28-year-old University graduate student Alison Meloy was found dead in her home on Commonwealth Drive yesterday, the Cav Daily reports. County police believe her death was a homicide. Meloy worked as a teaching assistant for Larry Sabato‘s Introduction to American Politics class, and was a 1994 graduate of Swarthmore. [Update: Keep reading to see tjposey‘s clarification. He suspects that local news organizations are dramatizing the story based on the few available facts.]
News and meta-news about Charlottesville, VA, since 2001.
Monthly Archive for April, 2001
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cyberville writes: Sheesh…talk about lack of any conclusive evidence, the murder trial of local resident michael spicer and three friends seems to be heading toward a speedy resolution–despite the fact that, ‘The trial, now in its sixteenth day, is on its way toward becoming the longest criminal trial in the history of this eastern Caribbean island since the first English settlers arrived in 1666.’
Looks like the county’s ready to make a commitment: the Sperry project, now called “Albemarle Place,” will start in June of 2002. It will open in spring of 2003, and include a 16-screen theater, a hotel, a grocery store, a 125,000 sq. ft. store, and 300 “residential units.” Maybe they can open it quicker, since we’re low on theaters, hotels and grocery stores. The story is in today’s Progress.
Elizabeth Managan has an interesting column in the Cav Daily about the source of high textbook costs, and efforts at UVa to lower them. Often these textbooks are $80 – $120. Sometimes a textbook is nothing more than a photocopied 100 pages or so, which will set you back $50. It’s funny how often that these expensive textbooks are written by professors at the very college where they’re required. Worst of all is the system by which the school sells you a used textbook for $60, buys it back from you for $15, and turns around and sells it again for $60. Anybody have any textbook horror stories?
UVa has introduced their new logo, the Cav Daily reports. More than 55 UVa logos are currently in use, so the new one should permit every department to operate under a unified look. We’ll be sticking with the “V” on cvillenews.com, I think.
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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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