Snap o' the Day
'Tis the season
Published on Nov 3rd, 2012
0 comments JMU student John Geary decided that as long as he had the sign and costume, he'd exercise his first amendment rights in Charlottesville on the corner favored by protesters in front of the U.S....
Two former guvs: Kaine and Warner push for Senate
Published on Nov 1st, 2012
11 comments Former governors Tim Kaine and Mark Warner stopped by Democratic headquarters on the Downtown Mall November 1 in a home-stretch push to elect Kaine to the U.S. Senate. "In five days now, he'll be the...
The Great Pumpkin (the mutant version)
Published on Oct 29th, 2012
0 comments It looked like a Great Mutant Pumpkin had landed near the UVA hospital complex to a passerby on Saturday afternoon, the 27th of October. Related: Soaked and chilled: 'Frankenstorm' to start wetting...
Pole on Park
Published on Oct 25th, 2012
0 comments A utility pole felled by a vehicular crash had Park Street closed for a while shortly before 2pm on Wednesday, October 25.
Fall on the Lawn
Published on Oct 19th, 2012
0 comments A recent misty morning gave the UVA Lawn a chance to shine.
Jefferson Street at 8:29am
Published on Oct 18th, 2012
0 comments This is how the street in front of the Albemarle County Courthouse looked at 8:29 this morning, as a reporter waited for the clerk's office to open (to examine a high-profile arrest record).
The mural progresses
Published on Oct 16th, 2012
4 comments We photographed artist Ross McDermott last week starting on the new mural on the side of One Meatball Place on West Main. Here's how it looks October 16. Post-publication clarification: While...
Getting out the unregistered vote
Published on Oct 15th, 2012
1 comments Margie Shepherd stands ready to register the at Toddsbury of Ivy shop during the morning commute October 15, the last day to register to vote in the November 6 election.
Let the mural-making begin
Published on Oct 11th, 2012
1 comments After finally getting approval from the Board of Architectural Review, which rejected his first boldly-colored design, Ross McDermott, director of the Charlottesville Mural Project, starts painting...
Tony Horwitz and John Brown
Published on Sep 21st, 2012
0 comments Confederates in the Attic author Tony Horwitz was in town September 20 discussing his latest book, Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid that Sparked the Civil War. Among those involved in...
Street theater
Published on Sep 17th, 2012
0 comments Act I of The Madwoman of Chaillot is underway Friday evening, September 14, with the Bank of America as a backdrop. The show continues Thursdays-Saturdays at 6pm through September, with a September...
Crozet Library arises
Published on Sep 5th, 2012
0 comments The long-awaited Crozet Library broke ground in July and part of the $5.77 million structure has now emerged. It's being built by M.B. Contractors out of Roanoke.
Queue longer than Downtown Mall for Obama
Published on Aug 29th, 2012
55 comments   Related: Obama time: Prez gives Perriello re-election push Crowds gathered, and materials were moved into place for the Wednesday, August 29 arrival of the American president, Barack Obama,...
Sunday night rites
Published on Aug 27th, 2012
2 comments Some people think that they can park for free on Sundays; others simply overstay their welcome. More towing stories: • Towing tales: Like hassles, everybody has one • Tough business: Collier's boss...
Confederate canon... ready for inaction
Published on Aug 26th, 2012
6 comments One of the pair of Confederate cannons on the grounds of Albemarle County courts complex aims out at passersby on a recent August day.
Scranton's finest comes to Court Square
Published on Aug 18th, 2012
0 comments Our eyes bugged out last Thursday while strolling through Court Square when we spied this empty box of Dunder Mifflin paper in a Charlottesville recycling bin. It turns out that mega-store Staples...
Sullivan: 'It seemed fine to me'
Published on Aug 14th, 2012
106 comments The tone was cordial, and the information flowed, the president said, "like drinking water from a firehose" on Tuesday, August 14 as University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan and the woman who...
Help... save the next girl
Published on Aug 14th, 2012
1 comments A volunteer with Help Save the Next Girl, an organization set up in the wake of the 2009 Charlottesville murder of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington, speaks with a television reporter outside...
High over Darden
Published on Aug 8th, 2012
0 comments The Lawn-like aspect of the Darden School campus comes into focus from above.
Earthquake damage?
Published on Aug 7th, 2012
0 comments Since spring, the brick exterior at the Albemarle County Office Building has been shrouded and getting repairs due to bowing of some walls. While some in the the County allege that the structure,...
Syndicate content