Not everyone is in retreat mode during the current economic climate. A limited liability company managed by local developer Hunter Craig has purchased the Wachovia building on the Downtown Mall for $6.65 million.
Not everyone is in retreat mode during the current economic climate. A limited liability company managed by local developer Hunter Craig has purchased the Wachovia building on the Downtown Mall for $6.65 million.
And, while we’re at it, let’s hear it for Apartment Therapy Re-Nest, one of my favorite green-living blogs. A while ago on Re-Nest I spotted this post, about turning a reclaimed futon frame into a lovely, Japanese-ish front gate for a city house.
After a year and a half of reports, debates and recrimination, the city has decided to abandon its plans for an ambulance service run by the fire department, according to a report this weekend by NBC29 as well as a story in today’s Daily Progress.
What records of yesterday will you buy again tomorrow?
The suspect in the September 30 homicide on Commonwealth Drive has at last been apprehended. Daniel Lee Dove, a 28-year-old Louisa County resident, was arrested in Hyattsville, Maryland, at around 11am this morning by U.S. Marshals.
On Saturday, McCain adviser Nancy Pfotenhauer said McCain would do well in the “real Virginia” which, by her definition, means anyplace south of NoVa. Which would seem to include the heavily Obama-leaning Charlottesville, no?
It’s been five months since Satellite Ballroom closed, yet the Facebook group, “Coran Capshaw, Save Satellite Ballroom!” still has 1,000 members, says Cavalier Daily columnist Isaac Wood, which just shows how urgently Charlottesville needs a mid-sized music venue. Wood’s solution: Get the University Programs Council (UPC) involved.
I am sorry to report that I have not yet received my McCain robocall informing me of Obama’s terrorist-lovin’ ways. In the leadup to the Virginia primary several months ago, Mr. McCain contacted me twice, robotically, to tell me that he is a proud Republican in the mold of Ronald Reagan (heavy emphasis on the mold).
For 58 minutes, the University of Virginia football team appeared doomed to lose on a chilly, overcast afternoon in Scott Stadium. Though they were only down 10-3 and about to get the ball,