Al Terek Pettiford reads poetry at his graduation from the New Beginnings transitional re-entry program at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail. Pettiford, serving time for embezzlement, is one of 14 inmates to graduate from the program,
Al Terek Pettiford reads poetry at his graduation from the New Beginnings transitional re-entry program at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail. Pettiford, serving time for embezzlement, is one of 14 inmates to graduate from the program,
If Elvis Shifflett was hoping to get vindication for his shooting via the Albemarle Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office or the Charlottesville Police Department, it’s now clear that’s not going to happen. Commonwealth’s Attorney Jim Camblos announced December 13 he would not press charges against the police officer who injured Shifflett, and two days later Police Chief […]
Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell (www.oag.state.va.us) announced early this month his plan to supervise sex offenders in cyberspace, and MySpace (www.myspace.com), one of the most popular social networking sites, is actually cozying up. Superbly coiffed State Attorney General Bob McDonnell is getting cuddly with MySpace, the social networking giant. Together, they’ll try to rid the […]
Correction Appended O.K., so a night with the Bar isn’t quite as much fun as a night at the bar. But, for a room full of lawyers, at least the Judicial Endorsements Committee spiced things up with one lighthearted question. The occasion was last Thursday night’s Q&A at the Albemarle County Office Building to determine […]
A judge ruled on December 14 that Dena Bowers had to reveal the names of collaborators on the NAACP report that led to her firing in November 2005. Though Bowers initially refused, fearing those named could also be fired, her lawyer, Debbie Wyatt, confirmed December 15
This term’s undergraduates have fled campus, and their exams are now but painful memories and piles upon professors’ desks. Yet what will happen if, in slogging through that stack, a faculty member or teaching assistant comes across what appears to be cheating? They might discuss it with a colleague, or perhaps even with the student […]
Who says you can’t go home again? After seven years with Habitat for Humanity (www.avenue.org/habitat) and another three with the AIDS/HIV Services Group, Kelly Eplee is returning to Madison House (www.scs.student.virginia.edu/~madison) where he worked as the assistant director from 1992 to 1996. He will fill the position of executive director and says he is “excited […]
Part of the South Lawn project, the new Arts & Sciences building will be the first UVA building to strive for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification—but if a proposal goes through, it won’t be the last. The building and grounds committee of the Board of Visitors (BOV) (www.virginia.edu/bov) recommended at their December […]
Brace yourself for the following letter, shared with C-VILLE by John Cruickshank, chair of the local Sierra Club chapter. Representative Virgil Goode told us, through his press secretary, “I wrote the letter. I think it speaks for itself.”
Giant bureaucracies aren’t known for responding to the complaints of the little guys. But enough locals applied pressure, and the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) (www.virginiadot.org) yielded to concerns expressed by hundreds of residents in northwestern Albemarle County: The Free Union VDOT facility will remain open. Responsible for day-to-day maintenance like snow plow-ing and pothole […]