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.
Council supports water plan but asks for dredging
City Council unanimously reaffirmed its support for the long term water supply plan last night, though it added a request for the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA) to undertake a maintenance dredging study for the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir and increase water conservation efforts.
UVA student makes game of murdering religous figures
A new videogame being developed by a UVA grad student allows the player to go back in time and stop the spread of two of the world’s major religions by killing its mythical creators.
Water plan gets Army Corps approval
The long-term community water supply plan has received its final necessary approval: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today sent the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA) a 10-year permit to expand the Ragged Mountain Reservoir with a new dam.
A glimpse into waitlist hell
It’s a seriously heartbreaking and maddening experience to troll through the comments left on the “Waitlisted at UVA” post on UVA’s admissions blog.
Webb gives Times more than he gave Bush
Virginia’s soon to be senior senator, Jim Webb, was interviewed on Sunday by Deborah Solomon of the New York Times Magazine, and while she didn’t get a lot out of him, she managed to get more than George W. Bush during his first interview with Webb.
Bo Diddley, recent Paramount performer, dies at 79
Rock ‘n’ roll forefather Bo Diddley died today at the age of 79, reports The New York Times. The guitarist, singer and songwriter was an innovator in almost every aspect of his music. He was known for the signature “Bo Diddley beat” (bomp, ba-bomp-bomp, bomp-bomp), his unmistakable rectangular guitar and a revolutionary sound that jumped out of blues and R&B traditions just as Diddley himself (born Ellas Bates) would often jump around on the stage.
Film added to Festival of the Photograph
The second annual LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph starts the show nearly a week early with a screening of Control, a biopic about the Manchester, England, punk act Joy Division and the life and death of the group’s lead singer, Ian Curtis. The film will screen at Vinegar Hill Theatre on Friday, June 6, at 9:30pm, for a ticket price of $10.