Answer, Man?
Ace, for one, was found on a dark and stormy night on the doorstep of Albemarle County residents Mr. and Mrs. Atkins, tucked in a wicker basket with a letter that read, “Answer me.”
Huguely to police: Love bled while he shook her
Add up the hours since George Huguely’s arrest in connection with the brutal slaying of his ex-girlfriend, Yeardley Love, and the 22-year-old former UVA student has spent fewer than four days outside of his cell in Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail. Huguely, who is in segregation from the rest of the jail population, receives approximately one hour […]
Landmark demo would take a while
While Landmark Hotel owner Halsey Minor recently won $6.4 million in an arbitration hearing between him and former developer Lee Danielson a couple of weeks ago, and says additional legal battles between the pair are far from over, the fate of the existing structure on the Downtown Mall remains uncertain. “It will either be completed […]
Directors' Cup highlights UVA MVPs
Depending on your allegiances, UVA sports teams brought either joy or frustration to die-hard Cavaliers followers during the 2009-2010 season.
Ken Cuccinelli has gone after health care reformers, academics, gays and a breast-baring Amazonian goddess. He says he's just doing his job.
On July 1, Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli II and his legal team appeared in Richmond’s U.S. Circuit Court as they attempted to dismantle federal health care reform. While monumental enough—a state attorney general taking on a bill passed into law by Congress and signed by the President—it’s hardly all. Cuccinelli is also suing the […]
What do you do when you can't win 'em all?
Of all the tiny bits of electoral arcana hidden in the Code of Virginia’s candidates and elections section (24.2-520, for those playing along at home), the most amusingly named has to be the so-called “Sore Loser” law. This little-known provision, probably inserted at the behest of a disgruntled candidate on the losing end of a […]
Harrington homicide tied to 2005 NoVa assault
“It seems strange to say we are thrilled—I mean, how can you be thrilled about such an obscene thing?” said Gil Harrington, reached last Thursday at her family’s home in Roanoke. Roughly an hour before, Virginia State Police (VSP) released news of a forensic link between the death of her daughter, 20-year-old Morgan Harrington, with […]
Monticello closes trail after storm
The cost of repairs is still being tallied after 60 mile-per-hour winds barreled through Charlottesville on Thursday, June 24. “There was obvious overtime and some damage to our parks,” said Ric Barrick, city director of communications, via e-mail. “We will be applying for federal aid. At the least it gives residents a chance to apply […]
Bridge over troubled parkway
“Roads?” a famous, fictional scientist once asked. “Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.” When it comes to the Meadowcreek Parkway, however, Albemarle County disagrees. During a recent 10-hour traffic transplant, cars on East Rio Road were directed to a new two-lane bridge that crosses above the Norfolk Southern Railroad. The Virginia Department of […]
The Sound of Music; Heritage Theatre Festival; Culbreth Theater, July 6-10
Clocking in at just over three hours, the Heritage Theatre Festival’s season-opening production of The Sound of Music is a full night of musical theater. Blessedly, it is also a fully satisfying evening out. Let me say right now that if American musical theater—the kind of showy show where people break into song to move […]