29N changes stalled in traffic?
You don’t need to have lived in the area your whole life to see the design flaws in Route 29N—all it takes is a 5pm trip to Wal-Mart or Whole Foods to experience the magic.
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29N changes stalled in traffic?
Bickering over Rio/29 interchange underscores conflict over road’s future
You don’t need to have lived in the area your whole life to see the design flaws in Route 29N—all it takes is a 5pm trip to Wal-Mart or Whole Foods to experience the magic.
An embarrassing arrest [April 1]
Today brings a press release from the UVA Police that we can only imagine the brass in the athletics office dearly wishes was an April Fool’s joke. J’Courtney Williams, a noted redshirt freshman linebacker for Virginia, has been charged with credit card theft and credit card fraud, along with one other student, Lester Guy Spellman III.
Many will enter, few will win [March 29]
What did we learn from the 33rd annual Charlottesville Ten Miler? That runners from outside the area are gunning for our local pavement pounders! A record 2,525 runners took off at the start of the race on a chilly, 50-degree morning; the first finisher, 24-year-old Charlie Hurt of Scottsville, crossed the line 51 minutes later. […]
The stuff of legends [March 30]
UVA-baseball-player-turned-Major-League-wunderkind Ryan Zimmerman continues to cement his place in Washington Nationals lore. With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Zimmerman hit a walk-off homer today to give the Nats a win in their first game in their new $661 million stadium. “There’s something about him,” said Zimmerman’s teammate, Dmitri Young, in an ESPN.com […]
That Hemings matter again [March 31]
In today’s installment of his This Land column in The New York Times, Dan Barry visits Monticello to investigate everyone’s favorite local race-related conundrum—the relationship of Thomas Jefferson to his slave Sally Hemings.
State Police take second person into custody in connection with I-64 shootings [Updated March 28, 7:10pm]
A second person has been taken into custody in connection to the shootings on Interstate-64 and Waynesboro. A 16-year-old male from Crozet is currently in Virginia State Police custody.
The Eagles to swoop into JPJ [March 28]
John Paul Jones Arena announced this morning that The Eagles will be coming to town on May 21.
Gunman fires at vehicles on I-64 [March 27]
Interstate-64 between exit 118 in Charlottesville and exit 96 in Waynesboro was closed for several hours this morning, as police investigated a shooting in which two people were wounded, and up to four cars may have been hit by gunfire, according to NBC29.
Bob Gibson to leave The Daily Progress [March 26]
After 31 years at The Daily Progress, political reporter Bob Gibson is preparing to say goodbye to Charlottesville’s daily newspaper.
Correction from March 18 issue of SUGAR
Due to a reporting error, in the What’s New section of the March 2008 issue of SUGAR, an incorrect phone number was given for Passages Physical Therapy. The correct number is 979-5559.