Stonefield is letting huge amounts of runoff erode Meadow Creek, despite promising that they would install riprap to prevent that, and the developer, Edens, has no intention of fixing it. #
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Police announced this afternoon that their investigation into what was initially believed to be a fatal fire on Rugby Avenue is now a homicide investigation. #
The Virginia Supreme Court has denied George Huguely’s appeal. His second-degree murder conviction will stand, WRIC reports. #
In a carefully worded story, and not citing specific sources, WTVR reports that forensic evidence belonging to Jesse Matthew Jr., the main suspect in the disappearance of Hannah Graham, matches forensic evidence collected during the investigation of Morgan Harrington’s 2009 murder. #
In the wake of Hannah Graham’s disappearance, and the evidence that came from private security footage, city officials are revisiting the question of installing security cameras on the downtown mall. #
Both Charlottesville Registrar Sheri Iachetta and former Electoral Board member Stephanie Commander have turned themselves in to the police on
foursix and four felony counts of embezzlement, respectively. #Ten years ago, the National Institutes of Health budget doubled and schools like the University of Virginia built massive new research facilities. A decade later, those buildings remain largely underutilized. NPR visits UVA in this story on the effect of federal binge and spurge spending in the sciences. #
In 2012, Council approved a new student housing complex on West Main—now some council members are questioning whether what they were shown matches what was built. #
The Architectural Review Board has approved a bike-themed mural on West Market, below the McGuffey Art Center, although at least one member expressed concerns that it might look like the bicyclists were riding away from Charlottesville’s downtown. #
City Police Chief Tim Longo is meeting with city leaders to work on protocols regarding the use of military surplus police weapons in Charlottesville. #
A 100-year-old Colonnades resident received military honors for her service in the WWII Women’s Army Corps #
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But isn’t an eroded stream a small price to pay for all of the cheap, crappy wine Trader Joe’s promises to bring?
…and don’t forget the two streams they buried, which is the whole reason for them dumping water into Meadowcreek in the first place.
The City ought to begin const5ruction work on its portion of Hydraulic Road. The slow down in Stonefield’s construction should probably cost the developer millions. The City should never have accommodated Stonefield’s connection to the sewer works in the city. Maybe a little blockage could send the sewage back onto Stonefield’s property. The funk alone should drive away customers.
Does this really surprise anyone?! They aren’t building what the promised. And where was everyone when the city was paying for the pipe upgrades the development needed to get everything to the RSWA facility at Moore creek. You can start at Holmes Ave and walk the “dig up” all the way to this development. And why has no one complained about the additional traffic lights between greenbriar and hydraulic?! How is that going to help traffic congestion on 29?! They promised an extra lane between somewhere north of greenbriar to hydraulic but what good is that “extra lane” if it is only a series of turn lanes.
My opinion… There should have been no entrances to this Barracks Road North North from 29. It shouldve been all from hydraulic.
Trvlnmn, That’s the RWSA at Moore’s Creek. Good questions though.