4Better Or Worse
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Feb 9th, 2006
0 comments Biggest oops: Charlottesville schools director of finance Edward Gillaspie discovers an extra $292K in the budget, thanks to federal funding. One day later, Gillaspie realizes the windfall was...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Feb 2nd, 2006
0 comments Most serious about peeping: Delegate Rob Bell sponsors his traditional Peeping Tom bill, and Police Chief Tim Longo shows up in Richmond January 23 to endorse the bill, which would change a third...
The week in review
Published on Feb 2nd, 2006
0 comments   Most serious about peeping: Delegate Rob Bell sponsors his traditional Peeping Tom bill, and Police Chief Tim Longo shows up in Richmond January 23 to endorse the bill, which would change a...
The week in review
Published on Jan 26th, 2006
0 comments Worst raising Kaine: The Democrats decide to have Virginia's newbie Governor Tim Kaine rebut President Bush's State of the Union address January 31, and critic Ariana Huffington asks: "What the hell...
The week in review
Published on Jan 19th, 2006
0 comments   Most closely watched DNA testing: That ordered by Governor Mark Warner on Roger Keith Coleman, who went to the electric chair in 1992 for the rape and murder of his sister-in-law, Wanda McCoy...
The week in review
Published on Jan 12th, 2006
0 comments Biggest surprise for a CHS parent: Deedee Gilmore discovers that wearing the name of their neighborhood– 900 South First Street– is forbidden at her son's school because administrators...
The week in review
Published on Jan 5th, 2006
0 comments Most surprising finale to 24-year career: Dem Delegate Mitch Van Yahres faces a Republican-requested investigation into whether he violated a prohibition against raising money when the General...
The week in review
Published on Dec 22nd, 2005
0 comments Biggest rape-case aftershock: Chris Matthew, who was accused of a September 3 rape and spent five days in jail before DNA test results cleared him, files an $850,000 defamation lawsuit against his...
The week in review
Published on Dec 15th, 2005
0 comments Best reason for joy in Hooville: UVA gets its biggest donation ever– $45 million from the Ivy Foundation, a remnant of the W. Alton Jones Foundation– and Governor Mark Warner proposes a $...
The week in review
Published on Dec 8th, 2005
0 comments First snow: The threat of precipitation closes local schools before the first snowflake hits the ground December 5, much to the delight of children and chagrin of their parents. Biggest death watch:...
The week in review
Published on Dec 1st, 2005
0 comments Best alternative to Monday Night Wrestling: The Charlottesville City Council public hearing on November 21 pits Rob "I care about African Americans" Schilling against Kendra "I am black" Hamilton in...
The week in review
Published on Nov 24th, 2005
0 comments Most shocking death: UVA student Michelle E. Collier, 20, is found dead in her city apartment November 18. Authorities report no obvious sign of trauma, and a toxicology report will take five to six...
The week in review
Published on Nov 17th, 2005
0 comments Biggest changing of the guard: Charlottesville voters overwhelming approve a referendum brought by lone City Council Republican Rob Schilling to elect school board members. Newest supe: Dem David...
The week in review
Published on Nov 10th, 2005
0 comments Worst nightmare for election officials: None of the voting machines at Walker Upper Elementary are working early November 8, preventing many would-be voters from casting their votes, WINA reports....
The week in review
Published on Nov 3rd, 2005
0 comments Worst reminder a serial rapist is out there: A woman is attacked October 24 by a man waiting inside her Broad Avenue apartment. Neighbors intervene, and there's no announced DNA connection to the...
The week in review
Published on Oct 27th, 2005
0 comments Most new Charlottesvillians: The city wins its challenge of the U.S. Census Bureau[base ']s claim that the city[base ']s population dropped by 3,494 from 2000 to 2004. The Census agrees to increase...
The week in review
Published on Oct 20th, 2005
0 comments Best break for alleged wife-killer Anthony Dale Crawford: City prosecutors will not seek the death penalty against the man charged with capital murder, first-degree murder, and the abduction of Sarah...
The week in review
Published on Oct 13th, 2005
0 comments Best news for defendants facing federal charges: The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, which includes Charlottesville, gets Larry Wayne Shelton as its first public defender....
The week in review
Published on Oct 6th, 2005
0 comments Best Nobel connection: UVA research professor Barry J. Marshall is awarded the Nobel in physiology and medicine for discovering that most peptic and gastric cancers are caused by a common bacterium....
The week in review
Published on Sep 29th, 2005
0 comments Best actress: Oscar winner Vanessa Redgrave heads to the Virginia Film Festival next month for the U.S. premiere of The Fever, directed by her son. Biggest hurricane: Rita slams into Texas and...
The week in review
Published on Sep 22nd, 2005
0 comments Least neighborly: Crozet residents pack the September 14 meeting of the Albemarle Board of Supervisors to beseech the board to reject Old Trail Village, a mixed use development packed with 2,000...
The week in review
Published on Sep 15th, 2005
0 comments Harshest critics of contemporary UVA architecture: UVA architecture profs, 26 of whom take out a full-page ad in the Cav Daily September 6 to ask, "Why has the university commissioned so much...
The week in review
Published on Sep 8th, 2005
0 comments Worst U.S. natural disaster– ever: In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, thousands are left homeless, seeking basics such as water and food. The nation's beloved New Orleans looks like a Third...
The week in review
Published on Sep 2nd, 2005
0 comments Costliest hurricane– ever: Category 5 Katrina leaves a 500-mile swath of devastation in her wake across the Gulf Coast August 29. At press time, the death toll was rising, as were floodwaters...
The week in review
Published on Aug 25th, 2005
0 comments Best news for North Grounds folk: Closed all summer, Massie Road reopens August 20, and the half-mile North Grounds Connector, which will join the U.S. 29/250 Bypass to Massie Road, is on schedule...
The week in review
Published on Aug 18th, 2005
0 comments Biggest jump at the pump: Local gas prices spike an average of four cents overnight to $2.45 for a gallon of regular, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic August 16. A month ago Charlottesville averaged $2....
The week in review
Published on Aug 11th, 2005
0 comments Biggest school board shaker: The job could become elected, after a citizen petition wins certification on the November 8 ballot, according to an August 9 release from City Councilor Rob Schilling....
The week in review
Published on Jul 28th, 2005
0 comments Biggest line: Paramount members brave 90-degree plus temperatures to buy their Yo-Yo Ma tickets July 26. Most anticipated forecast: The weather for July 27, 29 and 30– the dates the...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Jul 21st, 2005
0 comments Biggest rip: A renegade July 13 storm shreds the fabric of the Charlottesville Pavilion before it's installed. Most missing citizens: Charlottesville City Council votes July 18 to challenge a 2004...
The week in review
Published on Jul 14th, 2005
0 comments Best day for London: July 6, when the International Olympic Committee announces the city will host the 2012 Olympics. Worst: July 7, when four separate terrorist explosions hit three train lines and...