Tuesday, March 29Deeds in, runs as a regular guy Local Democratic activists turned out at Bashir’s Taverna during a perfect Mall afternoon to hear Sen. Creigh Deeds make it official: he wants to be your next State Attorney General. Joined by his wife and their four children, he spoke as a friend of “everyday families.” […]
Tuesday, March 22 For use in case of emergencies A Planned Parenthood survey shows that if other methods fail, for the women of Charlottesville, emergency contraception is relatively accessible. Collecting data today from local pharmacies as part of national Back Up Your Birth Control Day, PP found that more than 90 percent carry emergency contraception […]
Tuesday, March 15 Tinsley fiddles with First Amendment DMB fiddler Boyd Tinsley can add “trustee” to his list of creds as today the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression announces he will join its Board of Trustees. The Center, which hands out annual Muzzle Awards for egregious acts of censorship across the […]
Tuesday, March 8 Tech loves community Today the Virginia Piedmont Technology Council announced three finalists for its Community Award, which, with five other categories, will be given out on May 3. In the community category, music promoter and real estate developer Coran Capshaw gets the nod for spearheading the Music Resource Center’s relocation. PVCC President […]
Tuesday, March 1 CVS manager checks out After a half-century of serving Downtown customers, CVS manager Middie Hall today officially begins her retirement, hanging up her red smock and nametag. Hall, a recent Manager of the Year, started at the store, then Standard Drug, in 1955. And no, she doesn’t need a CVS ExtraCare card. […]
Tuesday, February 22 Developer delays Northtown plan Today developer Wendell Wood asked the County’s planning commission for a deferral on the Northtown Center—a 16-acre project he’s planning on U.S. 29 near Carrsbrook Drive. Wood is perhaps best known as the developer who’s bringing Target to town further north on Route 29. He says he needs […]
Smith, Griffin should go If this whole incident in the Charlottesville schools succeeds in highlighting, in a constructive way, the serious racial divide and the achievement gap in the city schools, we will be the better for it. As it stands, the issue is being torn limb from limb with accusations abounding about who really […]
Tuesday, February 15 Warner: Darden prof is “outstanding” Governor Mark Warner today recognized Dr. Ed Freeman, professor at UVA’s Darden School of Business, as one of 11 recipients of the Outstanding Faculty Award, the highest honor for faculty at Virginia’s public colleges and universities. Freeman responded humbly, telling C-VILLE, “It’s easy to teach when you […]
Tuesday, February 8 Dems PAC ’em in Cynicism and idealism went hand in hand today as The Democratic Road Back PAC presented “Time to Pass the Torch…and the beer,” a two-hour beer tasting and fundraiser in the Starr Hill Music Hall. The event was aimed at recruiting “young voters,” loosely defined as those in their […]
Tuesday, February 1 UVA grad replaces Kilgore Judith Williams Jagdmann was sworn in as the Commonwealth’s attorney general at noon today, replacing Jerry Kilgore, who is running for governor. A former deputy AG for the civil division, Jagdmann, 46, said in her remarks that she will “work tirelessly every day,” something that is undoubtedly familiar […]