The rumors were true — Beth Duffy left NBC 29 to work for Gray Communications, The Hook writes on their blog. Her non-compete with NBC 29 prevents her from doing any on-air work, so she intends to work in sales.
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Here are some of my favorite Charlottesville blog entries from the past week.
Virginia Quarterly Review has won a big-deal award. Bryan McKenzie would like you to all please stop shooting each other. Trish will miss her old apartment…kind of. Laura had some unexpected guests. Colten finished recording his new CD. Jennifer and her family stayed in a PATC cabin in March and was surprised to discover that it was cold. Scott can save you a lot of money if you follow his wiring advice. Lincoln overheard something scary (which reminds me of something I once overheard). Joe’s both famous and fit and trim. Duane’s concerned about the neighborhood model. Darlene and Chris can’t make a great vegan meal every night. Bill Emory took a walk along Moore’s Creek. Outskirts reflects on his position as juror in a recent high-profile trial. Anne Metz celebrates Cool Honey’s victory over Sweet Cakes. Lexi reviews Ludwig’s and Continental Divide, and liked them both. Dave Norris wants Council meetings to be podcast. Jim Duncan points out that we’re facing 6,000 more homes in the area. And Cory’s excited about this Saturday’s Treehugger’s Ball.
East High Street. Long Street/250. West Main. Ridge/McIntire. From 4:00-5:30 each day, these roads are packed. High Street gets backed up clear past Meade, Long past Locust and sometimes to Park. Navigating Pantops during lunchtime and during evening rush hour is an exercise in patience. As the populations of the surrounding counties boom (Fluvanna, in particular), the number of people commuting to Charlottesville climbs correspondingly.
What are we going to do? It’s not possible to widen most of these roads — we’ve got to work with what we’ve got. The Meadowcreek Parkway and the 29 Bypass Bypass wouldn’t have any effect on this traffic. Public transit to and from population centers in Albemarle and the surrounding counties would be neat, but I don’t see it in the cards. The only solution that I see is a total overhaul of how planning works for the entirety of Central Virginia, creating viable centers of blue- and white-collar commerce all around the area, rather than centering on Charlottesville.
But that’s just one idea. What do you think will keep things from getting worse?
UVa will raise their minimum wage from $8.88 to $9.37/hour, Melanie Mayhew reported in yesterday’s Progress. The recently re-established living wage movement at UVa has led to activists demanding that the school raise their minimum wage to $10.72, which they calculate as the lowest viable wage for an area resident. There are 809 UVa employees who learn less than that amount. The existing wage rate was established in December.
5:40pm Update: There’s actually a newer article in today’s Progress that expands on yesterday’s internet-only article.
A plea bargain has been struck between prosecutors and the 16-year-old accused of planning to attack county high schools, Liesel Nowak reports in today’s Daily Progress. The boy is the oldest of the four accused of conspiracy. He’ll be sentenced April 5, for which he could spend nearly five years in prison. Court proceedings against the other three began yesterday and will continue on March 17, which may wrap things up.
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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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