Police responded to reported gunfire near the coal tower at the end of Water Street to find that Kevin Morrissey, 52, managing editor at the Virginia Quarterly Review, had taken his own life on July 30. Morrissey was part of the small staff that, under editor Ted Genoways, helped gain national recognition for the 7,000-circulation journal.
VQR’s web editor, Waldo Jaquith, has a personal note on his blog at cvillenews.com.
Fresh ideas The Cherry Avenue Grocery Community and Stakeholder Engagement Project held its fourth and final Buy Back the Block event on December 9, unveiling both the results of its survey and the names of parties interested in owning and operating a grocery store at 501 Cherry Ave. The development is on the site of […]
Parallax Project and Oenoverse co-founder and UVA School of Data Science associate director of career connections and community engagement Reggie Leonard shares thoughts on how to spend a day in Charlottesville: When I think about my perfect Charlottesville Day, I’ll give myself the constraint of a weekday/workday. I love unexpectedly warm days, when I’m working […]
