A trip to the local convenience store is apparently a dangerous endeavor. Both CVS and Family Dollar are being sued in Charlottesville Circuit Court. It’s alleged that their negligence caused customers to fall, with costly results. First, Marilyn Jean Welch is suing the Standard Drug Company (a.k.a. CVS). On March 4, 2005, Welch slipped on […]
A trip to the local convenience store is apparently a dangerous endeavor. Both CVS and Family Dollar are being sued in Charlottesville Circuit Court. It’s alleged that their negligence caused customers to fall, with costly results. First, Marilyn Jean Welch is suing the Standard Drug Company (a.k.a. CVS). On March 4, 2005, Welch slipped on […]
Dear Ace: Can I keep a goat as a pet? And where’s the whole pet/livestock distinction there? Could I sell my pet goat’s milk at the City Market?—Bill E. Gotes Bill: Seriously? Goats are some pretty nasty characters. They might look cute, but if "Looney Tunes" has taught Ace nothing else, it’s that goats are […]
So. "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip." Who saw that one coming?
Aaron "West Wing" Sorkin's series about the behind-the-scenes drama at a late-night sketch show was one of the most-hyped shows of the 2006-07 TV season—and its biggest flop.
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Forget the courtroom dramas and hot doctor shows. For some of us, there’s only one soap opera worth watching: college football, a program that shows no signs of ever getting canceled. Fall means something to watch all day every Saturday. Though some might argue for the cartoonish physiques and league parity of the pros, college […]
After the public has said its piece and left, and most of the staff has vanished into the night—that’s when the Board of Supervisors can really start talking. Fortunately, Charlottesville Tomorrow’s mics keep recording. At the close of the September 5 supervisors meeting, a heated discussion was sparked by a simple question from Community Development […]
Apparently, Illinois Senator Barack Obama's camp has decided it doesn't want to cede the fundraising rich soil of Albemarle County and Charlottesville to Obama's biggest rival for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Linda Swartz has been carpooling to work for almost 30 years. In addition to saving gas money, she says she is less stressed in the mornings, which has made her 30 minute commute from Stuarts Draft, across the mountain in Augusta County, to Fontaine Research Park a lot more fun. "We usually talk, or sometimes […]
The questions were inevitable. Even if former Virginia Governor Mark Warner was technically at UVA's Darden School of Business as part of its Career Discovery Forums—a special additional speaker, according to its website.
It was a quick decision, in that it was a decision at all, one that took no more than 10 minutes at the September 4 City Council meeting. The city granted UVA air rights and easements for a pedestrian walkway to be built over Jefferson Park Avenue (JPA) as a part of the University’s South […]