Now that Media General is in financial trouble, what does that mean for Charlottesville’s only daily paper? Katherine Ludwig explores the topic in this week’s cover story. Read all about it, and don’t forget to leave comments.
Author: C-VILLE Writers
After questioning the constitutionality of a May 19 ruling that transferred an easement of city land to VDOT for the Meadowcreek Parkway, plaintiffs in the case—five residents, the North Downtown Residents Association and the Coalition to Preserve McIntire Park—attended another hearing June 26 in which Judge Jay Swett ruled the transfer legal and legitimate.
"…Under the facts of this case, a three-fourths vote of the Charlottesville City Council is not required to convey a road construction easement to the Commonwealth of Virginia," Swett stated. "This is not the type of conveyance contemplated by the framers of the Constitution in adopting Section 125 of the 1902 Virginia Constitution or Section 9 of Article VII of the Revised Coastitution adopted in 1972."
Opponents of the ruling released a statement yesterday detailing their consideration of an appeal. "We continue to believe that the conveyance of public land from the City of Charlottesville to VDOT was a violation of Article VII, section 9 of the Virginia Constitution," the release states. "We recognize that there is a better opportunity to stop the parkway in federal court."
Read more about the Meadowcreek Parkway here, including C-VILLE’s most recent story in this week’s issue.
Is this sign obsolete, now that the Meadowcreek Parkway seems to be truly on its way?
With an upcoming CD release party and the promise of success, we wanted to know this about Sons of Bill: Who are these boys and where did they come from? That’s the question Brendan Fitzgerald answers in this week’s cover story. Don’t forget to leave comments, and check out an exclusive Feedback Session: Sam and James Wilson perform three songs live in the C-VILLE office!
As you plan your Festival of the Photograph itinerary, let us be your guide. Read this week’s cover story for a schedule of the event, plus an exclusive interview with photography Sylvia Plachy. Don’t forget to leave comments (and don’t forget to attend the Festival!).
Dillwyn and New Canton—two Buckingham County towns—are only 16 miles apart, but it takes more three hours to get from one to the other—by train, that is. For this week’s cover story, J. Tobias Beard climbs aboard the James River Rambler, an excursion train for true railfans. Click here for the whole story, and don’t forget to leave comments.
Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
We care about poetry,
and you do too.
What’s poetry good for? With a little help from Charles Wright, John Casteen IV and Rita Dove, local poet Sam Witt gives us the answer. Read this week’s cover story here, and then click here to learn how to fake your way through a conversation about poetry. And don’t forget to leave comments!
This week, Toby Beard and Ashley Twiggs go behind the scenes at the Seventh Annual Boyd Tinsley $50,000 United States Tennis Association Women’s Pro Championships held at Boar’s Head Inn. Though she didn’t go home with the trophy, Carly Gullickson—who at 22 years old is a 12-year veteran of the game—gave C-VILLE an exclusive look at the life of a tennis pro. Click here to read the story, click here to view a gallery of Ashley’s photos, and don’t forget to leave comments!