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Tuesday, November 23 Poetry site gets NEA nod Senator George Allen’s office announces today that Poetry Daily, a locally produced poetry website (www.poems.com), has been granted $7,000 from the National […]

Tuesday, November 16 Giving voice to the beakless While the drive-through window remained busy, a pair of young activists from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals appeared outside the […]

Tuesday, November 9 Big bucks for Virginia Virginia is sitting on a pot of money for the first time in four years. Members of the General Assembly today met at […]

Tuesday, November 2 Albemarle gets blue shading Voters came to the polls in droves in both Charlottesville and Albemarle County today, with voter turnout topping that of the 2000 elections. […]

Tuesday, October 26 A detestable act Today The Daily Progress announced it would adopt a new advertising policy, after some readers protested the newspaper’s decision to run an anonymous ad […]

Tuesday, October 19 Bush’s beady eyes A tour bus featuring a giant picture of President Bush and the line “Yes, Bush Can! ’04” rolled into town today, coming to a […]

Tuesday, October 12 No such thing as a free ambulance Many city governments must factor rescue and emergency medical services into annual budgets. Not here in Charlottesville, where the all-volunteer […]

Tuesday, October 5 New supe’s tests examined In their fourth public meeting in one week to address new standardized testing, Charlottesville school administrators convened this evening with nearly three-dozen attendees […]

Tuesday, September 28 Serial rapist is black As of today, local cops can stop scrutinizing Latinos or white men in their search for the serial rapist. (Police reportedly sought DNA […]

Tuesday, September 14 Presidential hopeful on Grounds Paying his first-ever visit to “Mr. Jefferson’s University,” Libertarian Party presidential candidate Michael Badnarik, who will be on Virginia’s November 2 ballot, smoothly […]