The City and County police forces differ in standards for cops. For example, the Albemarle police force has more stringent academic requirements, while the City has stricter physical fitness standards. But the philosophies behind the standards are more complex than mere brains versus brawn. According to City Police Chief Timothy J. Longo, education requirements for […]
The City and County police forces differ in standards for cops. For example, the Albemarle police force has more stringent academic requirements, while the City has stricter physical fitness standards. But the philosophies behind the standards are more complex than mere brains versus brawn. According to City Police Chief Timothy J. Longo, education requirements for […]
Though car crashes involving teens and alcohol tend to garner outsized public attention, they’re still relatively rare. Statewide numbers from the Department of Motor Vehicles show DUI-related deaths are actually down, especially for teens. Statewide, teen deaths in alcohol-related crashes declined about 24 percent, to 32 deaths from 42 in 2004. Alcohol-related accidents for all […]
Local governments are struggling to find solutions to the affordable housing problem. So, to get a better sense of just what the problem is and what can be done about it,
An August 24 press release from the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority urged Charlottesville-area citizens to restrict their use of water, following a record demand of 14.1 million gallons on Wednesday, August 23.
One year after Albemarle delegate Rob Bell’s anti-bullying legislation came through, the numbers show the anti-bully bill has flexed little muscle in local schools. A statewide Crime and Violence Report for Virginia schools shows no reported incidents of bullying for Albemarle in 2005, and Charlottesville saw only 18 incidents last year. Still, school administrators say […]
Y’all, it has been a long summer. Thankfully, our national TiVo nightmare is finally over. It’s fall, and the new TV season is here. And quite a season it is. Sure, you’ve got the typical stuff: a couple of new reality shows (listen up, networks: we said more cowbell, not more Cowell), even more lawyer and police procedurals, and a handful of dried-up movie stars desperate for a steady paycheck.
Dear Toby: Cut-throat competition, aggressive audience recruitment, and leg-breaking requests: Yes, it seems that local theater is quite the perilous industry. But blatant show-stealing?
As a citizen of Virginia for 27 years, a union member, a single mom and a staunch Democrat, I feel compelled to write concerning George Felix Allen’s latest faux pas
I was driving through the countryside yesterday and I noticed three cute little deer in the road. I was appalled, however, to see that they were not crossing at a designated deer crossing area.
The facts of the long, sad story remain largely unchanged. In 1982, Rebecca Lynn Williams, then 19, was raped, stabbed 38 times and left to die on the doorstep of her apartment in Culpeper while her two children were in another room. Earl Washington, Jr., a farm worker with an I.Q. under 70, was convicted in the rape and capital murder. Washington served 17 years in prisonânine and a half of those on death rowâbefore DNA evidence cleared him in 2000, prompting reforms to Virginia’s notorious 21-day rule.