Musictoday sold to San Francisco e-commerce company, plans to expand operations in the area. #
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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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Any time a big company buys a Charlottesville company, that seems like (potentially) trouble. There are many instances, just in the past 15 years, of that resulting in mass layoffs.
A perfectly legit comment about the sizes of the companies was deleted. Maybe by the commenter’s request?
Anyway I wanted to point out the same thing I pointed out eight years ago. http://cvillenews.com/2006/08/01/musictoday-sold/ When MusicToday/Redlight bought Grateful Dead Productions, a lot of employees with decades working at a dream company in the SF Bay Area were displaced. Now it’s back to SF! But like the deleted comment said, the new boss claims to want to expand in Crozet.
Back then Deadheads had to hang their heads in shame when they said they were from Charlottesville.
Just for the record, as writer of this post, I have not deleted any comments.
Ah, Waldo has passed the torch. As possibly the only user of the service http://cvillenews.com/headlines/ I’d like to point out it’s been down for a few months.
Citizen, I’m pretty sure I did see a comment #2 saying blah blah the company says it will expand, it’s a virtuous small business, etc. etc. The comments I’m seeing now are: #1 Waldo, #2 colfer, #3 Citizen. Thanks…