The Eagles to swoop into JPJ [March 28]
John Paul Jones Arena announced this morning that The Eagles will be coming to town on May 21.
Gunman fires at vehicles on I-64 [March 27]
Interstate-64 between exit 118 in Charlottesville and exit 96 in Waynesboro was closed for several hours this morning, as police investigated a shooting in which two people were wounded, and up to four cars may have been hit by gunfire, according to NBC29.
Bob Gibson to leave The Daily Progress [March 26]
After 31 years at The Daily Progress, political reporter Bob Gibson is preparing to say goodbye to Charlottesville’s daily newspaper.
Correction from March 18 issue of SUGAR
Due to a reporting error, in the What’s New section of the March 2008 issue of SUGAR, an incorrect phone number was given for Passages Physical Therapy. The correct number is 979-5559.
Bamboozled
Dear Ace: What is the story behind the Bamboo House on Route 29N? Every time we go by, there are only one or two cars, and it seems a little shady. Do they actually serve food there, or is something else going on?—Skip T. Cal Skip: Ace is a grown man and, as such, he […]
Police gang teams make their presence known
It’s close to 7pm on a Friday night and seven local police officers stand around in bulletproof vests…
Pudhorodsky arrested, awaits sentencing
After an early March trip to the state capitol on behalf of his “grassroots” lobby group Generation Y, 27-year-old Michael Pudhorodsky is now in Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail awaiting sentencing for a 2006 felony charge of credit card theft and a related misdemeanor for failing to appear last May. Michael Pudhorodsky, who failed to appear in […]
Countersuit blues
Plaintiff: Alan Swanson Defendants: Bernard J. DiMuro, DiMuro Ginsberg P.C., and Katharine Almy Court: Albemarle County Circuit What’s at issue: Whether Almy and her attorneys “willfully, falsely, and maliciously” included a statement in a press release that alleged marital infidelity on the part of the plaintiff. In 1998, Swanson, his wife, and novelist John Grisham […]
Debbie Wyatt goes to Richmond
It was a busy week in Richmond for Charlottesville attorney Debbie Wyatt: She argued three cases before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals last week, including the Monroe vs. City of Charlottesville, the DNA dragnet lawsuit, and Stephens vs. Rivanna Solid Waste Authority, a $16 million lawsuit that arose from the death of Wayne Stephens […]
Hospital disqualified from charitable immunity
On the last day of February, the highest court in the Commonwealth delivered this message to aggrieved UVA hospital patients: Litigate away! The Virginia State Supreme Court rejected a plea by UVA’s Health Services Foundation of charitable immunity, ruling that UVA hospital doctors can be sued for malpractice. With its ruling, the court sent three […]