O.K., so there’s a little thing in this business that we call "bad timing." It’s like when Al Gore scheduled a major global warming speech in New York, and it just happened to fall on one of the coldest days of the year. Or when the Ford Motor Company introduced its space-shuttle-shaped Aerostar minivan—complete with […]
Dear Ace: I was out at Greene Meadows Tree Farm in Stanardsville, and I wondered, do the owners make enough money during the holidays to sustain them for the year?—Fraiser Firbank Fraiser: Ah, the holiday season. There’s nothing Ace likes more than nonstop holiday music radioplay, unwrapping and rewrapping presents (to himself), and the yearly trip […]
Due to a reporting error, in "Locals up for Grammys" [7 Days, December 11, 2007] one big name was missing: Batesville resident Mary Chapin Carpenter, who was nominated for "Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album" for The Calling.
Tuesday, December 18 One vote for solid waste Only one member of a five-person board was able to vote to fund solid waste services in the city and county, reports today’s Daily Progress. Because of conflict of interest concerns, four of the five members abstained, allowing local builder Michael Gaffney to offer his own motion, […]
Just because homes sat on the market an average of 92 days and sales dropped to 2003 levels didn't mean there was nothing to report in 2007.
More 2007 year in Review The year of the blueprint (not the bulldozer)2007 development news in review Rape, murder, kiddie porn and more2007 courts and crime news in review One new school, gobs of cash, but no A&S dean2007 UVA news in review Our government—federal, state and local— made its usual range of controversial decisions […]
It seemed like only yesterday that the most incendiary Hollywood scandals were Man-Eating Actress A snatching up Milquetoast Actress B's husband, Leading Man C getting caught diddling the help, or Has-Been Z wandering through the Valley claiming to be the reincarnation of a space god …
On October 31, Charlottesville city Zoning Administrator Read Brodhead sent a letter to Louise Wright informing her that her plan to offer transitional housing to the homeless was in violation of a nonconforming use permit she had been granted a year earlier to run the former assisted living facility on 218 Ridge St.
Charlottesville and Albemarle saw three murders committed, one serial rapist caught and a whole host of men messing around sexually with minors (real or digital, as the case may be).
More 2007 year in Review The year of the blueprint (not the bulldozer)2007 development news in review Rape, murder, kiddie porn and more2007 courts and crime news in review Nukes, Fines, C.A.R.S., Pigs and parks2007 Government news in review The area’s biggest employer continued its $3 billion quest to help raise its rankings, while leaving […]