Trish took some photos of an albino deer, or perhaps a piebald deer. In either case, it’s an awfully rare thing and, incidentally, perfectly legal to hunt in VA. #
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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 was at a party in the country, at dusk, looking out at the fields. Near the house there was a striking white-marble statue of a doe, life-sized.
I turned to my host to comment on the statue, which, of course, abruptly vanished before anybody else saw it.
I assume it was an albino deer. Nobody believed me.
about 10 years ago i was living off jpa extended. one morning i woke up early, and as i glanced out the back window i saw an albino deer between my and my neighbor’s yards. unfortunately i didn’t have a camera at the time, b/c it just stood there for a good 20 minutes grazing. it was pretty cool. i believe it was a doe, so maybe this is the same one.
If deer hunting is legal, hunting albino deer should be legal. They are mutations, not a separate species or sub-species, and I can’t think of any empirically based reason why they should be treated differently in the state legislation governing hunting. That said, I imagine that most deer hunters would have enough of a sense of the marvelous and uncanny that they’d refrain from shooting one. (Speaking as a non-hunter, I should probably add.)