Finally, city residents will be able to add plastic bottles like these to the curbside recycling pile. After some haggling with the recycling service, City Council will pay an additional $22,218.36 per year to get plastics and corrugated cardboard recycled—and apparently, that’s a bargain. Starting February 5, give up your plastic Diet Coke bottle collection […]
Due to a reporting error, in the Neighborhood section of the January edition of ABODE, published last week, we misspelled the name of Realtor Marjorie Adam. We regret the error. Due to a production error, the maps that accompanied last week’s cover story [“How dense can we get?”] were not color-coded, as intended. To view […]
Tuesday, January 9You’ll never beat the Welsh Former UVA head football coach and 2004 football Hall of Famer George Welsh was arrested on DUI charges over the weekend, The Richmond-Times Dispatch reports. The 73-year-old was pulled over on the 250 Bypass by Albemarle police for “driving erratically.” He failed field sobriety tests and refused to […]
Freshman phenom Monica Wright, a starting guard for the UVA women’s basketball team, shoots a fadeaway over a helpless Wake Forest player during the Cav’s 77-70 home victory on January 11.
Acting for Film 1144 E. Market St. 977-1371. Participate in weekly workshops on acting for film with an Emmy-winning director. Call for days and times. $150 per month.Charlottesville Camera Club Westminster Canterbury, 250 Pantops Mountain Rd. www.avenue.org/ccc. Members participate in informal competitions on assigned themes. Meets the second Tuesday of every month, 6:30pm. Free.Charlottesville Salsa […]
By Will Goldsmith, Erika Howsare and Meg McEvoy More than anything else, the big zoning changes enacted earlier this decade in both Charlottesville and Albemarle are about density. The idea: Cluster development near work centers, pack all the new people into as little space as they will accept, and locate places to shop nearby so […]
Tuesday, January 2Show them the money Local wine queen Patricia Kluge made the largest single gift ever to PVCC. Giving to community colleges is on the rise, reports The Roanoke Times. Giving back to the ol’ alma mater isn’t restricted to four-year universities anymore, the Roanoke Times reports. Though their endowments look puny compared to […]
Tuesday, December 26Martinsville to become Martinstown? Remember Martinsville: The Southside Virginia city that got the shaft in a deal brokered by Rep. Virgil Goode with defense contractor MZM, Inc. is now considering giving up its city charter to make ends meet. The poor City of Martinsville is considering giving up its City charter to become […]
Due to an editing error, we need to correct a correction in last week’s issue. (Are you following?) Last week’s correction (p. 19) stated that we incorrectly identified a circuit court judge candidate in our article “Who are you outside the law,” Courts & Crime News, December 19. That’s correct; however, we incorrectly corrected the […]
In an article about circuit judge candidates [“Who are you outside of the law?” Courts & Crime News, December 19], we incorrectly reported the name and marital status of one of the candidates. Her name is Elizabeth Brady, not Patricia Brady, and she is unmarried. Apologies to Ms. Brady.