Tom Perriello, the Democratic challenger for the Fifth District congressional seat, went on the attack against incumbent Republican Virgil Goode on September 3 during a debate in Danville before a crowd of more than 300. He attacked Goode’s effectiveness as a congressman: “Southside has not been getting its fair slice under Congressman Goode. The numbers […]
Tom Perriello, the Democratic challenger for the Fifth District congressional seat, went on the attack against incumbent Republican Virgil Goode on September 3 during a debate in Danville before a crowd of more than 300. He attacked Goode’s effectiveness as a congressman: “Southside has not been getting its fair slice under Congressman Goode. The numbers […]
Just a few weeks after Governor Tim Kaine announced significant cuts to the budget for the next year, Albemarle County officials are bracing for a shortfall of $4.1 million to the current fiscal year, and county schools will have to absorb a $2.4 million cut. The county Board of Supervisors will meet Wednesday, September 10, […]
In 2003, Greenbrier Elementary School was the first school to start a weekly event called Walking Wednesdays
cap p.17:Palin comparison: “I never attack the person,” Joe Biden said last Thursday in Virginia Beach, “I take issue with ideas,” distancing himself from the pit bull with lipstick that was Sarah Palin at the Republican National Convention. Well, we know Sarah Palin can read a telepromter. According to right-wing Republicans in the tank for […]
My first bike was fiery ruby red with elegant white fringes, a woven basket in front and a high-pitch bell. I remember using it to alert my parents that I was coming or going. I was 5 years old and pedaling on my own for the first time. These days, I am not what you […]
In 1790, Comte Mede de Sivrac of France constructed a new device—wooden wheels held together by a wooden rod. He called it a celerifere. Then, in 1818, Baron von Drais introduced a much-improved two-wheeled vehicle to an audience in Paris. The apparatus sported two in-line wheels but no pedals. The rider of the “hobby horse” […]
At the intersection of Fifth and Market streets, one of my bike mentors, Paul Buschi, noticed my slightly terrified expression. “You O.K.?” he asked. I smiled and relaxed. “See,” he said, “it’s not hard to go from one place to another on your bike.” What Buschi wants me and others to know is that bike […]
“There are so many ways to get from point A to point B, and we chose the one that is most unfamiliar to the public.” Christoph Herby is describing the counter-cultural move that led him and business partner Ian Ayers to start Happy Rickshaw, their campus-area business, after a few years as competitive road cyclists. […]
Chances are, if you’re My Morning Jacket, you go on stage every night with the odds stacked against you. Do something like play a three-hour-plus gig at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival spiked with Crüe and Sly Stone covers and word gets around: Crowds want you to sweat waterfalls, play more guitar solos than […]
There’s a general rule about sequels: If the sequel was conceived along with the original tale, or draws from the same source of material, it’s got a good shot at being good—see the first Star Wars set, The Godfather Part II, the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, etc. If, however, the sequel is an exploitative […]