Cheek to cheek
In 2008, Mark Warner was elected to the U.S. Senate, and Cantor suddenly discovered that he wasn’t the only pair of chiseled cheekbones and Chiclets-perfect choppers on the Hill.
The Kennedy administration at 50
Fifty years ago, John Kennedy’s first 100 days as president were drawing to a close and his approval ratings topped 80 percent
Debbie Ryan passes the ball
Just how long has Debbie Ryan coached UVA women’s basketball team? Thirty-four years.
The way of the gun
On February 13, 2008, Carmello “Pee Wee” Martinez was sentenced to four years in prison for his role in a shooting that left a local 16-year-old in critical condition. Reportedly a member of the Bloods street gang, Martinez had pursued an argument from the Herman Key Recreation Center on Market Street to the Blue Ridge […]
Fight for your rights
This year, about 40 immigration-related bills were introduced in the General Assembly that would have affected undocumented immigrants and their families.
Former Albemarle Place awaits start
A long-awaited development slated for the corner of Hydraulic Road and Route 29 North in Albemarle County is officially ready for construction. The Shops at Stonefield—the 1.2 million square-foot development formerly known as Albemarle Place —will break ground in the coming months, according to its developer, Edens & Avant. However, a formal date has not […]
Fixing a hole
The rotten awning on Ophelia Wells’ Fifeville home was patched last fall. In two months, repair crews organized and operated by AHIP—the Albemarle Housing Improvement Program—installed a new roof and siding. They also resolved plumbing and electrical problems and conducted a lead paint abatement program inside the house. The cost? Roughly $55,000—not an unusual cost […]
Summer and Smoke; Play On! Theatre at Ix; Through March 27
The force of the performance largely rests on its two leading actors, Emma Duncan and Geoffrey Culbertson.
The work of the future
Now it’s our turn. We know what it takes to compete for the jobs and industries of our time. We need to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world. We have to make America the best place on Earth to do business. We need to take responsibility for our deficit and reform […]
Games pols play
What about all of the completely idiotic and outrageous legislation proposed (and occasionally adopted) by our august elected representatives? They didn’t let us down by only introducing practical, common-sense regulations this time around, did they?