Everybody iPod
It’s a common sight at UVAâa large lecture class dismisses, a flood of students pours out a set of double doors and they all plug in, dialing cell phones or popping those telltale white
Bobby Seale: “They tell me I made history”
“I’m an improviser,” announced Bobby Seale (www.bobbyseale.com), once Black Panther Party (BPP) (www.bp.org) chairman, during his February 22 address to a packed Harris-Small Auditorium. And for an hour and a […]
Lighting the proper way
As an update to a story last week (“County tackles research park’s ‘awful’ lighting”), the County Planning Commission approved a lighting waiver for additions to UVA Foundation’s (www.uvafoundation.com) North Fork […]
They love him just the way he is
With a key-pounding “Root Beer Rag” dedicated to Virginian pianist Bruce Hornsby, a rendition of AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell” fronted by a roadie named Chainsaw, and even a dirty joke […]
Is Deeds violating ethics rule?
The Virginia State Bar is considering getting rid of a rule that has long prevented legislators from practicing in law firms that employ lobbyists. The Washington Post reported on February […]
Farmers head to Washington
In 2005, a law was passed that said Albemarle farmer John Coles couldn’t sell his unpasteurized goat cheese anymore. Coles now makes his living selling vegetables, grown at his farm […]
Hamilton won’t seek re-election
Kendra Hamilton, City councilor since 2004, has decided not to seek re-election in November. “It was about creating some balance in my life,” says Hamilton. “It’s a big job, and it takes some time. It just wasn’t a good time for me professionally.”
War protestors arrested
City police lead out Jeff Winder, 38, one of three locals arrested February 21 for refusing to leave Congressman Virgil Goode’s Charlottesville office. Part of a simultaneous effort nationwide in […]
County gets new Circuit Judge
On February 22, a committee of six Republicans from the 16th Judicial Circuit in the Virginia General Assembly selected local attorney Cheryl V. Higgins for the Albemarle County Circuit Court judge seat. Higgins was approved by the full assembly the fol
Two robbed at gunpoint
Though it was relatively early in the evening, in a well-lit area near the UVA athletics building, a student and an assistant professor were robbed at gunpoint and one was […]