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A&N Going Out of Business

Published by Waldo Jaquith on January 11, 2008 in Business. 70 Comments

One hundred and forty years after its founding, A&N is closing. The Richmond-based chain has 48 locations throughout the state, and is run by Mark Sternheimer, the great-something-grandson of founders Mark and Lena Rose Sternheimer. The place has a great history. They had 53 locations just a few years ago, with our downtown location being one of the five that were shut down recently. The company just can’t make enough money to stay in business. I’ve made an effort to shop there in the two years since I discovered it was local, but apparently not many other people did.

City Improves Video Offerings

Published by Waldo Jaquith on January 11, 2008 in General News. 3 Comments

One year after the city started providing video of Council, Planning Commission, and BAR meetings, they’ve expanded their offerings. They used to offer only Windows Media Player embedded video, which is the very worst way to do it. (But far, far better than nothing.) Now two more formats are offered: MP4 (Quicktime) video and MP3s of the audio. The MP4s can be put straight on an iPod, loaded into iMovie for editing, uploaded to YouTube and otherwise remixed and repurposed, and the MP3s are as portable and flexible as audio can be. This is the raw material that will help citizen media continue to evolve and improve in Charlottesville.

I’ve been puzzled at the accolades that the city has received for their technological offerings, because they so often choose the lesser of available solutions. But this? This is great.

AP Interviews Local Blogger

Published by Waldo Jaquith on January 11, 2008 in In Brief. 1 Comment

Tracy (of “Life in Sugar Hollow”) is famous — the AP interviewed her for an article on gardening coaches.  #

Local sports blog.

Published by Waldo Jaquith on January 11, 2008 in In Brief. Closed

Hey, there’s a Central Virginia sports blog. Who knew?  #

CHS Principal Moving to Central Office

Published by Waldo Jaquith on January 10, 2008 in Education. 45 Comments

Charlottesville High School principal Kenneth Leatherwood is leaving for a job with the school’s central office, the Daily Progress reports today. He’s been CHS principal since 2003, and served as vice principal for the decade before that. Now he’ll be in charge of the HR department. Folks who think that the school system is a little too top-heavy will surely see this as further evidence that Superintendent Rosa Atkins’ priorities are off. On the other hand, maybe the guy was just ready to move on, but Atkins convinced him to stay within the school system in a different capacity. Thanks to Jennifer for the tip.