Homeless shelter closed over permit [November 9]
On the night of November 1, the City of Charlottesville and Monticello Ridge Crossing were faced with an immediate conundrum.
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Homeless shelter closed over permit [November 9]
COMPASS must renege promise of beds to 26 people
On the night of November 1, the City of Charlottesville and Monticello Ridge Crossing were faced with an immediate conundrum.
Stock options encourage CEO's risky investments [November 8]
A New Yorker piece that examines the disarray on Wall Street following the collapse of the subprime mortgage market attributes…
Mallek, Lunsford and city Dems win big [November 7]
Virginia Democrats made some serious gains in statewide and local elections Tuesday night.
Nothin' brewing
Dear Ace: One of my friends just recently went to Staunton to Queen City Brewing, where they let you make your own beer. What would it take to get this in Charlottesville? I’m seriously thinking of a trip to Staunton.—Thurs T. Dood Thurs: First off, thanks for giving Ace a question he can sink his […]
Correction for October 30 issue
Due to a reporting error, last week’s Big Picture caption misidentified the third-place-winning bakers in the amateur category of the Meals on Wheels cake contest. The third place winners were Carolyn Schubert and Marcelle Morel, whose cake resembled a spaghetti lunch.
Is John Warner a key to averting war with Iran?
I was once riding in the back of a shit-brown, late model Dodge Aspen station wagon that was rear-ended at high speed by a Mack truck.
Mass Sabbath
music Paul Sebring, the thin young guitarist from local punk group Screaming Infidels, stands behind six stacks of t-shirts sporting the heavy font typical of Black Sabbath albums. The front of his sleeveless leather vest opens on a bare chest, and a sandy mullet wig sits atop his close-cropped hair, nearly matching the color. The […]
The Punisher MAX Vol. 8: Widowmaker
comics The rumor mill is spinning that writer Garth Ennis will give up the reins on Marvel‘s Punisher book some time in 2008, ending a nearly 10-year run with the iconic, skull-emblazoned urban vigilante. Ennis’ contributions to the Punisher mythos cannot be overstated. He literally brought the character back from the dead in his 1999 […]
Not very appealing [November 3]
You got served: Andrew Alston, sentenced to three years in jail for voluntary manslaughter, is stuck on supervised probation for another three years, despite his effort to appeal. In November 2003, Andrew Alston, a third-year student at UVA, crossed paths with 22-year-old local firefighter Walter Sisk at the corner of Wertland and 14th streets, an […]
Daylight savings ends; energy savings begin? [November 4]
In the wee hours of Sunday morning, America’s clocks officially moved back an hour, ending daylight savings time for 2007. This is the first year that the extended version of daylight savings has been in effect, as per legislation passed by Congress in 2005. By starting daylight savings three weeks earlier in the spring and […]