Rob Seal at the DP reveals that the Hessian Hill burglar is a career criminal, nicknamed “The Ghost” in the 80s for his stealthy burglaring abilities. He’s committed hundreds of burglaries in the area. The amazing thing about this story is that he served very litle time for the burglaries, or for slashing the throat of a UVa student, but he did serve 18 years for possession of a half a gram of crack. A half a gram, for reference, is the weight of half of a paperclip. There’s something wrong here. #
News and meta-news about Charlottesville, VA, since 2001.
Monthly Archive for April, 2007
Page 9 of 13
Here we are, the day before Easter and I’ve got 2.5″ of snow outside. Tracey was the first with a snow/flowers picture, but no doubt there are more coming. Remember that any pictures you take, if you post them to the Charlottesville group on Flickr, will appear in that trio of photos in the sidebar over there. (4:30pm: Trish and KC have tossed in their own photographic juxtapositions, too.)
WINA is reporting that three people have scheduled press conferences to announce their candidacy for City Council: former city planner Satyendra Huja, former Charlottesville School Board Chairwoman Linda Seaman, and Public Housing Association of Residents program coordinator Holly Edwards. All three are among the names being floated as likely candidates, and they’ll join Jennifer McKeever, who announced her campaign a month ago today. All four are seeking the Democratic nomination. Though Councilor Kendra Hamilton has announced she won’t be seeking a second term, the intentions of Mayor David Brown and Councilor Kevin Lynch aren’t yet known.
Trish points out that the nearly-buried house by Target is gone, having disappeared in the span of just a few days. What was the deal with that thing, anyway? #
Dan writes:
Starting last Friday (March 30th) I noticed a remarkable improvement in the quality of the projected image at the Carmike theatre in Albemarle Square. It seems that one or more of the theatres now have DLP projection equipment and the results are breathtaking.
Lindsay Barnes writes about this very topic in the latest Hook, explaining that, yes, Carmike has gone all digital. I don’t often go to movies, and I’m no film buff, but I did see TMNT on opening night (I’m a child of the 90s, what can I say?) and I have to admit that no difference was obvious to me. Carmike has a website explaining their switch to digital. What I’m excited about, as Barnes explains in his article, is how this will totally revolutionize film distribution, eliminating the costly step of creating prints and shipping around enormous spools, making it possible for independent filmmakers to have their work screened far and wide at zero cost.
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