Other News We Heard Last Week

Don’t throw it all away: Last Tuesday (a.k.a. Earth Day), UVA pitched in with displays, games and events, including a Dumpster Dive, which revealed how much garbage could have been recycled. Tuesday 4/22 Residents question Hope shelter Two residents of the 10th and Page neighborhood, where the Hope Community Center is located, urged councilors Monday […]

CVS officially coming to the Corner

Anderson Brothers Building owner Terry Vassalos has confirmed that a deal to bring a CVS pharmacy into the space currently occupied by Satellite Ballroom, Just Curry, Higher Grounds and Plan 9 has now been signed and made official, NBC 29 reports.

In Re: Dept. of Hyperbolic Questions

Regarding my old (and overly quick) post on the U.S. Senate’s vote on Ledbetter v. Goodyear, Charlottesville writer Dahlia Lithwick has a must-read piece in Slate. She sums up the opponents of the bill to overturn the Supreme Court ruling thusly:

The Talented Mr. Norris

Sure, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg might have his own global news service, but he ain’t got shit on Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris, who not only writes a blog, he also hosts a public-access T.V. show.