
Charlottesville City Council prohibits guns on city property, approves honorary street names
Charlottesville City Council unanimously voted in favor a prohibition of firearms on city property at its meeting on Tuesday.

Charlottesville City Council unanimously voted in favor a prohibition of firearms on city property at its meeting on Tuesday.

Staying home. It’s what we were all asked to do to protect ourselves and our community since the arrival of COVID-19 in mid-March. Now staying home is becoming optional as restrictions lift, but for our older community members, it’s still the safest place to be.

A Confederate soldier statue that has stood for 111 years in front of the Albemarle County Courthouse in Downtown Charlottesville is coming down on Saturday morning, culminating several years of work by Charlottesville and Albemarle County racial justice activists.

Charlottesville Waldorf School is set to open on Tuesday with in-person instruction for preschool through eighth grade, featuring outdoor classrooms and unique indoor spaces

Charlottesville City Council is updating the city’s Strategic Plan, and is now collecting public feedback on the next Strategic Plan, which will be updated during September and October.

Electrical equipment in the Charlottesville City Hall complex will be replaced over the Labor Day weekend.

Daniel McMahon, 32, was sentenced today in federal court in the Western District of Virginia to 41 months of imprisonment for threatening an African-American Charlottesville City Council candidate because of his race.

Charlottesville is re-emphasizing the City Council decision from July 27 to prohibit gatherings of 50 or more individuals within the city limits.

Over a year ago, members of the public brought to the Charlottesville City Council a demand that our money not be invested in weapons dealers and fossil fuel producers. The City Council listened. The City Treasurer listened. They supported divestment for the city’s operating budget and swiftly acted on it.

Charlottesville-Albemarle area early intervention and free public preschool programs will look different for the start of the 2020-2021 school year.
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