The year of living famously

It seemed like only yesterday that the most incendiary Hollywood scandals were Man-Eating Actress A snatching up Milquetoast Actress B's husband, Leading Man C getting caught diddling the help, or Has-Been Z wandering through the Valley claiming to be the reincarnation of a space god …

Board of Zoning appeals denies Monticello Ridge

On October 31, Charlottesville city Zoning Administrator Read Brodhead sent a letter to Louise Wright informing her that her plan to offer transitional housing to the homeless was in violation of a nonconforming use permit she had been granted a year earlier to run the former assisted living facility on 218 Ridge St.

One new school, gobs of cash, but no A&S dean

More 2007 year in Review The year of the blueprint (not the bulldozer)2007 development news in review Rape, murder, kiddie porn and more2007 courts and crime news in review Nukes, Fines, C.A.R.S., Pigs and parks2007 Government news in review The area’s biggest employer continued its $3 billion quest to help raise its rankings, while leaving […]

Jones beats Maryland [December 25]

Ten years after being fired as UVA’s men’s basketball coach, Jeff Jones is celebrated in a John Feinstein column in today’s Washington Post. On December 22, Jones’ current team—American University—traveled the short distance from their home in Northwest Washington, D.C. to Maryland’s Comcast Center where they beat the Gary Williams coached Terrapins by the score […]

I’m wassailing away! [December 24]

Among the Christmas tunes that inspire quizzical looks and questions of origin (right up there with “All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth”), “Here We Come A-Wassailing” is a classic …

Mallek to appoint Loach [December 21]

The Crozet Gazette reports in its December issue that incoming Albemarle County Supervisor Ann Mallek, who defeated incumbent David Wyant, will appoint Tom Loach to the County Planning Commission. Loach has long been involved in trying to make sure Crozet’s infrastructure is able to support the area’s development.