Employee sues Milan for taking his tips
Sandeep Dias filed suit against his former employer, Milan Restaurant, on January 9, seeking an award of monetary damages and declaratory relief on behalf of himself and all others similarly […]
Loose nuts lead to false FBI warning
On January 10, Dominion Virginia Power maintenance workers discovered that someone had loosened the nuts that lock in place two high-powered electrical towers, which are located in the West Leigh […]
How proposed bills would affect UVA
As usual, there are almost 3,000 bills filed for consideration by the Virginia General Assembly. And as usual, a couple dozen of those bills would directly affect the University of […]
Professor remembers MLK’s ’63 visit
“I swear I can’t remember how we got the [hotel] room,” says Paul M. Gaston.
Gun show loophole bills far from slam dunk
Two weeks ago, Virginia Governor Tim Kaine, surrounded by the families of Virginia Tech shooting victims, announced his support for legislation to close what has come to be known as […]
Housing authority readies for redevelopment
As if answering questions about public housing isn’t difficult enough.
Region Ten and the power of the written word
“You see,” writes Myra Anderson in her essay “Healing Words,” “when you’ve been hospitalized over one hundred times, taken away in handcuffs, subject to medication against your will, thrown into […]
Schools pick wrong on closure toss-up
Parents of city and county schools gave it to administrators for not calling off school when it snowed last week. Many (if not all) city and county parents of school-age […]
Correction from January 15 issue
Due to production and proofreading errors, the grid in last week’s crossword puzzle didn’t correspond to the questions below it, making the puzzle impossible to solve, even for all the […]