Tuesday, September 27 Big Ben to chime in the Senate? The Washington Post’s “Reliable Source” reports today that politics could be the reason Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner were in Charlottes-ville four weeks ago. While it’s been widely speculated that the very pregnant Garflecks were house-hunting here, the Post suggests there’s an urgent reason for […]
uesday, September 20Charlottesville lessaffordable than D.C. Today the nonprofit research firm Accra released a cost-of-living study that confirmed what many of us already knew—Charlottesville is expensive as hell. The area’s combination of relatively low wages (the median income is about $34,000) and a cost of living that’s about 9 percent higher than the national average […]
On July 26, NASA launched the shuttle Discovery, the first manned space mission since the Columbia disaster in January 2003. The Discovery’s mission was to deliver supplies to the orbiting International Space Station as well as test new equipment and procedures. But during the 15 days in space a problem was discovered with the shuttle. […]
Tuesday, September 13 Forbes bails on UVA UVA head basketball coach Dave Leitao’s hopes for a winning debut season took a blow this week, when guard/forward Gary Forbes announced he will transfer to the University of Massa-chusetts. The 6’6" junior averaged 9.4 points for UVA last season, and was a likely starter this season, but […]
Tuesday, September 6 Jefferson School finally making progress Members of the Jefferson School Task Force and a local architect charted a future for the former African-American public school in a presentation to City Council tonight. M. Kirk Train of Train and Partners Architects presented designs for the refurbished Jefferson School, which will feature a library, […]
Tuesday, August 30 Warner won’t challenge Allen Today Governor Mark Warner announced he will not challenge Republican George Allen for his seat in the U.S. Senate. Recent polls indicated that the popular Warner—a Democrat who won the governor’s seat in 2001 and whose term expires in January—could defeat Allen. Warner is widely rumored to be […]
Tuesday, August 23 It takes a village to build a town Charlottesville resident Ed Cusick called it “the best of everything and exactly what we need for the county,” while Crozet resident Bill Sweeny said it was “an insult to the people of Crozet and will dramatically hurt the area.” Each was describing the controversial […]
In recent months the major food companies have been trying hard to convince Americans that they feel the pain of our expanding waistlines, especially when it comes to kids. Kraft announced it would no longer market Oreos to younger children, McDonald’s promoted itself as a salad producer and Coca-Cola said it won’t advertise to kids […]
Tuesday, August 16 Deeds supports bassicide Today Creigh Deeds, Democratic candidate for Attorney General, launched a gun-rights group called “Sportsmen for Deeds” to play up his support for the right of all Virginians to hunt, fish and purchase weapons. Like fellow Democrat Tim Kaine, the gubernatorial candidate, Deeds apparently feels the need to pander to […]
Tuesday, August 9 City will vote on elected school boards City Councilor Rob Schilling today announced that he was cheered by news that on November 8, Charlottesville voters will decide whether the City School Board should be elected or appointed. Motivated in part by irritation with the previous board’s handling of last spring’s superintendent crisis, […]