Cindy Sheehan: Impeach or else
On June 20, anti-war activist and perennial pain-in-POTUS’-ass, Cindy Sheehan, will lead a rally on Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall. Sheehan—who in May quit her anti-war activism in disgust only to return […]
City fire chief enters bandwidth battle
Correction appended Recently, the Federal Communications Commission adopted rules to govern the auction of the 700mHZ band of wireless spectrum, the largest band left up for grabs in the U.S. […]
Outbursts and gavels at NGIC hearing
Ryan Adams’ delay at LaGuardia Airport assured that the county Planning Commission was the best show in town on Tuesday, July 10, complete with shouting and gavel pounding, accusations and […]
Scottsville Businesses endure retrofit
Try to pin down Scottsville’s Mayor R. Stephen Phipps on the era the town’s shooting for in its downtown streetscape redesign, and he won’t get specific. “It’s not a certain […]
Supes take first stab at Biscuit Run
Steve Blaine, the attorney representing Biscuit Run developers, was quick to inform the Board of Supervisors about all the meetings that had taken place prior to that evening on July […]
Correction from previous issue
Due to a reporting error, the listing for Ash Lawn-Highland’s Fourth of July celebration was mistakenly listed as “free.” The events scheduled for Independence Day were included in the regular […]
Speaking in tongues
Dear Ace: Why is Rio Road pronounced “rye-o”? Friends from out of town always look at me funny when I pronounce the thing correctly.—Tom Townie Tom: You see, back in […]
Lake Anna’s in hot water
The Water Control Board of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VADEQ) has scheduled a public hearing on Wednesday, July 18, 7pm at Louisa Middle School, 1009 Davis Highway (Rt. […]
Miss Blues’ Child; ElectricHolyFireWater
cd You might say that Eli Cook is at a crossroads. Recently, his solo CD, Miss Blues’ Child, has been picking up steam. The album, recorded in a single session […]
The Virginia Quarterly Review
words Let’s begin at the end. The final piece in the latest Virginia Quarterly Review is John T. Casteen IV’s incisive look at Poetry magazine’s long, strange trip since Indianapolis […]