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Under the Table and Drinking

On Wednesday three University of Virginia students will head to Washington, D.C. for special meetings with EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and the White House Liaison to Young Americans Ronnie Cho scheduled for Thursday.

Officers responded to the 800 block of Forrest Street on Sunday, October 23rd at 8:53pm for a shots fired call. While officers were on the scene of the call, we were notified by Uva’s E.R. that a male victim in his early 20’s was brought to the Emergency Room. The victim of a gunshot wound to the abdominal area.

In an effort to address concerns raised by the public and the media, several Occupy Cville protestors committed to giving a press conference at the end of their first week of occupying Lee Park in Downtown Charlottesville.

What does Wall Street have to do with the environment?

Charlottesville Parks & Recreation will continue the master planning process for the east side of McIntire Park with its next public meeting on October 24, 2011 at 6:30 pm. The meeting will be held at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing Arts Center.

Exiting City Councilor Holly Edwards shares her thoughts on the future of Charlottesville, her successes and the her most difficult votes.

Waterways are impaired, but new development continues apace.

What’s going on this weekend?

Tim Dixon, owner-developer of the award-winning Iron Horse biker hotel in Milwaukee and lately a partner to Landmark owner Halsey Minor, spoke to the Lifestyle/Boutique Hotel Development Conference in Miami yesterday and told the crowd that "boutiques" are "kicking the crap out of" national chain hotels and that the key to success in developing hotels is getting enough "funky money" (tax credits and other government grants).