Day four: Crews back in action

“So far so good,” says Debbie Brewer, who works at The Mole Hole. “They’re doing such a good job, the way they’re doing it. Block by block.”

On call

Hey Ace: Last night I called the cops because I heard an untoward noise in my neighborhood. Will I get fined if I call too many times?—Buzzy B. Buzzy: Funny you should mention that. Years ago, a less wise—and, curiously, less handsome—version of yours truly whittled away the midnight hours by stirring up trouble with […]

Gaffe it up

Well, here we are again at the squeaky-clean beginning of another political season, with an

Stream buffer grant money goes unclaimed

With bankers and car executives vying for government bailouts, average people might dash for free money, too. But according to Ashley Studholme, who interns with Albemarle County’s water resources staff, a grant that pays people to plant trees and shrubs along county waterways has only “gained much momentum now, right at the home stretch.” In […]

So happy together

There are some parallels, naturally, when comparing the effects of alcohol on one’s New Year’s Eve to the effects of watching a two-hour set from local folksy-jazz singers.

Vacancies abound at TJ's university

Sure, Charlottesville has one of the nation’s lowest unemployment rates at 3.4 percent, but that doesn’t mean we’re immune to the pox that is the worldwide economy. For one thing, the Virginia Employment Commission reports that locally 1,000 net non-farm jobs have been lost in the past year. Fortunately, we’ve got UVA to look to. […]