A Great Wailing and Gnashing of Teeth
Breaking News: Either someone is repeatedly stabbing News Editor Will Goldsmith, or he is listening to the radio.
WaPo is totally crushing on us
We’re beginning to wonder if the Washington Post plans to open a satellite office in our cozy little ‘ville because, as frequently as they’ve written about our food and coffee, it might save reporters some money on gas.
Teenage I-64 shooter pleads guilty
A 16-year-old teen has pleaded guilty to five of 15 felony charges filed in connection to his role in the Interstate 64 shootings that took place in March, injuring several people and forcing authorities to shut down the road and local schools
Director Leah Stoddard resigns from Second Street Gallery
Everybody who’s anybody is bailing out of the art world, it seems, and Second Street Gallery’s executive director Leah Stoddard is the latest to jump ship.
Virginia could be roadmap out of primary mess
Back in 1994, Virgil Goode was a Democrat, Mark Warner was Virginia’s Democratic party chairman and former governor Doug Wilder was in the same unenviable position where Hillary Clinton now finds herself.
My Morning Jacket slated for Pavilion in September
Reverb-loving Southern indie rock band My Morning Jacket will be making their way to the Charlottesville Pavilion on September 2. Not a huge surprise, considering the band is signed to Coran Capshaw and Dave Matthews’ ATO label.
WaPo hearts our town: Lovefest continues
A week ago, it was our coffee. Now it’s our dining scene generally. The Washington Post just can’t seem to get enough of Charlottesville food…
Warner’s aw-shucks, self-deprecating digs speak to a dominant lead
[Corrected] Good politicians are good story tellers, and Mark Warner can tell a story. But his self-deprecation points to his imposing lead in the race for the U.S. Senate.
W.G. Clark house gets another nod
Not that, ahem, we noticed back in March or anything, but W.G. Clark’s house is very cool. The local architect designed this unapologetically modern concrete-block dwelling for himself and this month, it appears in the Oxford American’s Home Sweet Home issue…
That’s $6 billion … with a “B”
Just a wee bit of a typo on that last post about Mark Warner. The former governor inherited a $6 billion deficit from previous governor Jim Gilmore, not $6 million, as was stated in the original post.