Author Archive for Waldo Jaquith

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C-Ville responds?

Will writes: There’s a little detail that most people probably overlooked in today’s C-Ville. Turn to page 26 and read the ad for C-Ville’s web site, and you’ll notice this addendum to it: “Sorry, Waldo – still no archives!” Looks like his comment a while back got through to them, at the very least. Now let’s see if they do anything about it.

I’m not one for self-referential news, but I think this is very cute. 1 point for C-Ville Weekly, 0 for cvillenews.com.

Steam Tunnel Overview

The Cavalier Daily, which is back in production for the summer, has a cool overview of the legendary steam tunnels. There are always students that go tunneling, and various folks have made efforts to map the tunnels over the years. I’ve never been down, but I must say that I’ve been tempted.

Orange County Animal Shelter in Bad Shape

munk writes: According to a story in the Progress, the Orange County Animal Shelter is in bad shape. The shelter was built thirty years ago and is in dire need of new facilities. In addition, the Department of Agriculture has warned of steep fines if conditions aren’t improved within six months.

Charlottesville Juneteenth Celebration

munk writes: Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in America, after Galveston, Texas declared the first such observance on June 19th, 1865. WINA reports the first Charlottesville Juneteenth celebration tomorrow at the CCTC at 999 Grove Street.

Kaine and McEachin Nominated

Richmonders Tim Kaine (for Lieutenant Governor) and Donald McEachin (for Attorney General) were both selected in yesterday’s Virginia Democratic nominations. Kaine won with 40% of the vote and McEachin with 33%, edging past Sen. John Edwards‘ 30% by just over 6,000 votes. Here in Albemarle, we chose John Edwards over McEachin, though we did select Kaine. Statewide, only 4.1% of registered voters voted. For the best coverage, see George Loper’s site.

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