book A Zen monk senses death approaching, slowly stalking up the mountainside towards his temple. Languid and contemplative, the monk picks up a pen, unrolls a parchment and, like generations of monks before him, writes a jisei, a death poem. The jisei’s writer doesn’t dwell on death explicitly; he contemplates endings, the course of life, […]
book A Zen monk senses death approaching, slowly stalking up the mountainside towards his temple. Languid and contemplative, the monk picks up a pen, unrolls a parchment and, like generations of monks before him, writes a jisei, a death poem. The jisei’s writer doesn’t dwell on death explicitly; he contemplates endings, the course of life, […]
In 2004, Bert Sperling’s Cities Ranked and Rated was released to considerable fanfare. USA Today and the “Today Show” covered it. So did C-VILLE.
Hang on. Don’t ready those Rant-dialing fingers yet. We really like this place, and there are at least a dozen reasons why. Herewith, a brief list of the areas where Charlottesville goes above and beyond what anyone could expect of our humble town. It’s not what’s missing, it’s what’s here. Headliners We know of no […]
Alex StarksCrew chief at Servpro“We need a minor league baseball team.” Cathrine RatliffBartender at West Main—A Virginia Restaurant“We need a convenient recycling center.” Molly O’BrienHappily unemployed“We need a downtown grocery store.” Tim BotlerUVA student“We need a night club." Tyler Jo SmithAssistant professor of art history at UVA“We need a zoo.” Allison MoormanUVA student“We need a […]
With the additional density afforded by the 2003 city rezoning, several nine-story buildings
Charlottesville commuters from Greene County and northern Albemarle County cursed June 18 as they crawled south on Route 29. What caused the connundrum? A sinkhole near the Hollymead Town Center, caused by the failure of a corroded drainpipe that carries storm water runoff below the roadway. It’s the third time in less than two years […]
This gorgeous facility at 1 Boar’s Head Pointe, assessed at $5.2 million, is the headquarters of Amvest Corporation, an energy empire primarily focused on West Virginia coal. Amvest, a private company, will be acquired for $335 million by Pennslyvania-based CONSOL Energy Inc, which had $3.7 billion in revenues in 2006. Amvest had no comment about […]
Charlottesville police are searching for a suspect whom they consider to be “armed and dangerous” after the killing of a 28-year-old city man. William Miller Herndon was found un-responsive with multiple gun-shot wounds on the 800 block of Hardy Drive. He later died at UVA Hospital. The only suspect in the killing is Herndon’s acquaintance, […]
A former administrator at Whisper Ridge Behavioral Health System, a treatment center for juveniles, pleaded guilty June 20 to attempting to have carnal knowledge of a minor under her care. Bianca Nicole Johnson signed a plea agreement with city prosecutors that says she will assist in the prosecution of other abuses at the embattled facility […]
On the morning of June 1, a bank robbery was thwarted when sharp-eyed city property maintenance inspector Cory Jordan called 911 after spotting a robbery in progress at the Union Bank and Trust on the Downtown Mall. But for every Cory Jordan, there’s gotta be at least one or two Edward Sanchezes—he’s the Dearborn, Michigan […]