A day before the public hearing for the proposed 250-McIntire Interchange, one part of the Meadowcreek Parkway (MCP), Marc Holma sent a letter to the City of Charlottesville arguing that the city had not included enough parties in the project’s planning. This might have been just another angry letter from another principled and vocal opponent […]
A day before the public hearing for the proposed 250-McIntire Interchange, one part of the Meadowcreek Parkway (MCP), Marc Holma sent a letter to the City of Charlottesville arguing that the city had not included enough parties in the project’s planning. This might have been just another angry letter from another principled and vocal opponent […]
Last March, a teeming Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing Arts Center was the site of an impressive show of numbers.
Dear Ace: I was driving home late last night and saw a dead cat lying in the street in my neighborhood. After I got home, I wondered, Who would I call to get that cat picked up off the side of the road? And, what if that cat were a bear? Would I call the […]
Due to a reporting error, in last week’s cover story ["Trending Blue"], State Senator Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. was listed as an independent instead of a Republican. While many Republicans campaigned against Hanger during the primary season this year and supported more conservative challenger Scott Sayre, Hanger still won the nomination and has yet to […]
Tuesday, November 13Crack sentences may get reduced Julian Bond supports reducing sentences for crack-related offenses. After more relaxed guidelines for federal sentencing for future crack cocaine offenders were put in place last spring, an independent panel is today considering whether to retroactively reduce the sentences of federal inmates in prison for crack-related offenses. The Washington […]
They blocked a punt. They sacked the quarterback four times. They wreaked havoc…
More features: Colin Cowherd can go to hell or, How I stopped hating and learned to love the Virginia Football CavaliersRanked No. 14, the "Cardiac Cavs" are looking for an unexpected ACC title chance—and so much more—against Virginia Tech on Saturday Football in Virginia: the new Florida? A look at recruiting suggests…not quite 2007 UVA […]
More features: Colin Cowherd can go to hell or, How I stopped hating and learned to love the Virginia Football CavaliersRanked No. 14, the "Cardiac Cavs" are looking for an unexpected ACC title chance—and so much more—against Virginia Tech on Saturday Common(wealth) groundTech has dominated the Cup challenge 2007 UVA Football highlightsVideo of the Cavaliers’ […]
cd Between his hometown of Austin, Texas and his musical muse’s residence of Charlottesville, Virginia, between his disarmingly green eyes or perhaps between the part of his brain that commands "Music!" and the parts of his body that respond, Danny Schmidt seems to keep a place where the competing forces of Song and Logic meet […]
cd These songs have killer guitar tones. That was the first thought that hit me when I popped local rock outfit Truman Sparks‘ new EP, The Gentle Laxative Demonstration, into my CD player. "Sysiphean Task" introduces the six-song release with majestic acoustic guitar strums over twinkling, fuzzy, electric arpeggios. The song rises, falls, fizzles and […]