For the first time in Virginia’s history, the time-honored practice of cockfighting is being elevated to a felony, thanks to legislation that sailed through the General Assembly, and despite the protests of the Virginia Gamefowl Breeders Association (VGBA), an organization based in Blackstone that claims 2,000 members.
Sometime in the mid-19th century, a small village in southern Albemarle County known as Mount Israel took its official name from a leading resident, Roland Bates. By then, the town was already bustling due to its place alongside the commercial thoroughfare that stretched from Staunton to Scottsville. It was called Plank Road because the lush […]
After an early March trip to the state capitol on behalf of his “grassroots” lobby group Generation Y, 27-year-old Michael Pudhorodsky is now in Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail awaiting sentencing for a 2006 felony charge of credit card theft and a related misdemeanor for failing to appear last May. Michael Pudhorodsky, who failed to appear in […]
For the third time in a year, Clara Belle Wheeler has been caught unawares by the county, and she is livid. On Monday, March 17, the Board of Supervisors voted to move Wheeler’s 77 acres from the designated “growth” area to the “rural area,” as part of the Pantops Master Plan, despite her wishes that […]
More feature articles: Baby, you’re a rich manThe false promise of the state lottery The games people playTake your Pick 3 A school teacher named Chris Menke played the same Pick 3 number every day for a year and won big twice, so I decide to stick with one I’ve already played—fruitlessly so far—4-0-8. Just […]
More feature articles: Baby, you’re a rich manThe false promise of the state lottery Lottery biblesSneaky Pete’s got some tips The Virginia Lottery can be played in so many wonderful ways. At the top of the heap is a little game called Mega Millions, which recently topped out with a $270 million jackpot. “With more […]
For the second straight March, the social advocacy group called IMPACT (Interfaith Movement Promoting Action by Congregations Together) demanded that the city commit funds to affordable housing in front of hundreds of churchgoers, and for the second straight time they received a majority of affirmative responses. Last year’s so-called Nehemiah Action was held at the […]
After issuing zoning violations to several Charlottesville city homeless shelters that have or threaten to shut down their operations, the city is considering changes to the process that could make it easier for shelters to get special-use permits to operate.
As lawyers re-created it in Charlottesville Circuit Court a year later, March 2, 2007 was a tragic day for Javier Garcia.