In what a group of water watchdogs fear could be a harbinger of harsher things to come, County water bills will spike 20 percent this year, if rates proposed by the Albemarle County Service Authority win approval. The increase would combine with last year’s 30 percent jump to mean customers would pay 55 percent more [...]

Is there something in the nonprofit water that has directors of local cultural institutions dropping like cherry blossoms to pursue the ubiquitous “other opportunities”?
Long-time Second Street Gallery executive director Leah Stoddard becomes the latest to mysteriously disappear, turning in a resignation May 5— without the usual two weeks or more notice that typically accompanies [...]

Less than a year ago, after a national search that produced 71 candidates, the Paramount Theater heralded new executive director Edward I. Rucker, a Charlottesville resident, as a man of “vision, enthusiasm, and experience.” The best person for the job, Paramount chair Gary Taylor said at a July 19, 2007 press conference introducing Rucker, was [...]

It’s been at least two decades since Muhammad Ali last called Virginia home, but tonight, for at least one night, “The Greatest” was back in Charlottesville. Here to visit his longtime friend and attorney Ron Tweel, the three-time Heavyweight Champion of the World and his wife Lonnie stopped into new restaurant Maya on West [...]

The 16-year-old Crozet boy charged with 15 counts in connection with the March 27 shooting spree that closed down Interstate 64 pleaded guilty today to eight charges in Charlottesville Albemarle Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court.
Handcuffed, shackled, and wearing the standard issue blue juvenile detention garb, the teen sat alone in front of the court [...]

So what happened last night at the big dredging confab called by Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris? Well, the two-man team from visiting engineering firm Gahagan & Bryant repeated its pitch from the previous night for how dredging could be knocked out in a matter of months, not years– certainly not 50 years, as Aaron Keno [...]

With so much attention paid to the race for the White House, former governor Mark Warner (D) came to Charlottesville today to remind voters that there is another office on the ballot in November, and that he’s running for it. With Sen. John Warner (R, no relation) opting for retirement instead of a re-election [...]

Coming off the success of last year’s #1 album, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, Washington state indie-rockers Modest Mouse are coming to the Charlottesville Pavilion Sunday, June 29 at 7pm. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10am.
Modest Mouse seemed like an overnight success when their hit single “Float On” snuck [...]