More than two decades after Earl Washington Jr. went to prison for a rape and murder he didn’t commit, his lawyers say he’ll soon see compensation, in the form of $1.9 million from the state of Virginia. In 1984, Washington was convicted of the brutal rape and murder of Rebecca Lynn Williams, a 19-year-old Culpeper […]
More than two decades after Earl Washington Jr. went to prison for a rape and murder he didn’t commit, his lawyers say he’ll soon see compensation, in the form of $1.9 million from the state of Virginia. In 1984, Washington was convicted of the brutal rape and murder of Rebecca Lynn Williams, a 19-year-old Culpeper […]
Keith Drake, chairman of the Albemarle County Republican Party and leader of the “Truth in Taxation” campaign, says the awakening for him came when he received his property tax bi
Governor Tim Kaine had a busy beginning to the last week of March, as he unleashed a flurry of revisions to the bills presented to him by the state legislature only a few weeks prior. Although his amendments to the transportation bill have received the most focus, he also vetoed a wide range of bills, […]
“What’s NOT Working in Our Community?” proclaimed the handout for Saturday morning’s session hosted by the Charlottesville/Albemarle Commission on Children and Families. Maryfrances Porter, the Commission’s research and planning coordinator, encouraged the 10 or so residents in attendance at the County Office Building to air their grievances in order to help the city and county […]
What a remarkable day March 26 promised to be. A press release announcing the opening of the much-awaited bus transfer center popped into e-mail in-boxes across town like a bud blooming among thorns. The anticipation of years of planning, redesigning, overestimating and underestimating had finally given way to this fateful moment: The city was ready […]
Chris Daughtry might not have caught any of his successors on “Idol”’s sixth season (“I haven’t had a chance, but I’ve been dying to see it,” he told C-VILLE), but we’ve been diligently tuning in. Here’s our take on the remaining nine finalists. Melinda Doolittle Here’s what Melinda’s got working against her: She looks about […]
Links to previous C-VILLE coverage of Biscuit Run appended Where’s Michael Buffer when you need him? The Biscuit Run rezoning will get its official public hearing in front of the County Planning Commission on Tuesday, March 27. Anticipation has been building during a half dozen public meetings and work sessions prior to this one, but […]
In “Beebe to serve 18 months” [Courts & Crime News, March 20], it is stated that William Beebe pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault in an incident at a 1984 UVA fraternity party. In fact, Mr. Beebe pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual battery, as is stated later in the piece.
As many irate readers of this column have pointed out, after two months on the job, we’ve had very few kind words for politicians of any stripe, and have been particularly vicious toward pols of the Republican persuasion.
Dear Ace: What’s an Albemarle anyway? How did the county get its name?—Al B. Marlow Al: If nothing else, it’s certainly a mouthful for outsiders: Ace has heard every pronunciative variation on our fair county’s name from the common “Al-Burr-Marle” to some unholy, mush-mouthed amalgamation involving albums, Arlo (Guthrie, Ace presumes) and marbles. But lest […]