Gorillas and cheerleaders [October 22]
This week's edition of Business Week includes an essay by Scott Clemente, a first-year student at UVA's Darden School of Business, about the long and winding road he traveled before deciding to get an MBA.
For sale: A buttload of houses [October 15]
Today sees the release of the third-quarter market report from the Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors (CAAR), which is not a happy document if you're trying to unload a three-bedroom with updated kitchen.
Correction from October 2 issue
Due to a data entry error, last week’s print edition gave the wrong date for Sonia & Disappear Fear’s show at Gravity Lounge. It was October 6 not October 7, as stated. Apologies to the band and fans who might have missed the show.
We Ate Here
Tastings is one of those Downtown lunch spots we can all too easily overlook. Apparently other people do too, because when we ducked up a side street at the east end of the Mall and took a seat outside, we were nearly alone. But we didn’t mind. It’s fun knowing a secret. The menu was […]
Other News We Heard Last Week
Tuesday, October 2Mall bank robber sentenced The lesson here: Pick a bank farther away from the police station. Jeffrey Alan Adams, who on June 1 attempted to rob the Union Bank & Trust on the Downtown Mall, was sentenced today for 11 years and three months in prison. After the reportedly well-dressed Adams entered the […]
Correction from September 25 issue
Due to a reporting error, an incorrect date was included in the story about Virginia wine published last week [“From the ground up”]. Oakencroft Winery was established in 1983, not 1990, as stated.
Is it hot in here?
With little fanfare and almost no attention paid, state climatologist Patrick Michaels quit his post at UVA this past June, Bob Gibson of The Daily Progress reported last week. Michaels is perhaps best known for his very vocal skepticism of global warming, arguing that humans had no effect on climate change. “We know how much […]
Board of Supervisors Race: Focus on White Hall District: The issues
Big development: Approvals of Biscuit Run and Old Trail have caused some grumblings, as well as the Crozet Master Plan, which many are afraid means a dramatic increase in town population. Just about everyone wants developers to pay their fair share. Wyant supporters would say he’s working toward it, while Mallek supporters would say he’s […]
Other News We Heard Last Week
Tuesday, September 25Come on down The clinical services company PRA International is moving headquarters from Northern Virginia to Raleigh, North Carolina and is giving 37 of its employees a choice: move to Raleigh or Charlottesville. The company, which was bought by a San Francisco-based private equity firm for $790 million, maintains a trials management center […]
Design, living and trends for home and garden
Mum’s the wordHow to grow the official flower of fall Seeing mums everywhere you look? Eltzroth & Thompson’s Corann Ley tells us that if you want to add chrysanthemums to your yard, you should look for the garden mum variety—they’re hardy and will reappear next year. At the nursery, pick out the plants with barely-visible […]