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New Site: Charlottesville News Headlines

Published by Waldo Jaquith on April 7, 2007 in Site News. 9 Comments

I slapped together a new website last night: Charlottesville News Headlines. It’s just an aggregator for the RSS feeds of local media outlets. The two most recent stories are featured at the top, with the ten most recent headlines below. Every media outlet is queried every thirty minutes, but the schedule is staggered, so new articles can appear at any time. Sports fans, rejoice — NBC-29 and CBS-19’s game coverage is included.

Of course, it only includes those media outlets that have extracted themselves from the mid-90s and actually have an RSS feed, or those for whom I’ve scraped together an RSS feed (WINA, Daily Progress, Cav. Daily, all of whom shocking remain without feeds of their own).

Hessian Hills burglar is “The Ghost.”

Published by Waldo Jaquith on April 7, 2007 in In Brief. 3 Comments

Rob Seal at the DP reveals that the Hessian Hill burglar is a career criminal, nicknamed “The Ghost” in the 80s for his stealthy burglaring abilities. He’s committed hundreds of burglaries in the area. The amazing thing about this story is that he served very litle time for the burglaries, or for slashing the throat of a UVa student, but he did serve 18 years for possession of a half a gram of crack. A half a gram, for reference, is the weight of half of a paperclip. There’s something wrong here. #

Easter Snow

Published by Waldo Jaquith on April 7, 2007 in Weather. 1 Comment

Here we are, the day before Easter and I’ve got 2.5″ of snow outside. Tracey was the first with a snow/flowers picture, but no doubt there are more coming. Remember that any pictures you take, if you post them to the Charlottesville group on Flickr, will appear in that trio of photos in the sidebar over there. (4:30pm: Trish and KC have tossed in their own photographic juxtapositions, too.)

Three More Council Candidates to Announce

Published by Waldo Jaquith on April 6, 2007 in Politics. 18 Comments

WINA is reporting that three people have scheduled press conferences to announce their candidacy for City Council: former city planner Satyendra Huja, former Charlottesville School Board Chairwoman Linda Seaman, and Public Housing Association of Residents program coordinator Holly Edwards. All three are among the names being floated as likely candidates, and they’ll join Jennifer McKeever, who announced her campaign a month ago today. All four are seeking the Democratic nomination. Though Councilor Kendra Hamilton has announced she won’t be seeking a second term, the intentions of Mayor David Brown and Councilor Kevin Lynch aren’t yet known.

House Disappears

Published by Waldo Jaquith on April 6, 2007 in In Brief. 2 Comments

Trish points out that the nearly-buried house by Target is gone, having disappeared in the span of just a few days. What was the deal with that thing, anyway? #