Commission approves plans for coal tower

Coran Chapshaw’s plan for a mixed-used development around downtown Charlottesville’s trademark coal tower is one step closer to reality. At an August 14 meeting, the city Planning Commission unanimously approved an application for a preliminary site plan for the project. The coal tower, a longtime landmark, is now becoming a focus of residents’ worries about […]

Correction from August 14 issue

Due to a reporting error, an article in last week’s Courts & Crime News [“Local ‘Jailed’ Artists Given Cash, Sent to Prisons”] incorrectly stated that BAMA Works, the charity organization founded by the Dave Matthews Band, is currently a private funder of the inmate art program developed by Lindsay Michie Eades and Rose Hill. Eades […]

Timeline: the search for the serial rapist

November 25, 2002 Charlottesville police confirm genetics links in five rape cases since 1997 and warn the public about a "serial rapist."April 30, 2003 An official sketch of the suspect, compiled from previous drawings and descriptions, is released. April 14, 2004 Charlottesville police temporarily suspend "DNA dragnet" following a lawsuit filled by a black male […]

City and County declare drought warning

Charlottesville City Council and the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors both officially declared a "drought warning" on August 16 and approved measures to restrict public water use. The declarations came a day after a recommendation from the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA) upgrading the situation to the second of three stages of possible water-shortage […]

Who shot the professor?

Dear Ace: The fact that the UVA honor code started after a student shot a professor is just one of those things you learn as a Charlottesvillian. What’s the deal with that?—Peter Gunn Peter: Hey, Ace doesn’t want to get on any FBI watch lists here, but he’s met a few academics he wouldn’t lose […]

Correction from August 7 issue

Due to a reporting error, an article in last week’s Courts & Crime News ["Kluge estate sued for unpaid cleaning bills"] misstated the name of Patricia Kluge’s husband. He is Bill Moses.

Appetite for Destruction

cd Scenes from a preteen wasteland. Nineteen-eighty-seven, the year Metal broke, the year I turned 12, the year I first got loaded like a freight train and the year Guns N’ Roses released Appetite For Destruction. It wasn’t Nirvana that killed Metal, it was G N’ R. It was this album. Nothing was ever going […]