Tonight’s City Council meeting will be the first for newly-inducted Councilor Rob Schilling, and will also result in a new mayor. The mayor, who is elected by Council, serves two years. Our current mayor, Blake Caravati, will turn over the reins to whomever is appointed this evening. It is widely assumed that Councilor Maurice Cox, a six-year veteran of Council, will emerge as the new mayor. The meeting, as always, starts at 7:30pm, and will be broadcast on public access.
News and meta-news about Charlottesville, VA, since 2001.
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All is not well in Schuyler, the home of the real-life Walton family. Jim-Bob and John-Boy are feuding over drugs, money and sex, resulting in Jim Hamner being kicked off the board of directors of the Walton’s Museum. Lisa Provence has the story in the current Hook.
Cecil writes: There’s a story on the AP Wire about a suspected serial kidnapper who killed himself–there’s a suggestion that he may have been the one responsible for the murders of the Lisk sisters in May 1997.
Belle writes: Last Saturday, Leonard Sandridge visited a graveyard in Ivy, following emerging clues that a body thought possibly to be in a grave found on the property on which the University hopes to soon build a parking garage (and, later, perhaps some student housing) might have been exhumed and moved off the property in the 1950s. UVa News Services has the story (and some nice photos).
The annual Nelson County Summer Festival will be held this weekend at the Oak Ridge Estate. There will be music, agricultural displays, artisans’ work, food vendors, wineries and a children’s area. Musical acts include Seldom Scene and Terri Allard Band, among others. It runs Saturday and Sunday, from 11am to 6pm. Admission is $5.
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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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