Sweetheart EP [with audio]
“Sweetheart” has become Sarah White’s signature song.
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Sweetheart EP [with audio]
Sarah White; Self-released
“Sweetheart” has become Sarah White’s signature song.
A nonbitter Phyll
There’s a business listed as “Happiness Consultant” in the White Pages. What’s the deal, Ace?—Sadie Sack Sadie: Do something for Ace. Take three deep breaths, in through your nose and out through your mouth. After you’ve done that, at your own pace, resume your normal breathing and say to yourself, “I am surrounded by love. […]
Band on the run
“Turn it up,” says Will Anderson as the silver Ford E350 van rolls along Route 20 towards Fredericksburg. Alex Hargrave takes one hand off the wheel and cranks the volume on the stereo, which is tuned to 106.1 The Corner. “It’s Mejias,” Will says, referring to local pop singer-songwriter Alex Mejias, who’s playing a live […]
Supes pass rural restrictions despite citizen ire
“Communism and socialism are alive and well in the Board of Supervisors,” shouted Clara Belle Wheeler in the hallway on her way out of the County Office Building from the February 6 Board of Supervisors meeting. Just a few minutes earlier, the newly reconstituted Board—with Democrat Ann Mallek replacing Republican David Wyant—had voted for three […]
Cinder block battle in Belmont
Billy Sites and Anthony Ray Shifflett have known each other since they were kids. Their lives have also intersected in that they both share the same ex-wife, Whitney. And now they have been in court together, after one allegedly threw a cinder block at the other. The following accounts are from testimony at a preliminary […]
Bill would move costs from developers to residents
After a 101′ proposed building on W. Main Street laid bare the murky process of proffers—those extra improvement or bundles of cash offered by developers to offset their project’s impact—the city is working to create proffer guidelines for developers. But if a bill that would kill the state’s proffer system is passed in Richmond, the […]
Red Dirt Alert
Construction began last week on the first of 340 townhomes on the 58-acre tract that will become the Pavilions at Pantops. Owned by North Pantops Townhouses LLC, the development has two builders, Ryan Homes and Southern Development Homes. Townhomes will range from 1,600 to 2,200 square feet. No telling when they will be done, though. […]
Follow-up
Last May, staff from the state Department of Historic Resources (DHR) stood before a crowded community center in Tonsler Park to present their nomination of the surrounding neighborhood for a place on the National and State Register. Once a historic nomination is developed, law requires that a public meeting be held before it goes to […]
Two students arrested for gun at Walton
On Friday, February 1, one Walton Middle School student brought something more than books or bubble gum to school—he showed up with a pistol. The student then handed the gun off to another boy, who put it in a locker. That afternoon, after the busses had pulled away and the school was quiet, someone called […]
AccessUVA almost at “full implementation”
In a September 17 editorial column in The Cavalier Daily, Josh Levy bemoaned the financial help some students receive to attend college. “Financial aid encourages people who have no business being in college to attend,” wrote Levy, pointing out two perceived problems. First, he argued, bad students drag down good students. Second, “our workforce will […]