“I’m an improviser,” announced Bobby Seale (www.bobbyseale.com), once Black Panther Party (BPP) (www.bp.org) chairman, during his February 22 address to a packed Harris-Small Auditorium. And for an hour and a half, he stuck to form, delivering a rambling but illuminating recital of the group’s beginnings. Invited to speak as part of Black History Month, Seale—sartorially […]
“I’m an improviser,” announced Bobby Seale (www.bobbyseale.com), once Black Panther Party (BPP) (www.bp.org) chairman, during his February 22 address to a packed Harris-Small Auditorium. And for an hour and a half, he stuck to form, delivering a rambling but illuminating recital of the group’s beginnings. Invited to speak as part of Black History Month, Seale—sartorially […]
As an update to a story last week (“County tackles research park’s ‘awful’ lighting”), the County Planning Commission approved a lighting waiver for additions to UVA Foundation’s (www.uvafoundation.com) North Fork Research Park off Route 29N. The commission denied a similar request in November because the lights didn’t meet the definition of full-cut off, meaning some […]
With a key-pounding “Root Beer Rag” dedicated to Virginian pianist Bruce Hornsby, a rendition of AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell” fronted by a roadie named Chainsaw, and even a dirty joke or two, on February 23 the aging Piano Man showed the John Paul Jones crowd that he can still kick in on a Friday night. […]
The Virginia State Bar is considering getting rid of a rule that has long prevented legislators from practicing in law firms that employ lobbyists. The Washington Post reported on February 16 that one local legislator especially has an interest in seeing the ethics rule eliminated: R. Creigh Deeds (www.creighdeeds.com), a Democratic State senator from Bath […]
In 2005, a law was passed that said Albemarle farmer John Coles couldn’t sell his unpasteurized goat cheese anymore. Coles now makes his living selling vegetables, grown at his farm off Route 29 about eight miles north of Fashion Square Mall, and gives away pounds of cheese on a donation-only basis. Like many small farmers, […]
Kendra Hamilton, City councilor since 2004, has decided not to seek re-election in November. “It was about creating some balance in my life,” says Hamilton. “It’s a big job, and it takes some time. It just wasn’t a good time for me professionally.”
City police lead out Jeff Winder, 38, one of three locals arrested February 21 for refusing to leave Congressman Virgil Goode’s Charlottesville office. Part of a simultaneous effort nationwide in a dozen other cities, a group of locals staged a sit-in in Congressman Virgil Goode’s office on February 21. Three were arrested: Jeff Winder, Shelly […]
On February 22, a committee of six Republicans from the 16th Judicial Circuit in the Virginia General Assembly selected local attorney Cheryl V. Higgins for the Albemarle County Circuit Court judge seat. Higgins was approved by the full assembly the fol
Though it was relatively early in the evening, in a well-lit area near the UVA athletics building, a student and an assistant professor were robbed at gunpoint and one was assaulted around 9:20pm, Friday, February 16. The student and professor, both male, were walking in a parking lot near Bryant Hall when they were approached […]
Robert Wayne Wyant, the Scottsville man accused of second-degree murder in the death of 8-month-old Alexis McFadyen, was denied bond in Albemarle Circuit Court February 20. County prosecutors argued that Wyant’s behavior during the two-month investigation has been erratic and that he is a flight risk. Wyant has also had four charges for failing to […]