Ace: I’ve seen signs for 1-800-GOT-JUNK posted up all over town. What are they for? And aren’t they getting in trouble putting signs up everywhere?—Tad L. Tayle Tad: Ace used to have a friend just like you. He always colored inside the lines, never drank his milk directly from the carton and always put the […]
Ace: I’ve seen signs for 1-800-GOT-JUNK posted up all over town. What are they for? And aren’t they getting in trouble putting signs up everywhere?—Tad L. Tayle Tad: Ace used to have a friend just like you. He always colored inside the lines, never drank his milk directly from the carton and always put the […]
In its second round as an elected office, the city School Board race seems to be garnering even less discussion than it did in May 2006. City residents voted in 2005 to change what was a City Council appointment system to an elected one. That change was largely the fall-out of the Superintendent Scottie Griffin […]
What’s the job? Sheriff might seem like a pretty bigwig title, but the duties don’t exactly demand a Wyatt Earp. All a sheriff is required to do is transport prisoners, protect the courts and serve civil papers. The Albemarle sheriff’s office has about 20 deputies to manage, plus volunteers known as "reserves." But sheriffs can […]
What’s the job? "Commonwealth’s attorney" is Virginia’s gentile, planter-class, we-used-to-be-big-shots-in-England way of saying "prosecutor." It involves running an office of four assistant Commonwealth’s attorneys that handles prosecution of the vast majority of crimes that happen in Albemarle County, everything from drunk driving and animal cruelty to murder and robbery. Denise Lunsford, challenging incumbent Camblos, says […]
An Albemarle judge has certified an attempted murder charge for Phyllis Spangler, the 51-year-old woman who was arrested two months ago for assaulting her 94-year-old mother. Spangler appeared in Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court on October 22 for an incident that occurred on August 28 at The Laurels of Charlottesville, a retirement home where her […]
Dave Phillips, CEO of the Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors, recently said that the slumping housing market needs an infusion of new homebuyers to jumpstart sales. But a look at two companies’ recently released third-quarter reports, not to mention the seismic uncertainties in the credit market, could make potential homebuyers sit on their wallets and […]
It’s a strange year for the City Council race. For the first time in decades, no Republican is even giving it a shot. Instead, two independent candidates—Peter Kleeman and Barbara Haskins—are vying with three Democrats—David Brown, Holly Edwards and Satyendra Huja—for three spots. To try and pin down differences, we asked Council candidates to respond […]
Kerry Von Reese Cook has been sentenced to four years in prison for assaulting two city police officers at Friendship Court in August 2004, according to The Daily Progress. Cook’s conviction this year came after two mistrials. Cook was shot in the stomach during the 2004 incident and now uses a colostomy bag. He has […]
As reported by the Roanoke Times, U.S. Sen. Jim Webb told a group of Democratic supporters on Monday that "the country is watching Virginia" to see who wins in next week's state legislative races.
The John D'earth band had just left the stage as a cadre of volunteers and supporters took their places on the risers behind a banner reading "Change we can believe in."