Van Halen to play JPJ [November 26]
There is much rejoicing in the offices of C-VILLE this morning at the…
Growth spurts
click for larger image A theme in this year’s county supervisors election was the true story of local growth. Is it too much? Too little? Just right? Ken Boyd’s campaign for re-election laid it on thick that while Boyd was supervisor, the population growth rate fell below 1 percent, a figure borne out by Weldon […]
Other News We Heard Last Week
Tuesday, November 20Alleged killer confesses One of two men arrested for the murder of 26-year-old Jayne Warren McGowan has revealed his role in her death, reports today’s Daily Progress. According to a police search warrant affidavit, 18-year-old Michael Stuart Pritchett said that he and his 22-year-old cousin, William Douglas Gentry, planned to rob McGowan and […]
UVA students charged with kidnapping [November 27]
Two UVA students have been charged with kidnapping after they abducted a man in the Northern Virginia area, tied him up in a hotel room…
Kucinich is coming [November 27]
Diminutive Democrat presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich will make an appearance in Charlottesville on December 7.
VA GOP: Restore abstinence-only sex-ed [November 23]
The Washington Post reports that state Republicans are calling for Governor Tim Kaine to reinstate funding for abstinence-only education.
Born in the JPA [November 21]
April 30, people: Mark it down. The Boss is back with the E Street Band, and the whole lot of them are coming to Charlottesville.
We Ate Here
Lately, we’ve been shunning dozens of other lunch options around town in favor of repeated visits to the lunch buffet at Indian standby Milan. Anyone with a taste for palak paneer and allo gobhi and the rest of the gang would go once; what keeps us coming back is the sheer convenience of it all. […]
For sale
C-VILLE recently noticed the Cherry Avenue IGA for sale on an online property listings website. "Central to everything going on," reads the ad. Perhaps… as long as everything includes prostitution. The ad claims that the site can house 80 units per acre, when in fact zoning only allows up to 43 units per acre by-right—anything […]
Relentless pursuit of excellence
UVA men’s basketball Head Coach Dave Leitao did a lot of fussing during the first half against Howard on November 14. The visiting Bison were pummeled 92-53, but they had the lead early in the first half, up 24-19 at one point. Senior Sean Singletary wouldn’t let it last, however, pouring in 14 second half […]