Quick-change artist
A lot of people from Charlottesville like to think of themselves as Hollywood types, but Jeff Wadlow, son of the late State Senator Emily Couric and Charlottesville High School graduate (Class of 1994), really is one.
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Quick-change artist
Film director Jeff Wadlow believes in life in the fast lane
A lot of people from Charlottesville like to think of themselves as Hollywood types, but Jeff Wadlow, son of the late State Senator Emily Couric and Charlottesville High School graduate (Class of 1994), really is one.
Holiday no treat for sex offenders
State police pledged “no new victims” on Halloween this year, vowing to keep trick-or-treating children safe from sexual predators. So, they continued an annual program called “Operation Trick No Treat” that requires sex offenders to stay at home with their lights off or attend a meeting during prime trick-or-treating hours.
UVA one of the little guys?
‘Tis the season for multibillion dollar university campaigns. In September and October, UVA ended the “silent” phase of its capital campaign, and several other schools also made public their considerable underground moneymaking efforts.
Allen aides tackle heckling blogger
On Tuesday, October 31, three George Allen campaign aides dragged a first-year UVA law student out of the Omni Charlottesville Hotel. Mike Stark, a liberal blogger who has provoked Allen in the past on Allen’s use of the “N”-word, was booted out for asking the senator needling questions about his first marriage at a campaign event.
Region Ten prevails on Little High
The long real estate saga that has entangled the Little High Area Neighborhood Association (LHANA) and Region Ten, the public agency that provides services to mentally disabled people, came to what seems like a conclusion on October 26 when the City’s Board of Zoning Appeals ruled in favor of Region Ten. At issue was whether […]
Program fights to maintain rural land
In its efforts to preserve rural areas, the County’s Board of Supervisors hasn’t managed to impose restrictions on development rights, known as “phasing.” Yet it has managed to preserve 3,776 acres in the last four years through the Acquisition of Conservation Easements (ACE) program. Conservation easements overlay certain restrictions on land with the idea of […]
Marshall pleads guilty to accessory
City prosecutors reached a deal with murder suspect William Franklin Marshall on Monday, October 30, that said he is guilty of being an accessory, but cannot be tried as the killer, in a 2004 strangulation that occurred at a trailer park on Carlton Road. Marshall will serve only 12 months for the misdemeanor charge. Marshall […]
Beer-buying parents appeal
Parents who provided alcohol for their teen’s 16th birthday acknowledge they bought the beer, but argue their home was illegally searched the night they were charged for contributing to the delinquency of minors. Initially sentenced to eight years in prison, George and Elisa Robinson, now divorced, appealed to the Virginia Supreme Court, which heard the […]
Rutherford Institute backs chaplain’s suit
Chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt, a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, disobeyed orders when he appeared in uniform at a Washington, D.C. protest on March 30 and offered a prayer “in Jesus’ name.” Klingenschmitt was court marshalled on September 14, and received a suspended fine and a reprimand. “Three little words,” says John Whitehead of Charlottesville’s Rutherford […]
Student SSNs e-mailed in error
Student Financial Services was trying to e-mail 1,264 students to tell them to pay their bills and avoid being blocked from spring registration. But, due to what University Spokesperson Carol Wood termed a “human error,” Student Financial Services, on Tuesday, October 31, instead sent 632 e-mails to half of those students containing other students’ data, […]