The rise in gas prices has given the Democrats yet another sharp stick with which to poke George W. Bush. They should enjoy the advantage while they can, for come the fall we could very well see gas prices moving dramatically in the opposite direction, an October surprise that would be most welcome to the […]
Tuesday, June 22 Affordable digs in Albemarle Albemarle County has successfully negotiated its first batch of affordable housing in a new development project. Under a rule instituted in February, 15 percent of the homes in a new development must be affordable. But the new policy is flexible, and had yet to prod developers to build […]
Tuesday, June 15 The Freshman 100 UVA today held a meeting in the Newcomb Hall Ballroom with about 100 local residents to discuss the school’s many plans for growth. Though the lengthy presentation by UVA architect David J. Neuman had the somnolent effect of an academic lecture, several specifics emerged. Neuman said the incoming freshman […]
It sounds a bit like the answer to one of those old late night “so whatever happened to…” questions. Tommy Chong, 65-year-old grandfather, the lesser-known half of the goofy late-’70s burnout comedy duo Cheech and Chong, was convicted of the illegal sale of drug paraphernalia over the Internet (i.e. he marketed a line of glass […]
Tuesday, June 8 Home Depot off Fifth Street? Albemarle County planners today discussed a new plan for a Fifth Street/Avon Street development, a 92-acre Coran Capshaw venture just beyond the City’s southern border. The development has been substantially reworked, dropping all of the housing units (up to 100) that had been planned under the belief […]
Tuesday, June 1 What’s that in your backpack? During the fall semester, 425 UVA students will be toting a $2,000 Microsoft Tablet PC, according to a story published in Business Week today. However, the UVA students won’t have to fork over a cent for the notebook-sized PCs, as Microsoft, which has had trouble moving the […]
In its first weekend of wide release, Fahrenheit 9/11 took in $21.8 million on just 868 screens, making it the highest-grossing documentary opening in history. The movie did equally well in red and blue states where a not-so-silent civil war is raging over America’s representation under the Bushies. While U.S. citizens fret over a terrorist […]
Bankers, experimentalists, runners, bike cops, tortilla experts and many other avowed individuals who choose this place above all others to ply their trades, promote their ideas and otherwise stir up the creative brew that we call home and that others lately are calling No. 1. We don’t really need Frommer’s, Outside or anyone else to […]
Tuesday, May 25 Justice O’Connor gives props Anna-Marie Gulotta, a senior at Charlottesville High School, has a 4.40 GPA. She’s a youth mentor and abstract artist who developed a solar oven that made her an International Science Fair finalist. Thanks to these and other accomplishments, Gulotta today beat out seven other finalists for the $5,000 […]
Tuesday, May 18 Turn out the lights Thunderheads rolled through the area around closing time this evening, bringing violent wind and lightning that knocked down power lines. About 9,340 customers of Dominion Virginia Power were without electricity for several hours, according to The Daily Progress. The power outage was practice for Dominion crews, who, according […]