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An early 1990s upgrade lit the softball fields at McIntire Park, but players have now been told that their days here are numbered.PHOTO BY RYAN HOOVER"It takes three hours to play softball-- one to pl
Biggest coup for Monticello: President George Bush decides to speak at the July 4 naturalization ceremony, bumping previously scheduled documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. Biggest hassle for  Monti
Culture Vulture By LINDA SHERMANDEXXTRO@YAHOO.COM Undissolved Mysteries By JOHN ALLENBREEN41@AOL.COM Slow Wave By JESSE REKLAW www.slowwave.com Berard's news cartoon (see news story
Sometimes an artist simply needs to get out of the way of the work. That's the conclusion I reached after listening to Joel-Peter Witkin discuss his imagery during the Festival of the Photograph. Witk
"We Are Family, I got all my sisters with me. Get up everybody and sing!" Go, Sister Sledge!! (Where are they now?)  Family is something so powerful, so encompassing, so-- ah, complicated. The P
Like Jefferson himself, his relatives didn't always keep families intact.COURTESY MONTICELLOThis Fourth of July will find me at my job, guiding visitors through Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's mountain
As satisfying as it is to publish critically acclaimed books, sometimes a regular paying gig is nice, too, especially if a college on the Eastern Shore named for Washington wants you to write about Jefferson.
Fraidoon Hovaizi wants you to eat "one meal healthier" at ZamZam Kabob.PHOTO BY RYAN HOOVERIn March, Fraidoon Hovaizi took over the space on Route 29/Rio Road formally occupied by Zandi's and opened Z
What's the secret to ZydeCo's jambalaya?
Alec CargileLithic ConstructionPHOTO COURTESY ALEC CARGILEQ: What can be done to improve the air quality and air circulation in our house? Will fans do the trick, or should we be thinking about other
Mall designer Lawrence Halprin has said the herringbone pattern of the bricks "establishes the character for the Mall." If City planners get their way, replacing the existing bricks with new sand-set
APPEARED IN THE HOOK: December 13, 2007 in issue 0650 ADDRESS: 2305 Middle River Road, Stanardsville ASKING PRICE: $695,000 (now $550,000) ASSESSMENT: $291,900 LISTED BY: Julie Kuhl, Re/Max Real
PHOTO BY ROSALIND WARFIELD-BROWNADDRESS: 2458 Rock Branch Lane NEIGHBORHOOD: North Garden ASKING: $349,900 ASSESSMENT: $296,500 YEAR BUILT: 1945 SIZE: 1600 fin. sq. ft. LAND: 2.07 acres CURB AP
July 7 at 11:15pm at the Fluvanna County Courthouse Property: 22 Tobacco Terrace, Fairway, Lake Monticello Debtor: Mary Jane Kevlin Amount owing: $94,050 Bidder brings: $9,400 or 10 percent of the
ALBEMARLE 4/1 Sam and Ming Jean to Lorrie L. and Jayson Jean, 83 Gerogetown Green, gift. Keswick Corporation to Jeffrey L. and Debra K. Holloway, 2.318 acres in Glenmore, Keswick, $365,000 C. R. B
Times are tough, that’s for sure, as anyone who owns a gas-powered vehicle can attest. Food prices are up, foreclosures are up. Heck, everybody’s pinching pennies, right? Well, maybe not everybody. How about the City of Charlottesville? In the last several months, City Manager Gary O’Connell (pictured left) has come under fire for his role in [...]
Despite any frantic buzz rustled up across the country by the Business Travel Coalition’s release of threatened regional airports last Wednesday, the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport reports its airline service is safe from the chopping block. As of now, the only loss CHO will suffer is a suspended Delta flight to Cincinnati beginning in September. However, Delta [...]
Petit Bebe movers roll strollers into the children’s boutique’s new location at 115 S. First St., previously home of Les Yeux du Monde art gallery.
On June 8, newspaper reader Chuck Mathewes opened his Daily Progress to a liberals-bashing letter attributed to Debra Weidman of northern Albemarle County. Chock full of cheeky one-liners, the letter announced, “I think owning a gun doesn’t make you a killer, it makes you a smart American,” and “I believe that if you’re selling [...]
7:27pm update: The official DMB website says Moore’s condition has been upgraded to fair and that you can send an e-card to wish him well. CHARLOTTESVILLE— Dave Matthews Band saxophonist LeRoi Moore remains in serious condition at UVA hospital following an all-terrain vehicle accident on his farm outside Charlottesville yesterday, according to a statement on [...]
Three months after Charlene Smith was fired, she’s still angry about what she calls her “wrongful termination,” and she alleges there’s a pattern of discrimination against minority employees at Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge. “I was falsely accused of sleeping on the job,” says Smith, a certified nurse assistant who had worked at the posh [...]
Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris joins 31 other U.S. mayors who signed a petition opposing military action in Iran. “It’s the same path as the one that headed to Iraq,” says Norris. He cites New Yorker reporting over the weekend that Congress has already authorized $400 million in covert operations to lay the groundwork for an [...]
It looks even bigger Saturday in the afternoon light. PHOTO BY STAFF PHOTO BY STAFF 1 of 2 According to city spokesperson Ric Barrick, this crane that just went up over the Landmark Hotel construction site on the Downtown Mall is the biggest one ever involved in a Charlottesville construction. Naturally, with the news of the collapsing cranes [...]
After months of workouts, meet-and-greets, and speculation, recently graduated UVA point guard Sean Singletary finally learned of his professional basketball fate when deputy commissioner Adam Silver announced that with the 42nd overall pick, the Sacramento Kings had made Singletary one of theirs. Singletary is the first Cavalier to be chosen in the NBA Draft since [...]
The indefatigable creator of The Waltons television series has just added another feather to his cap. Make that cap and gown. Schuyler native Earl Hamner was presented an honorary doctorate by his alma mater, the University of Cincinnati, at its June 14 commencement, where he was the speaker. “You know, my head has swollen to [...]
Judge Norman Moon continued the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act civil suit yesterday afternoon that pits three Greene County residents against members of the Dogwood Valley property owners association. Barely halfway through what was expected to be a four-day trial, Moon asked plaintiffs’ lawyer Joe D’Erasmo to provide evidence that defendants Gary Lowe, the [...]
The Business Travel Coalition, an advocacy organization that advances the interests of business travelers, seems to think so. “Charlottesville’s air service could become an unwitting victim of high fuel prices, as multiple U.S. airlines are likely to default and fail in the coming months while other airlines retrench,” reads a release from the organization today. “The crisis [...]
It’s been used to prosecute the Gambino organized crime family, Adelphia Cable’s Rigas family, even the Hell’s Angels. Today in U.S. District Court, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act was the basis for a civil suit against a Greene County homeowners association, and testimony included the glimpse of a gun at a [...]
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