Local jail seeks highest accreditation
Across the nation and in Canada, more than 1,500 correctional facilities have or are in the process of obtaining accreditation…
PAC-men pump coins into local races
The elections are over, and the winners aren’t the only ones satisfied with the results. Count among the contented the printers, the website builders and the TV stations—in short, the people who siphon dollars off the ever-expanding piles of money being raised for area elections. Ken Boyd celebrates his victory with grandson Carson Boyd. "I […]
Challenging Dems for City Council: a fool's errand?
It’s post-election November, and though three candidates are preparing to start new terms as city councilors this January, nothing has changed in the Council’s political makeup. All three of the election winners—incumbent mayor David Brown, Satyendra Huja and Holly Edwards—are Democrats. Peter Kleeman and Barbara Haskins were the latest independents to take on the Democratic […]
Post it, but will they come?
About two and a half years ago, John Jackson, the director of education technology at the UVA School of Medicine, came to the school’s facility committee with news that some members found a bit unsettling. He pointed out many medical schools—peer institutions—that were offering students more technological resources than UVA: online Power Point presentations and […]
Leitao nabs three top recruits
Even as the UVA men’s basketball team is gearing up for its season opener November 22 against the University of Vermont, the Cavaliers have been busy shoring up recruits for the 2008-2009 season. And with verbal commitments from three high school players, the 2008 recruiting class is shaping up to be one of the best—if […]
City asks state to cap payday lending
Previous coverage: 100 doorbells in 90 degreesVOP workers canvas neighborhoods, fighting predatory lending Back in 2004, Belinda Carter and her husband borrowed $600 from a payday lender. Their van, the couple’s only means of transportation, needed emergency repairs. Two years and nearly $2,000 later, she’d finally paid off the principal and its soaring interest. "You […]
City, YMCA negotiate agreement [November 6]
In the end, the Charlottesville City Council moved the Piedmont Family YMCA proposal for a $12 million facility at McIntire Park one step closer…
Get Real: Copping a plea
Wouldn’t it be a nice world if you could restructure something like a prison sentence? "Hey judge," you might say, "I can give you 10 years, but I really need to be out in time for the 2018 Super Bowl—what about sticking me in solitary for a year or so instead?" While mortgages aren’t prison […]
Pick one: public gets a look at last two interchange designs [November 2]
In the early 1980s, Virginia Germino's 12-year-old daughter, unbeknownst to her parents, wrote a letter to the newspaper opposing the Meadowcreek Parkway (MCP).
Part pulp, part opera, all NYC
Let's just start with the protagonist's name in John Turturro's newest film, Romance & Cigarettes.