A little less than a year ago, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors gathered in Room 235 of the County Office Building to ratify a last-minute Resolution of Intent. "Whereas, the Albemarle County Comprehensive Plan's Land Use Plan designates certain areas of the
The National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) is a fortress at once impregnable and approachable. Looming over Route 29N, it invites inspection but at the same time is mysterious. What is […]
Wendell Wood is a shrewd businessman. When I said this to him he blanched. Shrewd has negative connotations, as in the Merchant of Venice pound-of-flesh sense, but I didn’t mean […]
stage Ben Jonson’s comedies, conceived in the crabbed spirit of Roman satire, can be difficult for modern audiences. Largely lacking the lyricism of Shakespeare, and filled with the now-obscure allusions […]
cd Don’t be surprised when Paul Curreri lurches at you like a Southern gothic balladeer, a red-handed Nick Cave character, on “Mantra,” the first track on The Velvet Rut. Named […]
music Forget sexy. JT is bringing curvy back. Say what you want about Justin Timberlake, the man does not seem to go in for the emaciated aesthetic. The women among […]
music September 11th could have sidelined Explosions in the Sky. Their breakthrough album, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever, was released […]
William Beebe, the man who pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault in an incident at a 1984 UVA fraternity party was sentenced to 18 months in prison and taken into custody March 15.
The Interweb is a mysterious place, and e-mail, a main method of communication ’cross the nebulous tubes, is a touchy subject. E-mail at work is even touchier, given that companies […]
Earlier this month, the United States Senate tacked on an amendment to the 9/11 Commission Homeland Security Legislation that would create a “Rural Policing Institute” (RPI) within the Federal Law […]