Attendees of the Community Forum on Emergency Preparedness on March 21 were unprepared for the onslaught of information and material offered to them. Out in the lobby of Burley Middle School, city staff stood by tables covered in handouts that said things like “What is the Pandemic Flu? When will it happen here?” There was […]
Attendees of the Community Forum on Emergency Preparedness on March 21 were unprepared for the onslaught of information and material offered to them. Out in the lobby of Burley Middle School, city staff stood by tables covered in handouts that said things like “What is the Pandemic Flu? When will it happen here?” There was […]
Later in April, the public will have a chance to meet Robert L. Johnson, whose expertise in managing substance abuse programs will be parlayed into his new job as executive director of Region Ten Community Services Board, the mental health, mental retardation and substance abuse service provider that serves five area counties and the city […]
Dr. Jeff Lee had often found the names of sweethearts and mothers tattooed on dead mens’ biceps, but on October 26, 1998 he found something unusual. While performing an autopsy on a Charlottesville man that morning, Lee, a pathologist at the state Medical Examiner’s Office in Richmond, noted the mark on the dead man’s left […]
In the March 13 Plugged In column, it is announced that Beetnix will play at the Gravity Lounge on March 31. The actual date of the show is May 12.
By the time you read this, America will have entered its fifth year of occupation in Iraq. And for what? In the last four years of occupation, Iraq has devolved into one of the most violent places on Earth. Some 3,000 or more Iraqi civilians die violent deaths every month, victims of the insurgency and […]
“Caution,” … “Inside lurks an alcohol drinking, fire breathing, ass kicking Monster!”
Dear Ace: I hail from New York City, where we reserve the word “ma’am” for women over 60. I’ve noticed that in Charlottesville, pretty much any female can be “ma’am.” Why the difference?—Thea Soros Thea: If that’s the only difference you noticed between New York City and Charlottesville, Ace suggests you pay a little less […]
A little less than a year ago, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors gathered in Room 235 of the County Office Building to ratify a last-minute Resolution of Intent. "Whereas, the Albemarle County Comprehensive Plan's Land Use Plan designates certain areas of the
The National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) is a fortress at once impregnable and approachable. Looming over Route 29N, it invites inspection but at the same time is mysterious. What is that up there? What it is: One of the Army’s main intelligence branches, NGIC’s specific purpose is to gather information on America’s opposing armies. “We […]
Wendell Wood is a shrewd businessman. When I said this to him he blanched. Shrewd has negative connotations, as in the Merchant of Venice pound-of-flesh sense, but I didn’t mean it that way. Wood was 12 years old when his dad died. He says his father owned country stores all around the area, in Earlysville […]