Red dirt alert!

That’s not a strip mine on the city’s horizon. Martha Jefferson Hospital is grading land and doing site prep work for the construction of an extension of Peter Jefferson Parkway. A quick note to State Farm employees and other Pantops office workers: If you hear any explosions, it is probably not the inaugural terrorist assault […]

Van Halen postpones again [March 10]

Can't say we didn't see it coming. A press release from John Paul Jones Arena says that Van Halen, scheduled to play at the venue Tuesday, March 11, has once again pushed the date back "so that Eddie Van Halen, who is currently under doctors' care, can continue medical tests to define a course of treatment. "

Out with the mold

Dear Ace: The Robert E. Lee statue in Lee Park looks kinda weather-beaten. Any plans to restore it? Or does its original artistic effect only make it appear weather-beaten? Well, think about it.—Warren TorneWarren: Don’t you worry. Ace is definitely thinking about it. [Nods reassuringly, walks away to procure snack.] Ah, Ace kids. While he […]

Usurper! [March 8]

At the conclusion of the monthly Albemarle County GOP breakfast, perhaps while his colleagues reloaded one more time on biscuits and sausage gravy at the Golden Corral Steakhouse, First Vice Chairman Christian Schoenewald left to prepare a press release that he sent to local media sources around 1pm. The speaker for March, County GOP Chairman […]

Charlottesville under Tibetan flag [March 10]

On this date in 1959, the people of Tibet rose up against Chinese occupation. They weren’t able to drive the Chinese from their capital, Lhasa, and in the run-up to this summer’s Beijing Olympics, Tibetan refugees around the world are trying to draw attention to their nation’s plight.