The kittening season is underway, and the SPCA needs foster parents. If you’re willing to take care of a littler of kittens until they can find a forever home, e-mail Jennifer and let her know. For more about the local kitten fostering process, see ScamperDude. #
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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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I couldn’t do it. I’d end up with oodles of kitties I couldn’t give up, and I’ve already got several (a few of them courtesy of a female feral that decided my back porch was an good place to birth her litter).
Sounds to me like the problem isn’t that you can’t do it, but that you’re already doing it. :)
Yeah. I guess I am.
Now that all the ferals I regularly feed and spoil finally trust me- I need to betray that trust and get off my butt to call Voices for Animals about their Trap, Neuter, And Release program So I don’t wind up with even more.