See if you can follow this one. Remember the baby switch at UVa in 1998? Well, it just got weirder. Carlton Conley, the biological father of Rebecca Chittum, is marrying the aunt (Pam Chittum) of the other swapped child, Callie Conley. Which means that his (adoptive) daughter is also his niece…or, no, that his biological daughter is his… Hmm. Well, suffice to say, these two little girls will one day do very well on Geraldo. The AP has the story.
News and meta-news about Charlottesville, VA, since 2001.
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Wednesday, “Venus” opens at Live Arts. Live Arts’ description: “The true story of The Venus Hottentot, an African woman brought to Britain in 1810 to be exhibited as a freak. Her enormous posterior makes her the target of lust, disgust, and fascination in this unsettling modern morality play.” Time Magazine had an interesting story about this play just last year. Wednesday is Pay-What-You-Can Night, Thursday is $11, and Friday and Saturday is $14.
In the craziness of the DMB concert this Saturday, don’t forget about the Charlottesville Downtown Foundation‘s 4th annual Dogwood Blues Festival. Friday features the Tom Principato Band at the amphitheatre (admission is free), Saturday, a chili cookoff, and Saturday evening includes, incredibly, both John Mayall and Corey Harris ($5.) You really don’t want to miss this.
jack writes: CNN is reporting that Wachovia is merging with First Union. As you may recall, Wachovia was still foundering a bit from indigestion encountered on swallowing up Charlottesville’s own Jefferson National Bank and other banks like it. The new company will be called Wachovia Corp.
Wachovia has a number of facilities in Charlottesville and is an employer not to be sniffed at. The merger is being billed as one of equals (9 board members from each company), but any time you have a union on this scale you have to expect a certain amount of scrutiny by each corporation into the operations of the other. Risky loans might be sold, management methods may change. Most significantly for Charlottesville, redundancy is eliminated. Will regional headquarters for what were once two seperate banks be consolidated into one? Which will dominate? Charlottesville could be looking at an increase in Wachovia’s presence, with a corrosponding increase in employment, tax base and commercial real estate values. Or, we may get the axe in favor of a First Union facility out of town. Time (and an ear to the ground) will tell. Yeah, what he said. Read on for more.
The Progress reports that City Council debated the impact of the proposed development of the Sperry Marine property at the 29/Hydraulic intersection. An out-of-state deveoper wants to put in a big theater, some stores, a hotel, and apparently some residences, too. Though development of the property fits into the plans to develop Charlottesville’s urban ring, county supervisors and city councilors dislike the “big-box” stores that would be constructed. Councilor Maurice Cox expressed concerned about traffic, as existing roads would likely be unable to handle the load. Councilor Kevin Lynch, never shy about such things, said that the planned development was “exactly wrong.”
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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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