Greene supervisors drop Middle River paving plan as water project costs climb
Greene County supervisors removed Middle River Road from the paving plan after residents objected, while hearing that key water project estimates have risen sharply. The post Greene supervisors drop Middle River paving plan as water project costs climb first appeared on The Piedmont Journal Recorder .
UVA Women’s Center launches support group for students facing anxiety or OCD
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - For some college students, telling the difference between anxiety and OCD can be challenging. Counselors at the UVA Women’s Center say knowing the difference is the first step to managing it. This fall, the center is launching a new support group for graduate and undergraduate...
Residents share frustrations with proposed Dairy Central expansion
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – It took no time at all for local residents to voice their frustrations loud and clear to the developers of the Dairy Central project, Stony Point Development Group, at a community meeting on the third phase of the project at the Jefferson School on Wednesday evening.
City must find funding for $78.2 million parks plan
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Charlottesville’s plans to maintain, improve and expand its parks and recreation offerings will cost about $78.2 million over the next 10 years, according to a report City Council heard during Monday’s meeting. But the council has only funded about 13% of the elements in the pla
Virginia strives to rebound from loss in matchup vs. Delaware
Virginia will attempt to start replicating last season’s script when it faces Delaware in Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday night. In 2025, the Cavaliers followed a September loss at North Carolina State with a seven-game winning streak that vaulted them to the top of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Cavaliers...
Former Hollymead employee’s trial date remains undetermined
ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) - A trial date remains undetermined for a former Hollymead Elementary School employee facing 11 felony child sex crime charges. Michael Swiney appeared in Albemarle Circuit Court Wednesday, September 23, as attorneys work to determine how the case will move to trial. Swiney is accused of se
Kentucky’s trip to Virginia offers Mark Pope a different kind of December test
Kentucky plays at Virginia on Dec. 2 in the SEC/ACC Challenge. The road matchup gives Mark Pope’s team an important early measuring stick.
Greene County Library to honor Dolly Parton on ‘Give Like Dolly Day’
Event scheduled from ‘9 to 5’ on Friday The Dollywood Foundation announces a new tradition, Give Like Dolly Day, to be celebrated annually on September 25 – a new tradition honoring Dolly’s extraordinary legacy of inspiring children to develop a lifelong love of reading through her book-giving program, The Imagination
Greene officials warn school crowding could surge as approved housing adds 1,600 students
Approved housing projects in Greene County could add more than 1,600 students to local schools; a new analysis shows, sharpening a long-running debate over when the county must pay for another elementary school. At a joint workshop Tuesday afternoon, school board and board of supervisor members said the growth threat
Man killed in Staunton Walmart officer-involved shooting
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – An officer-involved shooting at a Staunton Walmart left a man dead Tuesday night, according to the Virginia State Police. At the request of the Staunton Police Department, VSP is investigating the incident that occurred at approximately 7:15 p.m. Tuesday at the store on 1028-C R
