Richard Wingfield, the owner and operator of Spudnuts, died this week at the age of 75, John Yellig reports in today’s Daily Progress. Wingfield has run the shop since he and his wife opened the Belmont landmark in 1969. His daughter and son-in-law have taken it over, but they’re not sure if they’ll be able to keep the doughnut store open.
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White supremacy group National Vanguard, newly headquartered in Our Fair City, likes to distribute copies of their publication, The Aryan Alternative, on people’s doorsteps. It gets them attention. So they did it yesterday morning in Rose Hill, Kate Andrews reports in today’s Progress. And now I’ve written about it here. We suck.
A new study by Albemarle County’s Places29 has demonstrated what should have been clear to anybody paying attention: installing a 29 bypass won’t reduce traffic. Why? Because it’s us causing the traffic jams, not hordes of people commuting from Culpeper to Danville or long-haul truckers slaloming through Nelson. 67% of all the traffic on 29 N both begins and ends between the 250 bypass and WalMart. Presumably if that stretch were expanded from UVa to Ruckersville, we’d find that something closer to 90% of traffic is local, and thus wouldn’t take the bypass. We have met the enemy, and he is us.
Jessica Kitchin has the story in today’s Daily Progress.
WTOP reports that throughout the northern half of Virginia, people spotted a bright pair of fireballs in the sky on Halloween night. The first raced across the sky around 6:30, the second 9:15. They were described as being as bright as the full moon, and were spotted as far south as Charlottesville. Did any of y’all see ’em?
I was out with my telescope that night, admiring the dust storms on Mars, but that was around 11:00, so I missed the fun.
On the Charlottesville Podcasting Network, Sean Tubbs interviews Diana Foster about the Rivanna Trail. Foster used to be the president of the Rivanna Trails Foundation, and she does a thru-hike of the 20-mile trail every November. The interview is useful for anybody who — like me — has heard about the trail, maybe hiked some of the trail, but doesn’t know much about it.
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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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