Worked for the county for: 3 yearsResides in: Albemarle County Job title: Principal, Woodbrook Elementary School. As principal, Sterrett ensures the safety of students while ensuring a quality education for students at the school.Best of times: Observing the excitement in others. “Seeing teachers coming in excited to be here, excited to be bringing enthusiasm and […]
Amount due: zero One hot August day in Albemarle, a crew of workers installed an impressive number of solar panels on the roof of a 2,500-square-foot house. Thirty-six of them, in fact. They nearly cover the south roof face of this house, which is being built on a fairly ordinary lot in a small, […]
Eight travel stories by C-VILLE writers: Fresh shoes for the weary Having a devil of a time in Death Valley No tanks; I’ll have sushi Waiting for change in the Confederacy’s last capital Got parka? Hot times in dead-of-winter Chicago Praising a six-ton Jesus An overlook on paradise, Gatlinburg style One hundred pilgrims At the […]
Emily Filler Emily Filler Age: 27 Year: Graduate student Concentration: Religious studies Hometown: Ovid, Michigan What’s in your backpack? Datebook, chapter from Berakhot from the Mishnah, The Meaning and End of Religion by Wilfred Cantwell Smith, wallet, phone, passport, keys, dental floss, highlighter, assorted medicines, teabags, gift certificate to a bookstore.
Poking into a familiar espresso bar with a new location—Milano, of course—we considered getting something all European and sophisticated to go with our tall Americano. But in the end it was something very homegrown that earned its place as our afternoon pick-me-up: a “chewy chunky blondie,” reminiscent of a seven-layer cookie with its coconut/chocolate chip/walnut/toffee […]
Funding crunch Two-year state operating budget: $76 billionAnnounced state spending cuts: $49 million, over three yearsCity operating budget, FY 2009: $127 millionCity budget deficit FY 09: $1.8 million Governor Tim Kaine last week announced that nothing was off the table for spending cuts—including the usual sacred cow of education—in order to balance the state budget […]
Worked for city transit for: 11 yearsResides in: Albemarle CountyJob title: Customer service rep. Camacho assists in directing people to where they need to go and in handling complaints from users. Best of times: Helping others. “When things happen to peoples’ cars, you want to help them find a proper route to get them to […]
Babylon A.D. (PG-13, 90 minutes) It’s the dystopian future. Michelle Yeoh is a nun looking after a young woman who might have a deadly virus, and Vin Diesel is a mercenary looking after himself. Many explosions may change that. Opening Friday Brideshead Revisited (PG-13, 133 minutes) All hail the heart-conquering power of the historical novel! […]
Rabies shot in hand, we ventured into a restaurant everyone passes by on their way to the library, or court. But Il Cane Pazzo restaurant was nothing to be scared about. Quite the contrary. After the idylliac homemade bread with olive oil (a la pinzimonio) we decided to go for something traditional. The homemade pappardelle […]