
Charlottesville names Charlene Green manager of the Office of Human Rights
Charlottesville City Manager Maurice Jones announced the appointment of Charlene Green as the next manager of the Office of Human Rights.

Charlottesville City Manager Maurice Jones announced the appointment of Charlene Green as the next manager of the Office of Human Rights.

With the ground breaking of the new YMCA in McIntire Park on Thursday, the Charlottesville Department of Parks and Recreation released information regarding changes to circulation and access to the park.

St. Anne’s-Belfield School will host the inaugural Charlottesville Girls on the Run Celebration 5K on Sunday, Nov. 15. More than 150 area girls between the ages of eight and 13 will come together to complete the race and celebrate a successful fall season.

Due to UVA’s game against Georgia Tech on Saturday, Charlottesville Area Transit will detour the Free Trolley. Bus stops along Maury Avenue, Alderman Road, McCormick Road, and portions of Jefferson Park Avenue will not be served.

Charlottesville Fashion Square invites local children, aged 12 years and under who are accompanied by an adult, to enjoy the annual Halloween Spook-Tacular family event and costume contest on Saturday.

Dr. Sugata Mitra, 2013 TED Prize winner and noted education researcher, spoke to more than 1,000 combined community members at two public talks in Charlottesville this week. Hosted by St. Anne’s-Belfield School, Mitra discussed self-organizing systems in future schools at The Jefferson Theater on October 15 and St. Anne’s-Belfield School on October 16.

The City of Charlottesville is asking for the donation of a large tree for Grand Illumination, the City’s annual holiday celebration.

Paris Sépia, a charming Franco-American couple from Charlottesville’s Sister City, Besançon, will be playing old time “musette” – French music from the 1930s – today and tomorrow in Charlottesville and Staunton.

Due to the UVA football game against Boise State on Friday, Charlottesville Area Transit will detour the Free Trolley. Bus stops along Maury Avenue, Alderman Road, McCormick Road, and portions of Jefferson Park Avenue will not be served.
The detour will begin at 6 p.m. and continue through the end of service. Kickoff is scheduled for 8 p.m.

The USA Cycling Team has chosen Charlottesville and Albemarle County for their pre UCI World Cycling Championships training camp.
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