In a statement released today, Perriello, Democratic candidate for the Virginia’s Fifth Congressional District, slammed opponent and incumbent Virgil Goode for the current economic crisis, more specifically the news of Lehman Brothers filing for bankruptcy and the imminent sale of Merrill Lynch to Bank of America.
Albemarle Place is not dead yet. The Daily Progress reports that project developer Edens & Avant of Columbia, South Carolina, which bought the property in August 2007, has been in talks with the county and will file a site plan in the coming months.
Who says that married couples cannot get hired by the same company? According to a law.com article, UVA’s School of Law has 11 married couples on faculty.
Just a few weeks after Governor Tim Kaine announced significant cuts to the budget for the next year, Albemarle County officials are bracing for a shortfall of $4.1 million to the current fiscal year, and county schools will have to absorb a $2.4 million cut. The county Board of Supervisors will meet Wednesday, September 10, […]
In 2003, Greenbrier Elementary School was the first school to start a weekly event called Walking Wednesdays
My first bike was fiery ruby red with elegant white fringes, a woven basket in front and a high-pitch bell. I remember using it to alert my parents that I was coming or going. I was 5 years old and pedaling on my own for the first time. These days, I am not what you […]
In 1790, Comte Mede de Sivrac of France constructed a new device—wooden wheels held together by a wooden rod. He called it a celerifere. Then, in 1818, Baron von Drais introduced a much-improved two-wheeled vehicle to an audience in Paris. The apparatus sported two in-line wheels but no pedals. The rider of the “hobby horse” […]
At the intersection of Fifth and Market streets, one of my bike mentors, Paul Buschi, noticed my slightly terrified expression. “You O.K.?” he asked. I smiled and relaxed. “See,” he said, “it’s not hard to go from one place to another on your bike.” What Buschi wants me and others to know is that bike […]
“There are so many ways to get from point A to point B, and we chose the one that is most unfamiliar to the public.” Christoph Herby is describing the counter-cultural move that led him and business partner Ian Ayers to start Happy Rickshaw, their campus-area business, after a few years as competitive road cyclists. […]
Wrack up another accolade for UVA. This time, the University, which was ranked 23rd by U.S. News and World Report for its college and ninth for its law school, has been flagged as one of the “IT Schools to Watch” by Computerworld Magazine. Specifically, the Master’s of Science in Management of Information Technology is named […]