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Purnell’s Job Eliminated

Published by Waldo Jaquith on February 13, 2006 in Education. 10 Comments

Ron writes: “For the second time in less than a year, Dr. Laura Purnell has been advised that her job is being eliminated. Unlike last time, she has decided not to fight the decision. In a letter issued today by the acting superintendent, Bobby Thompson,sent to all central office staff and principals, Dr. Purnell stated that she will be placing her home on the market and looking for opportunities elsewhere.”

I can’t find anything about this in the way of news coverage. Can anybody confirm this?

02/15 Update: Sarah Barry confirms this in today’s Progress.

Nelson Gets a Stoplight

Published by Waldo Jaquith on February 12, 2006 in Transportation. 3 Comments

Anybody who has ever taken a left from the Food Lion in Lovingston is familiar with the terror that accompanies the maneuver. While certainly not a dangerous intersection, that’s only because people approach it with such trepidation. So VDOT is now installing Nelson County’s first-ever traffic light, Megan Rowe reports in today’s Daily Progress. It is the only planned traffic light in Nelson and, in fact, one of only two VDOT projects in the whole of the county.

Daily Progress Launches a Blog

Published by Waldo Jaquith on February 10, 2006 in Meta News. 5 Comments

The Daily Progress has a blog.

These are words that I never thought I would write.

Laura Bland, their Online Content Coordinator, appears to have dragged Bryan McKenzie into the 90s kicking and screaming. It’s got an RSS feed, an Atom feed, categories, monthly archives, comments, trackbacks, and reasonable URLs. Unfortunately, it also has smiley-face graphics, there’s no blogroll, and only Bryan McKenzie is contributing thus far. But, my Lord, what a start.

And just four years and ten months after cvillenews.com started! Seriously, I thought it would take a lot longer.

I’m happy to have added the Daily Progress blog to Charlottesville Blogs. Welcome to the Charlottesville blogosphere!

“Evan Almighty” Casting Call

Published by Waldo Jaquith on February 9, 2006 in Business and Entertainment. 9 Comments

Now you can join the ranks of Charlottesvillians who have been in classic works of cinema like “Major Payne,” “Toy Soldiers,” “Hush” and…uh…”Heart’s Lonely Hunter” — head out to the casting call for “Evan Almighty”, which will be filmed in Crozet and Charlottesville. On February 25 & 26, from 10am-1pm/2pm-6pm they’ll be looking for adults who can play the simple townsfolk of Crozet better than the actual simple townsfolk of Crozet. If you play your cards right, you might be “discovered,” leading to riches, fame, dissatisfaction, depression, and, ultimately, an early death fueled by a mixture of drugs and alcohol.

Have fun!

Yup, Duffy’s Leaving NBC 29

Published by Waldo Jaquith on February 9, 2006 in Meta News. 1 Comment

In this week’s Hook, Lisa Provence confirms that Beth Duffy will be leaving NBC 29 on March 2, as rumored. But she won’t be going to the competition: Duffy says she’s done with the crazy hours of broadcast journalism.

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