Zion Crossroads
On the closing track of Zion Crossroads, Corey Harris sings, "If you don't keep your culture/ along come many vultures/ See dem in the sky/ above the ground/ They see some flesh/ and they come swooping down."
Other News We Heard Last Week
Tuesday, August 28Hutto to Roanoke: No thanks The Roanoke Times chides the city’s government in an editorial today because of mixed signals city councilors apparently sent to Kirby Hutto, who runs the Charlottesville Pavilion for Red Light Management. Some Star City councilors approached Hutto and Red Light about managing a new amphitheater to be built […]
City "asks" for more affordable housing
Compared to the equipment rental company there now, or the CVS pharmacy that almost went there, the seven-story, 101' tall building proposed by Richmond developer Bob Englander would seem to be just what the city ordered.
Docs eye future migration
Like chicks around a hen, there’s a whole contingent of medical practices that cling to the skirts of Martha Jefferson Hospital within the leafy E. High Street neighborhood. The offices of internists, orthopedists and obstetricians fill converted houses and small office buildings along E. High Street, Jefferson Street and Locust Avenue. And, as the mother […]
Cops warn of growing gang activity
Roughly a hundred or so people mill around in the Charlottesville City Council chambers Thursday night, finding seats, waiting for the Gang Awareness and Education Town Hall Meeting to begin.
The war on drugs, via FAFSA
Since 1998, a lone question tucked away on the government’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form has stopped at least 200,000 potential college students from receiving financial aid, according to the U.S. Department of Education. That was the year that Congress passed the Higher Education Act Aid Elimination Policy, adding a new FASFA […]
Police nab two men on child-porn charges
Two Albemarle County men charged with multiple counts of possession of child pornography have been arrested by Albemarle County police, and a third man sought for identical charges is currently on the run. According to authorities, 27-year-old Stephen Michael Fortney of Crozet and 29-year-old Bryan Petersen Malmstrom of Charlottesville face felony charges for their inappropriate […]
One last hurrah
Well, you can't say we didn't warn you. When Senator John Warner took to the Rotunda steps of his alma mater last Friday and announced his retirement from the U.S. Senate, we were about as surprised as Will Ferrell at the MTV Movie Awards.
Correction from August 21 issue
Due to a reporting error in the August 21 Restaurantarama ("The Corner of the market"), Make Sense Dining was misidentified as Mason’s Dining. Our apologies go out to the company, as well as to its regional manager, Rebecca Lehnert, who was quoted in the column.
Correction from August 28 issue
The headline of an article in the August 28 UVA News section, "State cuts $11.4 from UVA budget," put an unintentionally positive spin on the story. While the powers that be at UVA would love to be faced with a $11 and 40 cents cut, the harsh reality, as those who read beyond the headline […]