Albemarle County News

Going into fiscal 2010, Albemarle County government will have to make do with about 9 percent fewer employees.

The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors approved additional funding for the Hatton Ferry on Wednesday.

A Gordonsville man's hoax terrorist device trial ended during his opening statement Tuesday when the judge declared a mistrial and ordered him to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.

Master Police Officer Larry Claytor is retiring from the Albemarle County Police Department after 35 years in law enforcement.

"If you were a monster, this would be easier," said Judge Cheryl Higgins before pronouncing sentence on the teen who terrorized two counties for two days last year, closing Interstate 64 for six hours and Albemarle County schools on March 27, 2008.

A prostitution sting in Albemarle County apartment complex has resulted in two arrests.

Albemarle County's fire marshal is asking for the public's help in identifying a pizza box of unknown origin found at a recent arson incident.

On July 1, Virginia stops funding the Hatton Ferry. Unless private donors, nonprofits or local governments find the cash to keep it open, its last crossing is Sunday afternoon, weather permitting.

Domenico D'Auria and his family were asleep in their Greenwood Station Road home the night of March 26-27, 2008, when they were awakened by a loud noise.

A 30-year-old man was shot and wounded in his residence in the 200 block of Burton Court near Hydraulic Road around 4:40 a.m. Tuesday morning, according to Albemarle County police.

An Albemarle County resident is the recipient of the Homeowner of the Year Award from Virginia Rural Development.

On June 18, 2009, the Albemarle County Service Authority reviewed and approved water and sewer rate increases as part of its FY 2010 budget.

Albemarle County, which has been sending a message of seeking ever more water via a controversial dam proposal , abruptly altered course Thursday morning by approving a new rate structure that subsidizes thrifty households and punishes water hogs with rates that quadruple as use increases.

In a detailed letter released Wednesday, the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce says plans for "Places 29" are a mixed bag.

Approximately $110,000 worth of construction materials, including a backhoe, for the controversial Meadowcreek Parkway have been destroyed in what is now labeled arson and vandalism.

First came the accident. Then the bad publicity. Now, 18 months after Gerry Mitchell was struck in his wheelchair by an Albemarle County police cruiser and then ticketed by Charlottesville police in the ER, comes the lawsuit.

Charlottesville will become Virginia's first locality and one of the first nationwide to adopt "smart grid" technology to allow customers to manage their energy use.

The Albemarle County NAACP is criticizing the local school system for failing to recruit black teachers and administrators.

The Albemarle County school system has too few black educators and administrators, and it is failing to make adequate progress toward remedying the problem, the president of the local NAACP said.

It's official. Senator Creigh Deeds has won the Democratic nomination for Governor of the Commonwealth.