A man who helped jailers quell an August 2004 escape attempt at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail says staff didn’t do enough to protect him from other inmates. Now he’s braving the civil legal system and has filed suit in U.S. District Court against the jail, facility Superintendent Colonel Ronald Matthews and other staff for $1.5 […]
A man who helped jailers quell an August 2004 escape attempt at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail says staff didn’t do enough to protect him from other inmates. Now he’s braving the civil legal system and has filed suit in U.S. District Court against the jail, facility Superintendent Colonel Ronald Matthews and other staff for $1.5 […]
The Charlottesville Police Department’s Citizens’ Police Academy doesn’t exactly train people for duty—but it does allow them, for one night, to get their hands on some real, police-issue weapons. On Wednesday, October 11, about a dozen participants got to show those paper silhouette targets who was boss at the indoor firing range at Rivanna Rifle […]
Dear Ace: I’ve always set my watch by the SunTrust Bank sign on Rt. 29, but it’s been dark for almost a month now. What gives? —Oudda Thyme Dear Oudda: Ah, SunTrust—official bank of NASCAR, guardian of Coca-Cola’s original formula… What don’t they do? As of right now—for local residents, at least—the answer would be […]
Oh Lordy, we love to eat around here! No wilting Kate Bosworth-Keira Knightley-Carson Daly types on this staff. Three squares, Guv’ner, that’s what we’ll be having.
Common ground was a scarce commodity during an October 5 debate concerning the proposed amendment to the State constitution banning gay marriage and civil unions. House Delegate Bob Marshall, one of the amendment’s co-sponsors, took on Evan Wolfson, executive director of Freedom To Marry. The two stopped just short of direct name-calling (but just barely) while disputing each other’s position in a Lincoln-Douglas style debate at the UVA Law School.
The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors dealt a devastating blow to Scottsville town leaders at their October 4 meeting, denying $500,000 in requested funding for a street beautification project—a move Scottsville officials say effectively kills their Main Street development plan. The town council for Scottsville—the small tourist destination nestled in the southern part of Albemarle […]
The Meadowcreek Parkway was fresh on the minds of the Ablemarle County Board of Supervisors at their October 4 meeting. The $65 million roadway project originally wasn’t the top priority in the 2006 Primary Road Improvement Priorities report. “We’ll be listing Meadowcreek Parkway first there,” said David Benish, the County’s chief of planning, noticing the […]
It was 30 minutes into the October 5 lunch at Johnson Elementary School, and cafeteria manager Myrtle Brooks had already dispensed 206 corn dogs (as compared to only 39 chef salads). But not to worry—each of those corndoggers got their daily fruit and veg, as well. For every corndog (made of turkey, by the way, […]
In a September meeting, the Board of Visitors gave the go-ahead on a schematic design for a new residence hall to be built near the existing Hereford residential collegeâa dorm assignment known among students as getting “Heref**ked” due to its isolating design and distance from central Grounds.
UVA officials aren’t ready to sound the “outbreak” alarm yet, but with five new suspected mumps cases reported over the past week—bringing the total to seven unconfirmed cases on campus—there’s a high level of unease as other mumps reports emerge in the Charlottesville area. “We’re still on an aggressive campaign to get the […]