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Dairy Market’s developer will hold community meeting Tuesday night about proposed expansion
The company that built Dairy Market in Charlottesville is planning a major expansion into the lots to the southeast of the new commercial space, where Twice is Nice and Fifth Season Garden now exist. Stony Point Development Group is holding a community meeting at the Old Trinity Church (which the...
As high school enrollment increases, Albemarle County schools are expanding access to learning outside traditional classrooms
Elise Martin feels more like herself at Center I. Martin, a sophomore at Albemarle High School, spends half her time in a space unlike traditional high school classrooms. Center I looks more like a new-age tech workspace fit for a budding startup — just a mile from the high school — where she practices video game design.
Youngkin prioritizes parents’ choices in newly finalized transgender student policies
Gov. Glenn Youngkin finalized a model policy regarding transgender children in Virginia’s K-12 schools on Tuesday. The policy says that public schools should use the names and pronouns that are on their official record, which can only be changed by parents. It defers to the “rights of parents to determine how their children will be raised and educated.” According to the policy, schools should tell parents about any changes to their students’ “well-being,” including their “health, social and psychological development.”
If you have questions for Charlottesville’s new City Manager, email them by noon on Thursday
Though the process to hire Charlottesville’s next City Manager happened mostly behind closed doors, the public will have a chance to ask questions to the City Council’s chosen candidate on Thursday. The City announced on Monday that Sam Sanders will hold a “Meet your City Manager Town Hall”...
Wildfire smoke is back, but this time it’s not as severe and won’t stick around
Smoke from Canadian wildfires is back in the central Virginia air — again. Monday afternoon, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality elevated its air quality alert for Albemarle County to “unhealthy for sensitive groups.”. This means that people with health conditions (especially heart and lung conditions) could experience...
Lynching victim John Henry James receives ‘one little drop of justice’ 125 years after his death
Editor’s note: This story contains detailed descriptions of a racial terror lynching, which could be disturbing to some readers. We felt it was important to include these details to show the egregiousness of the injustice. Wednesday afternoon, Melvin Grady got what he called a “very personal” birthday present....
After a closed-door selection process, Charlottesville City Council promotes a deputy city manager to the top job
It’s been a rough half decade for keeping Charlottesville’s City Manager job filled. But City Council hopes the long period of instability at the head of local government has ended with its decision to hire Deputy City Manager Sam Sanders for the top position. Sanders will be the...
2023 Voter Guide for Central Virginia
Our goal with this guide is to help as many people participate in our democracy as possible. But first, we need to know what you need to know! Below is a simple survey to help us determine what to ask candidates for local offices this year — from boards of supervisors to clerks of court.
Albemarle Commonwealth’s attorney will ask a judge to overturn a 125-year-old rape indictment for a Black man lynched outside Charlottesville
On July 12, 1898, an angry mob lynched John Henry James in Albemarle County. James, an ice cream seller and a Black man, was on his way to court: he had been accused of raping a prominent white woman. James’ very public killing did not stop the court from indicting...
Charlottesville is about to have (yet another) new city manager
Charlottesville City Council will announce its selection for city manager Wednesday, after an approximately four month search for a permanent hire for the position. Interim City Manager Michael Rogers has filled the post for the last year and a half, and had been one of three final candidates in the running. But he removed himself from contention last week, announcing to City Council his intention to return to the Washington, D.C. area.
While The Meadows is one of Charlottesville’s newer neighborhoods, it’s population has declined in the last decade
The Meadows, one of Charlottesville’s northernmost neighborhoods, has changed drastically over the past century. It was mostly rural, as its name suggests, until the middle of the 20th century. Now, it’s a mix of residences and popular businesses — and a six-lane highway that runs through it.
Listen: Why this photographer wants communities in Charlottesville to say, ‘No, we are not oppressed’
Photographer Marley Nichelle had a realization about their career one sleepless night. They had been making portraits of Black people full of joy and liberation. “That’s when it hit me. I said,’That’s it,'” they said. “And I realized my whole career I have been creating work that surrounds things that are not oppressive. And that’s the message.”
Watch: Charlottesville Inclusive Media tells media colleagues at a national conference why it’s so important to include more people in the news
After one year, First Person Charlottesville has brought new voices into our community conversations — and also is being held up in national conversations about new ways to reinvent local news. Charlottesville Inclusive Media was invited to the Collaborative Journalism Summit in June to speak about the evolution of...
It is illegal to set off any kind of firework in Charlottesville (yes, even a sparkler)
A Charlottesville resident in search of fireworks for July 4, on the one hand, has no problem. A quick Google search will pull up more than a dozen options for buying them in the city. But if that same person sets off those fireworks in the city, they are breaking the law.
With new construction underway, Charlottesville School Board quickly renames Buford to Charlottesville Middle School
Come 2025, Buford Middle School will be renamed Charlottesville Middle School. The Charlottesville City School board unanimously decided to rename the city’s only middle school. The name change will be implemented once construction of the new school is complete, and seventh and eighth graders attend the new facility in the 2025-2026 school year.
Meteorologists expect smoke from Canadian wildfires to linger over central Virginia until Friday
Smoke from Canadian wildfires returned to central Virginia on Thursday, elevating the air quality alert in Albemarle County to “unhealthy.”. That level means there are enough “fine particles” from that smoke in the air to increase “respiratory effects in the general population,” and be particularly dangerous to people with heart or lung disease, according to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.
Charlottesville City School Board to vote on the name change of Buford Middle School on Tuesday night
Tonight the Charlottesville City School Board will vote on whether to change the name of Buford Middle School. Shortly before Charlottesville schools broke ground at Buford on its long-awaited construction, Superintendent Royal Gurley proposed changing the name to Charlottesville Middle School to link it closer to that of Charlottesville High School.
In the year since Charlottesville’s public housing authority put up a $23 million bond to rebuild Midway Manor, the new owners have remained silent about their plans
More than a year ago, a national company bought a dilapidated downtown Charlottesville apartment building that houses seniors and people with disabilities of “very low- and extremely-low income” and promised to rebuild it. In March 2022, the city’s public housing authority issued $23 million in public bonds to...
Snook, Payne and Oschrin win the Democratic City Council primary
Charlottesville City Council won’t look too different when it reconvenes next year. Incumbents Michael Payne and Lloyd Snook have won the primary election — thus the race — and will return, joined by newcomer Natalie Oschrin. The three beat out Dashad Cooper and Bob Fenwick on Tuesday.
With primaries over, Albemarle County and Charlottesville have candidates for school boards and local government
The results of the June 20 primary elections are in. Charlottesville and Albemarle County voters now know which candidates will appear on their November ballots. The following is a list of the candidates who are registered to run in local elections, though voters can also write in names of people who have not registered.
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