Another drought could be disaster

The Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA) lifted its drought warning on January 2 after issuing it in August, and mandatory restrictions were promptly lifted by City Council and the county Board of Supervisors. Lawn-waterers across the Charlottesville area rejoiced. Tom Frederick, executive director of RWSA, says that he expects area reservoirs to top off […]

The wrong side of the law

Dear Ace: Where does the Charlottesville Police Department get those cars with the driver’s side on the right? Do they come from England?—Britt Wheeler Britt: Sometimes the simplest questions are the hardest ones to answer. That’s what Ace found out when, after multiple calls to various locations, the best response he got was: “Y’know, that’s […]

Strom pleads guilty to child porn

Shortly before Judge Norman K. Moon entered Charlottesville’s U.S. District Court on Monday morning, defendant Kevin Alfred Strom was led in shackles and clothed in the customary grey and black striped prison garb. A year after he was arrested and charged with multiple counts of possession of child pornography, he was set to plead guilty […]

The Eli Cook Band

“Standing room only,” says the woman that takes my ticket at the table outside of Four County Players, the 35-year-old community theater space just off of Route 33 in Barboursville.

Rainharvesting edges gables in county dispute

There were a lot of babies in attendance at the January 9 Board of Supervisors meeting. Not the figurative babies who sometimes show up to whine and throw temper tantrums. No, these were real babies, the offspring of parents there to support the Pantops Montesorri Community School’s appeal of an Architectural Review Board (ARB) decision. […]

Wise plant: symbol of looming state energy debate?

The proposed Wise County plant has come to symbolize growing debates about the importance of a region’s economic health verses the actual health of its residents, the power of Dominion in state government and the looming battle over the future of public investment for our energy. While Dominion and government officials tout the proposed plant […]

What’s the frequency, Martha? [January 14]

This morning, radio listeners awoke to a brave new world, at least on the 103.5 FM frequency. That’s the NPR station based in Harrisonburg, and from now on it’ll be airing more talk programming during the middle of the day, rather than classical music.