CAAR releases mid-year market report
The Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors (CAAR) released its mid-year market report today and, well, it’s not looking good. In fact, CAAR CEO Dave Phillips calls the market “sluggish.”
Building a constructive summer
Roughly 30 minutes ago, I ripped open the latest record by Brooklyn’s The Hold Steady. Ever since, I’ve been suspicious that my colleagues know what I’m thinking: As soon as I get out of this office, I am finding the nearest car (preferably mine) and running a 10-mile circle around town blaring this record like an air-raid siren. Why?
Supes won’t alter fundamentals of land use tax
Last night had all the makings of another knockdown, drag out stand off. Lane Auditorium was opened up to overflow and about 200 people filled the seats, most of them county residents there to support “land use tax.†There were boos, cheers and spontaneous mutterings.
I-64 shooter gets…detention?
The 16-year-old involved in the March shootings on I-64 will not spend the next five years in jail, as originally planned, NBC29 reported today. Instead, he’ll be held in detention.
Outside names city among 20 groovy places to live
It just gets harder and harder to come up with an excuse to leave this town. Outside Magazine’s August 2008 issue lists Charlottesville as one of the 20 best cities in the country to “enjoy outdoor livingâ€, along with Crested Butte, CO, Oxford MI, and Washington D.C.
UPDATE: Leroi watch
When I first checked my e-mail this morning and saw the latest message from Weekly DaveSpeak, I could’ve sworn the headline read “Leroi Moore Out For Rest.” And, though I completely misread the headline, I have good news
War Powers Commission makes recommendations
Just days after our war-mongering president came to Monticello, a commission established to address over-reaching like his has released its recommendations today.
Polyface owner purchases meat-processing plant
Now, some of what he wants to do is legal. Joel and Teresa Salatin, owners of Polyface Farm, the Virginia farm whose grass-fed beef was made famous in the book Omnivore’s Dilemma, have purchased Harrisonburg Wholesale Meat Co., they announced in a news release last night. The Salatins, along with business partner Joe Cloud, will keep the 70-year-old meat business alive as a USDA-approved processing plant for local, grass-fed pork and beef.
Preview: New Old School Freight Train record
It brings me great pleasure to tell you that I received a copy of OSFT’s soon-to-be-released album, Not Like The Others, the band’s first studio record since 2005. The verdict?
Webb to remain in U.S. Senate
Jim Webb will not be a candidate for Vice President, he revealed in a press release today.