If my Saturday were greenly perfect, this is what it would look like: In the morning, I’d get up and ride my bike to the Nelson Community Market. There I would buy a pair of earrings for my mom from the nice lady who makes earrings, and a jar of local honey for my dad.
No. Faux Monticello is not for sale. In fact, the property that sits atop of Lewis Mountain, which has innumerable names, “Lewis Mountain House, Kearny’s House, and the favorite Non-ticello,” will remain in the Campbell family.
Yesterday, the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation (CACF) announced that it will give $75,000 to a Richmond-based nonprofit, Virginia Supportive Housing, in get the ball rolling on permanent housing for the local homeless.
Obama’s got to assemble a Cabinet amid a deafening roar of unsolicited advice, including from people here in Charlottesville.
Slade Woodson, the alleged I-64 sniper, fired his attorney in court this morning. NBC29 reports that Woodson was expected to enter a guilty plea, but asked for another court appointed lawyer instead.
An exclusive look at the folk and blues legend’s 2005 concert in Charlottesville.
So yesterday I got to ditch work and drive up the mountain to visit my man Thomas. I don’t know why I’ve been looking forward to the opening of the new Monticello Visitor Center, but my visit yesterday justified the anticipation.
Several local citizens and businesses are calling on City Council to cancel the Downtown Mall “renovation†(read: rebricking) project in an open petition to city government. Instead, they want the city to perform maintenance work.
Damn! I was supposed to do a few posts to this bloggie thingie while C-VILLE music guy Brendan Fitzgerald was out of town! And I didn’t!
Synchronicity Foundation Master Charles Cannon recounted his experience in Mumbai on the day of the terrorist attacks at a press conference this afternoon in Faber. Cannon and other members of the spiritual community are grieving the death of Alan Sherr, 58, and his daughter, 13-year-old Naomi Sherr, who were killed. Additionally, four other members of the spiritual community, based in Nelson County, were shot and wounded and are still in the hospital.