Perkins' lie
When Johnathan Perkins wrote to the Virginia Law Weekly and alleged that two white UVA Police officers mistreated him—an incident he later admitted to be false—he described a feeling of […]
“Jeffersonian” quest
Two decades before UVA welcomed its inaugural class, Thomas Jefferson wrote to Littleton Waller Tazewell, future Virginia governor, about his hopes for the University of Virginia. “What was useful two […]
For the Mountain Laurel, John Casteen, VQR Poetry Series
John Casteen’s new collection of poetry from the VQR Poetry Series, For the Mountain Laurel, is a stirring exploration of where human nature and nature-nature intersect.
Let gays raise?
Following the recommendations of Governor Bob McDonnell and Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, the Virginia Board of Social Services recently voted against nondiscrimination regulations that would have allowed gay and lesbian […]
UVA fights TBI at home
For the past five years, UVA’s neurotrauma laboratory has gathered the school’s top doctors to study what has been called a “signature wound” in American military conflicts in Iraq and […]
Suit yourselves
At its most recent meeting, City Council voted to authorize condemnation proceedings to secure a section of the $30 million Hillsdale Drive Extended project between Kmart and what will soon be a new Whole Foods grocery store.
Painting the town red (and black and purple and green…)
“If you drive into a completely unknown city and there’s public art everywhere, you just know that the place is alive,” says photographer Ross McDermott. He should know—he recently spent […]
Stench rises in Woolen Mills
One month ago, the Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority (RWSA) was poised to launch a study of two plans for expanding the Rivanna pump station, which transports sewage to the […]
Trump tees off
Local residents have wondered what The Donald plans to do with his prime Albemarle County real estate.
Horning in
Zinnia and her half-sister, Ella—short for Ellamenope—ran to the fence and wagged their short tails when called. They enthusiastically hopped and bleated while Woolen Mills resident Laura Covert uncovered two […]