The days between Christmas and New Year’s are rife with eating, drinking, celebrations and tons of opportunities to run afoul of the law. The Code of Virginia is so chock-a-block full of crimes that even the holiest of revelers could fall prey.
Now that chartered restructuring at UVA is a done deal, the school is free to implement independent human resources (HR) systems for its workers. Susan Carkeek, hired for the task […]
Ready to kick off the next General Assembly session in January, Senator Creigh Deeds (www.creighdeeds.com) and delegates Rob Bell, David Toscano (www.davidtoscano.com) and Steven Landes (www.stevenlandes.com) made their traditional legislators’ […]
Bob Chapel spent the entirety of last year on sabbatical: three weeks teaching at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts in Moscow, directing The Laramie Project at the University of Michigan, and spending a semester as artist in residence at the University of Tasmania.
“I’ve definitely got some properties that I know are my troubled areas that I need to check on regularly,” says Cory Jordan, a property maintenance inspector for the City, while making his daily tour at the wheel of a City-provided sedan.
For 11 years, Gary O’Connell has been the man behind the curtain for the City of Charlottesville: While City councilors come and go, the City manager spans regimes. Though by […]
Maybe new renovations to the Northside Library will help the good citizens of Albemarle choose free media over $14 CDs and $50 video-games at nearby Circuit City. It’s a fixture […]
comics This year Houghton Mifflin added a comics volume to its prestigious Best American series. It’s kind of a big deal for the comic industry, the literary equivalent of being […]
Dear Ace: I never raked my leaves. Will I get in trouble?—Lee Z. Bones Dear Lee: So you’re that guy on the block, huh? Lawn left unmowed, newspapers dating back […]
music The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players (TFSP) are, literally, well, a family of slideshow players: Jason, the father, plays guitar and keyboards and sings, daughter Rachel beats the drums and […]