Ho ho ho! WaPo gives the Downtown Mall another boost
Following the spring/summer love notes to Charlottesville from the Washington Post, today’s edition includes UVA alum Ellen Ryan’s tender homage to shopping on the Mall.
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City bellringers raise thousands of dollars
According to the Newsplex, bellringers stationed at 25 different locations around Charlottesville have this year raised thousands of dollars for families and children in need.
Yuletide Green Reads
And welcome to another edition of Green Reads. We collect ’em, you inspect ’em. Then post your own links below.
Heck of a lot of people filing for bankruptcy
If you’re looking for impressive (and depressing) numbers on the current economic downturn, try this one: In the past two years, local bankruptcy filings have increased by 695 percent, according to The Daily Progress.
NEW C-VILLE COVER STORY Out with the old, in with the new! Bricks, that is
This holiday season, what do you give the city that has everything? A facelift, of course. Starting on January 5, the first Monday of the New Year, workers will begin tearing up the old bricks and replacing them with new ones. Once the swelling goes down, the Mall should look 30 years younger.
Charlottesville resident finds wacky letter for FOUND
Todd Sacco’s roommate found IT in his Charlottesville mailbox. What is IT? A jolly drawing of our world according to “total nutjob in our neighborhood,†as Sacco describes today’s “Find of the day” on FOUND magazine’s website.
Another reason not to shop Wal-Mart for Xmas
The Retail Overlord plans to build a new store on the Wilderness battlefield. It’s a spot where 5,000 people died during the Civil War.
UVA finds new offensive coordinator
A little more than a week after UVA football head coach Al Groh fired his son, Mike, as the team’s offensive coordinator, the University has found his replacement: former Bowling Green head coach Gregg Brandon.