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City Council is hearing about a West Main Street high rise proposal when the item is not anywhere near their agenda right now but calls into question a portion of the new zoning code.

Park Ranger: “If a person carried with them and/or could acquire adequate shelter, water and food, they could survive in that area for days.”

The investigation came after community complaints and several drug overdoses.

Charlottesville’s Tonita Smith, was one of Anthony Eugene Robertson’s victims.

Aloys Hopfensperger is in critical condition.

Two native Argentines, who met in Miami, have opened an Argentinian steakhouse in Charlottesville.

The cost of very few things is lower this year than it was last year, but a Triple-A survey shows new vehicle ownership and operation costs are one of those, though only slightly.

New campaign finance disclosures show all three Democrats in the statewide races raised more money than Republicans, while Samuel Miller District Albemarle Supervisors candidate Fred Missel among the top local office fundraisers in the Commonwealth.

Some 2100 volunteers are ready to go working on some 115 projects for Wednesday’s 34th Annual United Way Laurence E. Richardson Day of Caring.

With early voting starting Friday, the League of Women Voters of the Charlottesville Area is urging eligible voters to register or check their registration on Tuesday’s National Voter Registration Day.