City gets nudge on stormwater laws
On the morning of May 9, the streets of Charlottesville were still carrying the torrents of the night before, the stormwater runoff forming an unfortunate conveyer belt moving oil and […]
Red dirt alert!
Amid the great swatch of red dirt, five houses are springing up in Belvedere. The 675-unit development, which has billed itself as a green project, is beginning a five- to […]
What happened to a cherished water supply plan?
Flashback to 2005: After the worst drought on record and a whole lot of talk (and some misguided action) going back 30 years, it looked like there was a plan to expand the water supply that actually would work and satisfy a host of interests—developers who wanted water for the future, advocates who wanted better streamflows for aquatic critters, regulators who needed laws upheld, and ethicists and environmentalists who thought it best to use water from our watershed instead of drinking from the James River.
Would you give this man a job?
Former Democratic governor Mark Warner rolled into town May 6 as he kicked off his campaign for U.S. Senate. After being introduced by a triumvirate of local Dems named Dave—Charlottesville […]
Can you dig it?
Dear Ace: Is it O.K. if I bury my dead pet in my backyard?—Digger Upgraves Digger: Ace would be happy to give his own seal of approval, if only this question […]
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
In a 1978 video of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performing “Rosalita,” security guards peel three or four rabid girls off of The Boss as the song comes […]
Hard Candy
“My sugar is raw,” she pants. I have no doubt, but on this, her final record for Warner Bros., Madonna’s goodies are as highly processed as Laffy Taffy. Let’s be […]
Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War Vol. 1
Geoff Johns is an evil genius. Or possibly a wizard. Or maybe some kind of cyborg from an alternate dimension. He’s clearly not human, since he possesses the alchemical ability […]
Area lacks in fingerprinting tech
When someone perched near I-64 and fired into several vehicles one night in late March, local police shot into action. Area schools were canceled as law enforcement frantically searched for […]
Missing girl turns up in Chicago
A missing Charlottesville 12-year-old was safely located in Chicago by federal and local authorities less than two weeks after she went missing. Lorena Sanchez-Toledo had been gone since April 15, […]