Snap o' the Day
Snap: Emptying stands bad omen for Groh
Published on Sep 13th, 2009
11 comments Big holes like this one were opening up as dejected fans began fleeing Scott Stadium even before the fourth quarter began in UVA's 30-14 loss to TCU Saturday afternoon. But this is how Section 123...
Snap: Sunset on Court Square
Published on Sep 12th, 2009
5 comments Court Square glows in the sunset at 7:24pm on Friday, 9/11.
Snap: Gutting on Grady
Published on Sep 11th, 2009
0 comments An old house at the corner of Grady Avenue and 10 1/2 Street stands gutted in preparation for a rebuild by Sowell Construction, the company whose owner was once portrayed as a "Girl Gone Green" in a...
Snap: Grey morning over U-Hall
Published on Sep 10th, 2009
1 comments Grey skies loom over U-Hall (and University Village retirement center looms over U-Hall). The Weather Underground predicts continued clouds with a 40 percent chance of showers by day and a 50 percent...
Bunny meets dog, sort of
Published on Sep 8th, 2009
1 comments A bunny rabbit hangs out with a plastic yard dog in Western Albemarle August 30. Neither appeared rabid.
Snap: new CTS fares
Published on Sep 2nd, 2009
1 comments From $2 to $1.50, CTS lowered its all-day bus fare–- around the time this photo was shot, which was 8:28am on August 18.
Snap: Kathryn Caine performs
Published on Aug 30th, 2009
8 comments Kathryn Caine performs August 20 at Wild Wing Caf©.
Snap: Solar coaster returns
Published on Aug 29th, 2009
0 comments Roger Voisinet, a realtor who also installs solar energy systems, checks out the Free Union house where he placed a thermal solar system back in 1981 (pair of center panels) and then returned in July...
Snap o' the day: Another fox sighting
Published on Aug 29th, 2009
3 comments Inside the offices of the Hook...
Snap: Sleeving the leak
Published on Aug 28th, 2009
1 comments A geyser erupted Thursday afternoon when a contractor performing road-related drainage work inadvertently cut an old water main under the western edge of West Leigh Dive. Over a year ago, residents...
Four men and a sofa
Published on Aug 25th, 2009
1 comments Four men and a sofa stroll down 14th Street on Monday, August 24 at 5:30pm. UVA students began their classes the following day.
Snap o' the day: Where's Nicole?
Published on Aug 24th, 2009
18 comments Aussie country musician Keith Urban plays John Paul Jones Arena Thursday, August 27. One of his buses made an early arrival and was spotted in the Omni lot Sunday, August 23. Updated 11:10am August...
Camille marker
Published on Aug 18th, 2009
0 comments In anticipation of the 40th anniversary of the Hurricane Camille disaster in Nelson County, someone has lain a wreath at the stone and bronze memorial along Route 56 by the Tye River in the village...
Mint Springs beach
Published on Aug 16th, 2009
3 comments Ever wonder what Mint Springs Valley Park's sand beach looks like from a clearing in the woods just below the summit of Bucks Elbow Mountain on a muggy summer Saturday when the Park temperature is...
Dog vomit slime mold
Published on Aug 13th, 2009
8 comments With this unually moist summer, so-called dog vomit slime mold has been having a banner year. Photographed here August 8 near Ivy.
Fluids spill on the Corner
Published on Aug 12th, 2009
0 comments A trash truck suffered a malfunction Wednesday morning that coated the intersection of University Avenue and the Corner Parking Lot with hydraulic fluid, according to an officer working the scene....
Jackson Browne at the Pavilion
Published on Aug 11th, 2009
1 comments Jackson Browne–- famous for such hits as "The Pretender," "Running on Empty," and "Stay"–  played for a large and appreciative crowd Tuesday, August 4 at the Charlottesivlle Pavilion, an...
Whizzing by... closed I-81 rest stops
Published on Aug 10th, 2009
0 comments Since July 21, anyone heading north from Tennessee on I-81 who forgot to make a bathroom break at the Virginia Welcome Center might be disappointed by the sight of this closed Mile Marker 61-area...
Spray this moment
Published on Aug 8th, 2009
2 comments This is as far as the canoe could get on August 3, 2009. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER On May 2, 2008, the dock was surrounded by water. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER 1 of 2 What a difference a year has...
Rich corinthian leather and admission fees
Published on Aug 7th, 2009
5 comments A reporter's ears perked up during an August 2 visit to America's largest house in Asheville, North Carolina when the headphones advised that the mansion's Breakfast Room was clad in "hand-tooled...
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