Two Cavalier Daily writers have documented how to make local celebrities feel uncomfortable in several easy steps. Following their simple directions, you, too, can make Dave Matthews Band feel uncomfortable in their own home town. I think I’m going to go hurl bananas at John Grisham.
News and meta-news about Charlottesville, VA, since 2001.
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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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The lesson learned is that if you act like a fan-boy, you will be treated like a fan-boy.
Robert Woodruff, who at various times throughout the 20th century was the Chairman, President and Godfather of Coca-Cola, once wrote; ‘It is just as easy to make friends with people of consequence as it is with those of no consequesnce.’
The trick is that friends don’t act like deranged ex-boyfriends or British tabloid photographers.
~J
There’s a big, black, tinted bus parked at the Residence Inn near Barracks Road that’s worth at LEAST $1 million. (I know my buses!) Hmmmmm… I wonder who that could belong to…
Celebrities, by the very nature of their celebrated status, are public figures and, as such, give up some of the rights private citizens enjoy. While I agree the local celebrity populace, such as it is, surely counts among its blessings the town’s nonchalance toward them, it’s questionable as to whether what two college reporters revealed constitutes “stalking.” This brief outpouring of DMB mania, media-concocted or not, would, to any normal person, appear as endearing to any far-flung celeb as a hometown parade would to, say, an astronaut of yesteryear. Lighten up.