Corrections

Due to a reporting error, a February 1 news story (“Walmart surrenders at Wilderness”) incorrectly stated the first name of Pulitzer Prize-winner Dr. James McPherson as “Curtis.” Due to a reporting error, a story in the 2011 Health Annual, published January 25, misstated the cost of the yoga class Elisa Ferrante teaches at Southwood. It […]

The playbook of love

SKIP AHEAD Ballroom dancing Professional serenades Romantic dining Tulips Babysitters Quirky dates Beta Bridge Request a song Cooking classes Drive-in movie Open fire Dessert Tattoos Sonnets McCormick Observatory Parlez vous Français? Full-moon picnic Train for a race Candlelight Cook together Couples’ massage 5 fun daytrips Renew your vows Lingerie shopping Love has been said to […]

Charlottesville youth must be served

A total $2.8 million in budget cuts to CHIP (Children’s Health Improvement Program) of Virginia and Healthy Families Virginia could jeopardize services for more than 2,000 families across the state, unless the General Assembly passes a budget amendment to reinstate funds to both agencies.

David "Gundo" Cowan gunned down in Westhaven

Local residents and a number of children gathered at the corner of Eighth and Page streets on Thursday, February 3, to mourn the death of 30-year-old David Lee “Gundo” Cowan, the victim of this city’s first homicide of 2011. Flowers and dozens of tea lights were placed at a section of sidewalk, stained with a […]

From the mouths of babes

Barring a constitutional amendment from the General Assembly, more than 2,000 area students may soon learn the significance of the old adage: “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” According to the U.S. Department of Agri-culture, 43 million citizens use food stamps. A new opinion, requested by Rep. John O’Bannon and penned by Attorney […]

Patently obvious

The UVA Patent Foundation recently announced that university inventors received 32 U.S. patents in 2010—a record number, according to Miette Michie, interim executive director of the foundation.

The Fates Will Find Their Way; Hannah Pittard; Ecco, 225 pages

Hannah Pittard’s name may be familiar because it was attached to the unopened Belmont restaurant Southern Crescent that fomented controversy in that neighborhood. But she is more widely known for a buzzed-about debut novel, The Fates Will Find Their Way that fomented a bidding war between publishers (Ecco won), which is about a tragedy not […]