There have been reports from New York to Virginia of a fireball sweeping over the east coast around dawn this morning. On WINA‘s 10:30 news update, they reported that they’d received a number of calls from baffled Charlottesvillians who had seen the large, slow-moving comet-like light during their morning commute. The Naval Observatory reports that it was most likely a large meteor moving northward from Virginia until it burned up in the atmosphere. Update 3:13pm: Turns out it was a Russian rocket that had been orbiting Earth since 1975.
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If you haven’t read it yet, be sure to pick up this week’s C-Ville Weekly to read Mary Jane Gore‘s “New Faces in Town,” an impressively-lengthy article about the area’s burgeoning Latino population. For various reasons, the local Latino population is largely ignored by businesses, the media, and even much of the general public. Gore explores who makes up the Latino population, and what contributions that they’re making to Central Virginia.
Albemarle Supervisors have approved a fenced-in area for dogs in Darden Towe Park. Darden Towe is unusual, in that the 110-acre park is co-owed by the City and the County but covered by Albemarle Laws. Providing this dog run will hopefully quell the debate over leash laws. WINA has the story.
City Council unanimously approved the free-bike program last night after learning that Dave Matthews Band was providing the $4,500 needed to get the program started. City Director of Strategic Planning Satyendra Huja, who is working on the program, said that they made the donation because they liked similar programs that they’d seen while on tour in Europe. Though it was likely that the city would have funded the program, this private donation prevents makes that public funding unnecessary. The story is in today’s Progress.
Charlottesville’s W. Alton Jones Foundation, quite surprisingly, has announced that they’re dissolving the organization. Its $400M in assets will be distributed among three new charitable organization, each to be headed by a member of the Jones family. In their press release, the foundation describes this as a step forward for the organization, saying that it “will help build upon the tremendous accomplishments of the W. Alton Jones Foundation, while providing the opportunity to explore additional areas of philanthropic activity.” The W. Alton Jones Foundation was founded in 1944 with a goal “to promote the well-being and general good of mankind throughout the world,” and is known nationwide for their charitable acts and regularl sponsorship of National Public Radio.
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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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