The BoS has yet again postponed construction of the Crozet library, leaving the growing populace with a library the size of a phonebook. It’s ridiculous how many times this project has been pushed back. #
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Police announced this afternoon that their investigation into what was initially believed to be a fatal fire on Rugby Avenue is now a homicide investigation. #
The Virginia Supreme Court has denied George Huguely’s appeal. His second-degree murder conviction will stand, WRIC reports. #
In a carefully worded story, and not citing specific sources, WTVR reports that forensic evidence belonging to Jesse Matthew Jr., the main suspect in the disappearance of Hannah Graham, matches forensic evidence collected during the investigation of Morgan Harrington’s 2009 murder. #
In the wake of Hannah Graham’s disappearance, and the evidence that came from private security footage, city officials are revisiting the question of installing security cameras on the downtown mall. #
Both Charlottesville Registrar Sheri Iachetta and former Electoral Board member Stephanie Commander have turned themselves in to the police on
foursix and four felony counts of embezzlement, respectively. #Ten years ago, the National Institutes of Health budget doubled and schools like the University of Virginia built massive new research facilities. A decade later, those buildings remain largely underutilized. NPR visits UVA in this story on the effect of federal binge and spurge spending in the sciences. #
In 2012, Council approved a new student housing complex on West Main—now some council members are questioning whether what they were shown matches what was built. #
The Architectural Review Board has approved a bike-themed mural on West Market, below the McGuffey Art Center, although at least one member expressed concerns that it might look like the bicyclists were riding away from Charlottesville’s downtown. #
City Police Chief Tim Longo is meeting with city leaders to work on protocols regarding the use of military surplus police weapons in Charlottesville. #
A 100-year-old Colonnades resident received military honors for her service in the WWII Women’s Army Corps #
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That’s all we need is a new library in crozet. Can you imagine what a new library will do to the population of crozet. Lets move to crozet, they just got a new library. Population explosion in crozet all over again. BOS are finally getting it right, at least on this one.
Yes, please, let’s keep things bad in order to avoid overpopulation. Heck, I don’t know why we don’t demolish the schools and libraries in Charlottesville. That’d help.
Hands up from everybody who has ever moved to be closer to a library. Hands up from every real estate agent who has ever had a client who moved to be closer to a library. Hands up from everybody who has ever heard of somebody moving to be closer to a library?
Anybody? Anybody? Bueller?
Waldo, don’t you live close to a library?
The Farmville library is having a fabulous redesign, after 30-some years of planning. I hear it’s gorgeous.
Definitely not. I live on top of a mountain surrounded by many square miles of forest in the northeast corner of the county, nearer to Gordonsville than to Charlottesville. I don’t live close to anything.
I don’t live close to a library either. Or a post office.
Lucky you, Waldo. You are living in what sounds like the place of my dreams.
Maybe someday- back to Rappahannock.
Well, I do often say one of the reason I stayed in C’ville early on is because I really liked having access to UVA’s library. Then I got to know some cool people and then we got to be number 1, and the we got some different people, and well, I still live here….
I can’t imagine moving somewhere because they had a relatively crappy public library with lots of Dan Brown books-on-tape. Why would I even have to, when I’ve got Waldo, not to mention lots of free pron streaming at near lightspeed(don’t tel me you don’t know wut I’m sayin’ he he he) right into my home 24 hours a day?
Jogger –
Crozet needs a new library.
I can’t wait for the new library. I can’t wait to be able to walk to it on a sidewalk (and have my kids walk on it to a sidewalk!) and park at it without doing a 13-point turn or waiting with the back of my car sticking out on 240 for someone to back out of his space. I love the current library and get a lot of books there for school; the librarians are the best. I would survive if it stayed as is. But why would I ever be unhappy about a new library?
Someone did move to Crozet for the library –
RealCrozetVA:
It’s not why but is a part of why …