The first of five Albemarle Board of Supervisors candidate forums was held on Tuesday. Sponsored by the Earlysville Area Residents’ League, 75 people attended the growth-centric discussion. On their blog, Charlottesville Tomorrow provides the audio from the forum.
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Tonight’s Stones concert at Scott Stadium was abruptly halted shortly after it began, after a bomb threat was called in. The Daily Progress was the first to report this, via their Stones show quasi-blog, writing:
Mick Jagger announced that the band had been told by authorities they needed to take a 10-minute break because of a technical problem.
Afterward, several police officers appeared on stage with dogs.
Several thousand people seated on the field were evacuated, and the dogs sniffed around the stage and the field in front of the stage.
On their 11pm broadcast, NBC 29 reported that it wasn’t until an hour later that the show started again; clearly, the problems were not technical in nature. Bomb threats became a nasty habit at UVa in 2002, but hadn’t been an issue for the past few years. The Stones intend to play a full show, despite, planning to wrap up shortly after midnight.
The Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership sponsored a debate last night between the two candidates vying to represent Charlottesville in the House of Delegates, David Toscano and Tom McCrystal. The moderate Democrat and the moderate Republican spent a lot of time agreeing. The major difference between the two seems to be their party affiliation: McCrystal argues that, as a member of the majority party in the GA, he will be able to accomplish things on behalf of Charlottesville, while Toscano believes that he’ll be able to reach across party lines.
Bob Gibson’s got the story in today’s Progress. Better still, Sean Tubbs has an MP3 of the whole event up on the Charlottesville Podcasting Network.
FWIW, McCrystal is a long-time cvillenews.com reader and Toscano isn’t.
If you haven’t heard of the town of Columbia, don’t feel too bad. The town of 50 is in Fluvanna, 20 miles east of Scottsville. And as of September 20, it’s got a new mayor — 30-year-old Liz Layne, the town’s first female mayor. How’d she get into office? Simple: she was the only one to apply. Megan Rowe has the story in today’s Daily Progress.
It’s not just Charlottesville — Albemarle may be making window sticker changes, too, WINA reports. But while C’ville is considering abandoning the annoying car decals, Albemarle wants to make them long-term, perhaps even permanent. The county supes like it, and they’re awaiting an ordinance for them to vote on.
I have to admit that the point of a permanent window sticker is lost on me — if I stop paying my personal property taxes, is somebody going to come to my house and scrape the sticker off? Maybe I’m missing something.
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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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