Bob Gibson to leave The Daily Progress [March 26]
After 31 years at The Daily Progress, political reporter Bob Gibson is preparing to say goodbye to Charlottesville’s daily newspaper.
Correction from March 18 issue of SUGAR
Due to a reporting error, in the What’s New section of the March 2008 issue of SUGAR, an incorrect phone number was given for Passages Physical Therapy. The correct number is 979-5559.
Countersuit blues
Plaintiff: Alan Swanson Defendants: Bernard J. DiMuro, DiMuro Ginsberg P.C., and Katharine Almy Court: Albemarle County Circuit What’s at issue: Whether Almy and her attorneys “willfully, falsely, and maliciously” included a statement in a press release that alleged marital infidelity on the part of the plaintiff. In 1998, Swanson, his wife, and novelist John Grisham […]
Debbie Wyatt goes to Richmond
It was a busy week in Richmond for Charlottesville attorney Debbie Wyatt: She argued three cases before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals last week, including the Monroe vs. City of Charlottesville, the DNA dragnet lawsuit, and Stephens vs. Rivanna Solid Waste Authority, a $16 million lawsuit that arose from the death of Wayne Stephens […]
What’s in your backpack?
Year: Senior Age: 21 Hometown: Rome, GeorgiaMajor: Studio art and English Allison Harbin What’s in your backpack? Makeup, environmental science 101 notes, iPod, proofs from latest photography project about her Southern heritage and race in the South, a bright pink t-shirt with sentimental value, external hard drive, wallet, cell phone, balled up miniature Reese’s Cup […]
Lady Cavs roll in NCAA opener
Playing its first game of the NCAA tournament, the UVA women’s basketball team breezed past the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos 86-52 on March 23 and will face Old Dominion on Tuesday night. We may have had to consult a dictionary to figure out what a Gaucho is (for the record, a rebel-rousing South American cowboy), […]
Caught!
By Scott Weaver and Will Goldsmith On a day in 2003, Thomasine Wilson walked into Advance America on Madison Road in Orange with a checkbook from her newly opened account at SunTrust. Wilson had recently moved to Orange from Charlottesville when the rent on her one-bedroom apartment went up $400 a year. She’d found a […]
Your tax dollars, at work
Worked for the county for: 11 yearsResides in: Palmyra Job title: Probate clerk. Kirshnick qualifies guardianships and conservatorships for incapacitated adults. She handles the inventory and accounts for all deceased people in the county. “I have to have a certain demeanor when working with people because they are still grieving.”Best of times: “One person I […]
Other News We Heard Last Week
Ashley Mauter, who was rescued by Charlottesville firefighters from a house fire on Lewis Mountain Road on March 18, 2007, joined the firefighters who were involved in the rescue last Tuesday to mark the one-year anniversary, talk with the media and warn citizens about the importance of smoke detectors in their homes. Mauter’s boyfriend, Brett […]
Klarman adds to topic of the week [March 23]
Since Barack Obama’s speech last week, even C-VILLE’s editor is talking about race. So it should come as no surprise that the New York Times is quoting UVA law Professor Michael Klarman today on the subject. “Nixon talks about ‘law and order,’ which is a code term for the urban race riots and rising crime […]