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No left turns ever again at Hydraulic Road and U.S. 29 starting Monday
The Virginia Department of Transportation is currently managing a $24 million project to reconfigure Hydraulic Road and its intersection with U.S. 29 through a series of alterations. One of these is a roundabout at Hillsdale Drive that opened to traffic on August 6, a week ahead of schedule. Another that...
Source: Approximately 30 renters evicted from Brandon Ladd Apartments in Waynesboro
Approximately 30 renters will have to find a new place to call home after Brandon Ladd Apartments in Waynesboro allegedly served eviction notices to a number of residents on Monday, according to a source who asked to remain anonymous. The source was concerned that many lives would be destroyed by...
Saturday, a Charlottesville neighborhood talks about its own development
If you’ve lived in Charlottesville long enough, you might remember when there was a grocery store on Cherry Avenue in the city’s Fifeville neighborhood. And if you do remember, or if you just like the sound of that, then keep reading for some hopeful news. Estes IGA Foodliner...
Charlottesville issues public notice of funding for affordable housing projects
One of the directives in the Affordable Housing Plan adopted by City Council in March 2021 was to reform the way funding is provided. “Establish clear, transparent, and competitive processes to award grants and loans for affordable housing,” reads page 13 of the plan, which also calls for reform of the Housing Advisory Committee and creating a new committee to make recommendations on funds.
UVA advises two Virginia MPOX cases not linked to global health emergency
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) -For Virginians, it is likely not time to panic over MPOX. But in a world where international travel is increasingly commonplace, viruses can travel fast. “Viruses, bacteria, and other infectious diseases don’t see borders,” University of Virginia Professor of Medicine Doctor Kyle Enfield said. With...
City manager report: New name for area’s solid waste drop-off point
When you’re the City Manager of Charlottesville, you sit on a lot of boards and commissions as well as the occasional authority. Since last August, Sam Sanders is a member of the Board for the Rivanna Solid Waste Authority, a body formed in 1990 to oversee the Ivy Landfill.
Community business and UVA leaders cut ribbon on Alumni Hall memorabilia store
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – It was U-V-A instead of a 3-2-1 countdown as about two-dozen community and UVA leaders, including CavMan and UVA cheerleaders, cut the ribbon Thursday morning on a new Hoos’ memorabilia store at Barracks Road Shopping Center. The store called Alumni Hall is a couple of doors down from the Kroger, and the president of the small chain based in Knoxville, TN Jeff Goodfriend says they’d been looking to come Charlottesville for a while.
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