4Better Or Worse
The week in review
Published on Mar 13th, 2012
0 comments Biggest backlash: Culpeper Commonwealth's Attorney Gary Close abruptly resigns March 12 after a federal judge reverses a capital murder conviction against Michael Wayne Hash, citing extreme police...
The week in review
Published on Mar 7th, 2012
0 comments Warmest winter: The National Weather Service says 2011-12 is the fourth warmest on record, and the average temperature of 44.5 degrees is a whopping five degrees higher than the average winter norm...
The week in review
Published on Mar 1st, 2012
0 comments Biggest contract: Ryan Zimmerman, the star UVA baseball shortstop turned star third-baseman for the Washington Nationals, has reportedly inked a deal that could be worth as much as $150 million....
The week in review
Published on Feb 23rd, 2012
0 comments Hungriest: Twelve UVA students begin a hunger strike February 18 in support of a living wage of at least $13 for the university's lowest paid employees. Sweetest deal: UVA lacrosse coach Dom Starsia...
The week in review
Published on Feb 15th, 2012
0 comments Worst case of legislators inserting themselves in vaginas: The House of Delegates is set to pass a bill February 14 that requires women having an abortion to have an ultrasound that uses a vaginal...
The week in review
Published on Feb 8th, 2012
1 comments Best break for gun-runners: Virginia's Senate passes a bill February 6 lifting the one-handgun-a-month law put into place in 1993 by Governor Doug Wilder to curb gun trafficking, the Washington Post...
The week in review
Published on Feb 2nd, 2012
1 comments Best street theater: The 17 Occupy Charlottesville protesters arrested December 1 for trespassing in Lee Park are found guilty in court January 27. Veronica Fitzhugh, who was charged with indecent...
The week in review
Published on Jan 25th, 2012
1 comments Latest hotel death: The body of Laura Daly, 46, is found in the Red Roof Inn January 22 along with David Highfield, 63, who was unconscious and is in intensive care at UVA Medical Center, according...
The week in review
Published on Jan 19th, 2012
0 comments Most jarring headline: "Neighbors: 5-year-old Stabbed 3 People After Argument Over Juice Box" details the January 16 attack on two juveniles and an adult at a mobile home park on Shady Grove Road in...
The week in review
Published on Jan 11th, 2012
1 comments Testiest first meeting of the year: The Albemarle Board of Supervisors goes into 3-3 deadlock mode January 4 over the nomination of Duane Snow as chair and adding anti-bypass  supes to the...
The week in review
Published on Jan 4th, 2012
3 comments Odds on favorite for mayor: Incumbent Satyendra Huja is expected to be elected ceremonial leader of Charlottesville at the January 3 City Council meeting (just after presstime, alas), which will be...
The week in review
Published on Dec 22nd, 2011
0 comments Biggest breakthrough in water wars: The city and county reach an agreement on how they'll split the costs of the mega-dam at Ragged Mountain Natural Area and the nine-mile-uphill pipeline to fill it...
The week in review
Published on Dec 15th, 2011
0 comments Worst déjà vu: A gunman terrorizes Virginia Tech December 8, a situation that locks down the campus, amid reports two men are dead. Ross Truett Ashley, 22, a Radford University student, walks up to...
The week in review
Published on Dec 7th, 2011
1 comments Most pro-active: UVA quickly disabuses Occupy Charlottesville of any notion George Rogers Clark Park is open for takeover. "Quite simply, the University is not a campground," says UVA executive VP/...
The week in review
Published on Dec 1st, 2011
0 comments Biggest countdown: Will they stay or will they go? Charlottesville withdraws the welcome mat (permit) for Occupy Charlottesville in Lee Park with an 11pm November 29 deadline, after the Hook has gone...
The week in review
Published on Nov 23rd, 2011
3 comments Latest George Huguely ruling: A judge says November 18 that defense attorneys may see slain student Yeardley Love's medical records. Biggest issue for UVA students I: The magnolias slated to be cut...
The week in review
Published on Nov 16th, 2011
2 comments Worst week for traffic fatalities: Three people die within 14 hours on Albemarle County roads, none of whom were wearing seatbelts, according to police. Amber Leigh Johnson, 20, and Michael Wayne...
The week in review
Published on Nov 9th, 2011
0 comments Most double-shotted endorsement: The Daily Progress picks two pro-dam candidates for the three open seats on City Council– incumbent Satyendra Huja and Kathy Galvin– and opines that of...
The week in review
Published on Nov 2nd, 2011
0 comments Most secret negotiations: Albemarle officials are meeting behind closed doors to push for a 42-foot Ragged Mountain dam rather than the city-approved 30-foot earthen dam, and dangling an offer to pay...
The week in review
Published on Oct 27th, 2011
0 comments Most accommodating: City officials agree to extend the permit for Occupy Charlottesville in Lee Park until October 27, and waive the $25 fee. Previously, camping had not been allowed in the city park...
The week in review
Published on Oct 20th, 2011
1 comments Best sign Louisa may be cursed: A tornado touches down southeast Gordonsville around 3:30pm October 13, ripping the roof off historic Sylvania, a house on the James Madison Highway that dates from...
The week in review
Published on Oct 13th, 2011
1 comments Worst crash aftermath: Doris Campbell, 33, injured October 3 in a head-on collision on Old Lynchburg Road, dies October 10 and becomes the 14th fatality in Albemarle this year. Brandon Wilson, 28, of...
The week in review
Published on Oct 6th, 2011
0 comments Gloomiest Albemarle budget news: The county projects a $1 million shortfall for this fiscal year and the next because of a fall in real estate assessments anticipated through 2013, the Daily Progress...
The week in review
Published on Sep 29th, 2011
0 comments Most disturbing statistics: One in five Charlottesville families can't pay their bils and one in three can't afford day care and transportation costs to keep a job, according to a study based on U.S...
The week in review
Published on Sep 22nd, 2011
3 comments Most clueless board: The Commonwealth Transportation Board. In late June, VDOT's own engineers peg the cost of building the Western Bypass as $436 million, nearly double the previous estimate. CTB...
The week in review
Published on Sep 15th, 2011
1 comments Most epochal: The 10th anniversary of September 11. Most torrential: A five o'clock thunderstorm September 12 brings hail, a tree on top of a car on JPA, and a stalled car on flooded Old Ivy Road....
The week in review
Published on Sep 8th, 2011
0 comments Latest tropical storm: Lee heads up from Louisiana, dumping rain on Cental Virginia and bringing flood warnings. A truck stalls out in high water on Avon Street Extended September 6 when a drain...
The week in review
Published on Sep 1st, 2011
0 comments Most disaster prone: The 5.8 magnitude Cuckoo quake August 23, followed four days later by Hurricane Irene, causes the governor to raise the inevitable question: When does the swarm of locusts arrive...
The week in review
Published on Aug 25th, 2011
0 comments Biggest primary: Dems elect City Council candidates Satyendra Huja, Kathy Galvin, and Dede Smith August 20 to run for three open Council seats. Llezelle Dugger gets the nomination for clerk of court...
The week in review
Published on Aug 18th, 2011
2 comments Harshest weather: A severe storm pounds Charlottesville August 14 and leaves 7,000 without power in the city and more than 11,000 in the dark in the county. Park and Wertland Streets are closed the...