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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 always like to get frazier firs, because they smell so good and the remind me of the odd southern boreal forests where they come from. I always enjoy hiking in those forests, as they have a real storybook feel about them.
Sadly, as they islands at the tops of mountains left over from the last ice age, global warming is doing them in. If something isn’t done soon, then the Frazier Fir may go the way of the American Chestnut.
Oh, probably the best thing about frazier firs though is that they have these large pustules on their bark that you can pop sending fragrant sap all over. While demonstrating this, a professor of mine shot sap onto the face of a sorority girl. Classic.
Any idea why the Christmas tree lighting was before Thanksgiving this year? I seem to recall it being the weekend after in previous years. I was just reading about Ashland’s holiday parade (full of Santa and his reindeer) in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. I understand why retailers start pushing Christmas before Halloween, but I find this trend on the part of local governments to be a little disturbing.
Yeah, Christmas is expanding like the Colour from Outer Space.
Soon, I suspect we’ll see shops selling christmas items in June…. (Oh, wait that’s already happened!) Soon we’ll all be forced to bow before this eldritch red god (or sit on his lap as the case may be) at all times of year and enact his vile rituals of capitalistic excess.