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, […]
Black market birth control As the General Assembly targets contraception, Planned Parenthood looks to Charlottesville During last year’s General Assembly session, Delegate Richard Black (R-Louden) sent all 40 State senators a letter promising that Virginia “will lead the way in restoring the sanctity of human life.” It’s a laudable goal for the Commonwealth, which executes […]
Here’s one you might have heard: ‘Tis better to give than to receive. And in the case of local nonprofits, we all receive their gifts throughout the year. Whether finding homes for runaway animals, teaching job skills to the handicapped, or helping kids learn to read, the many good-doing agencies here work tirelessly to improve […]
Against the grain BAR chair and Downtown business owner Joan Fenton attempts to regulate her competitors When Joan Fenton appeared before City Council last week wearing a black pullover sweater and black pants, with her glasses and shock of dark hair, she looked more like an elementary school teacher rushing in after a yoga class […]
Given the number of times it was hyped and replayed during MTV’s other programs, even the network’s casual viewers could not have missed the signature moment of last winter’s season of the channel’s emblematic program, “The Real World.” During the second episode, in a casino Whirlpool on the Las Vegas strip, Trishelle, the full-figured airhead […]
Steal this article The Cavalier Daily retracts eight plagiarism cases Kirk Honeycutt isn’t mad at former Cavalier Daily arts and entertainment reporter Tonya Dawson––just perplexed. “I’ve never heard of someone plagiarizing movie reviews,” says Honeycutt, a film critic for The Hollywood Reporter. “I just find it so bizarre.” On September 2, The Cavalier Daily announced […]
Dude, where’s my bike? Yellow bike program returns—with a fee Last year’s ill-fated “yellow bike” program has been resurrected in the form of a community bike library that’s trying to share refurbished two-wheelers without getting robbed. Last year, the City of Charlottesville and Dave Matthews Band funded a project to fix up old bikes, paint […]