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Confederate groups may once again stall Charlottesville’s plans for the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee
The bronze statue of Robert E. Lee that was the rallying point for white supremacists on Aug. 12, 2017 has been out of sight for over a year. But it is far from out of mind. It’s now the centerpiece of Swords Into Plowshares, a community art project led by the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center, which intends to melt the statue down and use the metal for a new public art piece.
It took five years, but the board of civilians that oversees the Charlottesville Police Department has its first case
Charlottesville’s Police Civilian Oversight Board was formed after the 2017 “summer of hate,” and now, five years later, it has its first case. To be able to schedule a hearing at all, the board had to first establish bylaws, operating procedures and an ordinance. City Council approved the latest ordinance last December, which took effect in March 2022. The hearing, an allegation of excessive force and bias-based policing by the Charlottesville Police Department, was scheduled in July.
Black Charlottesville residents open up about what changed — and what didn’t — after Unite the Right
This year marks the five year anniversary of when hundreds of neo-Nazis marched into Charlottesville to stop the city from taking down its statue of Robert E. Lee. The fatal protest left a wound on the city, and its residents are still trying to heal. Five years on, Charlottesville Tomorrow...
Our #Charlottesville: How Charlottesville Tomorrow is covering the fifth anniversary of Unite the Right
People across the country will be talking about Charlottesville this week as we approach the Friday anniversary of Unite the Right. But for those who live here, this day is deeply personal. One of our neighbors was killed that day as the rally moved through the Downtown Mall. Others were critically injured. And countless more carry very real emotional scars.
For the first time in years, Albemarle County Public Schools can’t fill its no-cost preschool program
Around this time of year, families are usually placed onto a waiting list to get their children enrolled in Albemarle County’s free Bright Stars preschool program. Now, the county is rushing to fill nearly 40 open spots. “We expected numbers to be down during COVID,” said Albemarle County Public...
Charlottesville Tomorrow has a new look — and it’s more than a pretty shade of purple
Welcome to the new Charlottesville Tomorrow. It’s a lot like the old Charlottesville Tomorrow, only better!. Whenever you get a chance to refresh your digital presence, it’s an opportunity to think hard about what your audience needs and wants and what you are prepared to give them. Our new site, logo and colors are the culmination of nine months of work with our staff and board to get clear on what our community wants from us.
Get ready: The single use plastic bag tax is coming to Charlottesville and Albemarle Jan. 1
Both the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County will impose a five-cent tax on single-use plastic bags at grocery stores, convenience stores, and pharmacies beginning Jan. 1. During its regular business meeting Monday night, Charlottesville City Council voted 4-0 (vice mayor Juandiego Wade was on a church trip and not...
This month’s Vinegar Hill Magazine features a daughter of Charlottesville who now leads a major American newspaper
Monica Richardson is the executive editor of a major American daily newspaper. She is a veteran newsroom leader and a Pulitzer Prize winner. And she is a child of Charlottesville. “I was that kid that made summer trips to Charlottesville to spend the summers with grandparents and aunts and uncles,”...
Don’t shave your dog, make sure you’re sweating — and other things you need to know to prepare for the hottest days of summer
Not that you need us to tell you that — it is the end of July in Charlottesville after all. And while we all know to expect heat and humidity during a Central Virginia summer, we dread the discomfort — and the dangers — that can come with it.
Charlottesville may soon impose a 5 cent tax on plastic bags
Charlottesville City Council stands ready to impose a 5 cent tax on plastic grocery bags that will take effect Jan. 1, the same day Albemarle County will also begin taxing disposable plastic bags. The Council expressed support for implementing a bag tax at its Monday night meeting. But, before they...
In the Charlottesville area, the rich are getting richer, while the poor are getting pushed out
Priscilla Anderson has been on the waitlist for federal housing assistance multiple times. Enough times that, at the moment, she can’t remember if she’s currently on the waitlist, or if she needs to reapply when it opens again — which it does for a brief window of time just once or twice each year.
In the Charlottesville area, the rich are getting richer, while the poor are getting pushed out
Priscilla Anderson has been on the waitlist for federal housing assistance multiple times. Enough times that, at the moment, she can’t remember if she’s currently on the waitlist, or if she needs to reapply when it opens again — which it does for a brief window of time just once or twice each year.
A proposed solar farm in Albemarle could power more than half the county’s homes
A new harvest could be coming to Albemarle County — a solar farm that could power more than half of its homes to be exact. Hexagon Energy has teamed up with a privately owned timber farm to install about 650 acres of solar panels. If approved, it will be the largest solar farm in the county and could power some 25,000 of the county’s roughly 45,000 homes.
In the police department, it was a struggle to be Black, and at home, it was a struggle to be blue
For Charlottesville, the Unite the Right Rally was traumatizing. For me, the Ku Klux Klan rally the month before, on July 8, 2017, was equally so. It reminds me of how my time as a Charlottesville police officer was complicated by the need to live between two worlds. That Saturday,...
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