Dear Santa, All I want for Xmas this year is a new bicycle, my very own pony and a stripper pole for the rec room. Thanks, Santa! Luv, Amber Anykid, U.S.A. P.S. Strawberry Shortcake thongs make rad stocking stuffers! Postal workers should not have been shocked this year to receive scores of Christmas wish lists […]
Fewer kids having kids Local teen pregnancy is down but the Right can’t take credit for it Teen idol Britney Spears may no longer be a virgin, but so far she seems to have averted one particularly momentous consequence of sex: pregnancy. And teenage girls seem to be following Britney’s lead as teen pregnancy and […]
Architecture and politics. To anyone acquainted with Charlottesville’s history, it’s a familiar combination. In 1996, Maurice Cox joined the ranks of those who wed the two disciplines in the name of the greater good. That’s the year Cox, an architect and UVA professor, was first elected to City Council. Last July, Cox, who is now […]
Paved with good intentions The MCP debate is a give and take on what’s best for the Mall Downtown Charlottesville is one of the few places where you can hire a lawyer, mail a letter, drink a freshly brewed ale, look at leafy trees, smell gutterpunks, watch a play, hear banjo music and purchase a […]
Phase Two for the morning-after pill Local FDA expert says approval is not exactly a sure thing Plan B is a popular version of the “morning-after pill,” which can substantially reduce the chance of pregnancy if a woman takes it within 72 hours after having unprotected sex. The drug is currently available only by prescription […]
Minority report Local African-American business owners face the challenges of an open market A white Charlottesville resident is about two-and-a-half times more likely to be a business owner than is a black resident, according to U.S. Census figures. But though this statistic is hardly something to cheer about, it’s less skewed than the national white-to-black […]
Ease on down the road City Attorney braces for a fight as Councilors squabble over MCP easement Craig Brown seemed a little nervous. He shuffled a stack of papers, wearing the apprehensive expression of someone unaccustomed to dropping bombs. “There’s no shortage of opinions in this community about the Meadowcreek Parkway,” Brown said, bracing for […]
With the spring 2004 start of construction on Albemarle Place, the big box conquest of 29N marches on. The complex, slated for the northwest corner of Hydraulic Road and 29N, will be a 1.9 million-square-foot retail behemoth. Once it’s completed, shoppers will be able to literally live on the development’s grounds, which could include a […]
Feels like the last time After a bad season of foul weather and Foreigner, CDF could be ready to bow out of Fridays Charlottesville needs less than two inches of precipitation in the remaining weeks of 2003 to break a 66-year-old record for annual rainfall. That’s quite a reversal of fortune from last year’s drought, […]
Feels like the last time After a bad season of foul weather and Foreigner, CDF could be ready to bow out of Fridays Charlottesville needs less than two inches of precipitation in the remaining weeks of 2003 to break a 66-year-old record for annual rainfall. That’s quite a reversal of fortune from last year’s drought, […]