Mayor David Brown made official our sister-city relationship with Besançon, France on Friday, leading the French mayor to comment: “It is, for me, a very big moment of happiness today. Today is wedding night for our towns.” Besançon’s lacy undergarments apparently enticed us, its lesbian sister-bride, since an inbred half-French child-city is expected in nine months.
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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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“Wed’s Besançon”…? I guess that would make Cville a sort of “Polygamist.” How many Sister cities is that now?
I agree TrvlnMn. I think it’s time we hired a good divorce lawyer. Doesn’t City Council have anything better to do with their time?
By the way isn`t former “mover shaker- I`m always right” Caravati President of the local Italian – American League – (not that there is anything wrong with that) and probably disappointed as “his sister city ” hasn`t been tapped for the first (more to come) statue?
A lot of people actually don’t realize that this is where Short Pump came from. Richmond has had a thing going with the city of Wakayama in Japan for a long time. At some point in the late 1980’s they, uh, expressed their love physically. Now they have Short Pump.
True story.
Now they have Short Pump.
Jack have you been watching South Park reruns again?
For us, three. For Besançon? Twelve.
Whore.
Of course sister marrying sister is both incestuous and homosexual. Praise be: a constitutional amendment will shortly nullify the relationships.
No, the amendment bars civil unions. Gay marriage was already illegal in VA, just as polygamy is.