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Three Cavs drafted for MLB
Three UVA baseball players have been selected in this year’s Major League Baseball Draft, reports the Daily Progress. David Adams, who played second base for UVA, was picked up by the New York Yankees in the third round of the draft. In the fifth round the Baltimore Orioles picked up shortstop Greg Miclat and the Atlanta Braves selected pitcher Jacob Thompson. The players, all third-years, will pass up their final year of eligibility at UVA once they sign contracts with their respective teams.
Meals on Wheels feels pressure at the pump
Meals on Wheels of Charlottesville- Albemarle is finding it difficult to recruit volunteer drivers for its meal delivery service, according to a press release sent out today. The program is trying to keep costs down by splitting delivery routes, but that requires an increase in volunteers.
Subprime mean below prime, right?
How to stop worrying and finally understand what the hell is happening with the credit markets.
Area to get 1,000 employees plus “contractor tailâ€
Northern Albemarle County is getting at least 1,000 new jobs in the coming years, and probably a lot more. Army Colonel Mark Moffatt gave the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors an update today about the expansion at the National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC), almost doubling the number of employees who work at the facility on Boulders Road off Route 29 North.
Staunton hospital violates civil rights of Spanish speaking patient
According to a press release from Legal Aid, Western State Hospital in Staunton has violated the civil rights of a Spanish-speaking mentally ill patient.
The coming of Japanese flair
For some ungodly reason, Kenny G and his hair will be in town this Sunday.
Oakencroft Vineyard and Winery to close after 25 years
Oakencroft Vineyards, the oldest winery in Albemarle County, and the closest to Charlottesville, is closing. Felicia Rogan, who founded the winery in 1983, made the announcement today
UVA football ahead on 2009 recruits
Today’s Richmond Times-Dispatch waxes analytic about the fact that Al Groh and the rest of the UVA football recruiting team is doing way better on signing players from within Virginia for the 2009 season than they did in 2008.
Updated 12:39pm: Man charged with murder of 11-year-old on 6 1/2 Street
Eleven year old Azizi Damar Booth was found shot and killed in the kitchen of a house in the 300 block of 6 1/2 Street just after midnight this morning, according to a Charlottesville Police Department press release. Police were directed to Booth by 23 year old Rueben Lewis III, who they found shot. Booth was pronounced dead at the scene. Lewis was taken to the University of Virginia Medical Center with non life-threatening injuries.