yeah, then you'd hardly notice it!
wjla.com/news/local/f...
wjla.com/news/local/f...
November 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"If that had been built another foot back it would be legal under the zoning ordinance." Lol...yeah, then you'd hardly notice it!
wjla.com/news/local/f...
wjla.com/news/local/f...
November 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Can a headline give you the creeps?
November 11, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Can a headline give you the creeps?
So what was the point of making a stand?
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
So what was the point of making a stand?
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Cville a stop on the farewell tour.
November 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Cville a stop on the farewell tour.
Strange how extending the UVA Ambassadors program to the DTM just disappeared down a memory hole. Not even mentioned in this recent CT story.
www.cvilletomorrow.org/some-busines...
www.cvilletomorrow.org/some-busines...
November 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Strange how extending the UVA Ambassadors program to the DTM just disappeared down a memory hole. Not even mentioned in this recent CT story.
www.cvilletomorrow.org/some-busines...
www.cvilletomorrow.org/some-busines...
Voters in Maine approved a “red flag” law on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, giving families the option to petition a judge to order weapons removed temporarily from a troubled relative. Link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Voters in Maine approved a “red flag” law on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, giving families the option to petition a judge to order weapons removed temporarily from a troubled relative. Link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
Honestly, it feels like it was the Stone Age. @waldo.net
November 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Honestly, it feels like it was the Stone Age. @waldo.net
October 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"Luca Brasi held a gun to his head, and my father assured him that either his brains or his signature would be on the contract.”
October 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
"Luca Brasi held a gun to his head, and my father assured him that either his brains or his signature would be on the contract.”
Then they came for the Wikipedians...
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
October 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Then they came for the Wikipedians...
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Former Alakazam Toy Store space available. 2,500 sq.ft. Being offered now for $6,000 a month. Maybe it wasn’t because of the unhoused on the mall.
October 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Former Alakazam Toy Store space available. 2,500 sq.ft. Being offered now for $6,000 a month. Maybe it wasn’t because of the unhoused on the mall.
Depending on which local news source you like to read...
October 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Depending on which local news source you like to read...
Eugene Williams, the local civil rights leader and affordable housing advocate, has died at 97. One of the last cover stories in The Hook was about Eugene Williams and his experience growing up in Jim Crow Charlottesville.
Read more: web.archive.org/web/20200815...
Read more: web.archive.org/web/20200815...
October 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Eugene Williams, the local civil rights leader and affordable housing advocate, has died at 97. One of the last cover stories in The Hook was about Eugene Williams and his experience growing up in Jim Crow Charlottesville.
Read more: web.archive.org/web/20200815...
Read more: web.archive.org/web/20200815...
It's appears the City has struck a deal to settle White v. Charlottesville City Council, the lawsuit challenging the legality of the new zoning ordinance. If the City submits requested traffic studies to VDOT, the plaintiffs will drop the lawsuit.
October 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's appears the City has struck a deal to settle White v. Charlottesville City Council, the lawsuit challenging the legality of the new zoning ordinance. If the City submits requested traffic studies to VDOT, the plaintiffs will drop the lawsuit.
