GE Fanuc has laid off 34 people, and has cut back on the hours of 350 other employees, or just over a third of their workforce. The company blamed the slowing tech economy for the cutbacks. Reed Williams has the story in today’s Progress.
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I’ve got an interview with local musician devon over at nancies.org. A few months ago, I visited her studio to see how her new album was coming along, find out what her musical plans were, etc. The new disc isn’t out yet, but maybe this will whet your appetite for now.
Kevin Armstrong’s annual summer concert in Buckingham won’t be happening this year. Buckingham Supervisors denied him a permit to allow 2,000 people to watch country musician David Allen Coe perform on Armstrong’s five-acre property. Zoning Administrator Dennis Carney pointed out that the event could lead to “over-exuberance.” And the vice president of the Buckingham branch of the NAACP objected on the basis that Coe’s music is offensive to women, blacks and gays. Today’s Progress has the story.
Anonymous writes: The UVa men’s ice hockey team will be competing in the first annual Iceland Invitational Tournament in Reykjavik, Iceland this Thanksgiving. Coach Roger Voisinet, UVa players Scott Forrest and Garrett Smith and USA hockey official, Steve Malley, just returned from a planning trip courtesy of IcelandAir and the Icelandic Tourist Bureau.
IcelandAir has given the team two free round trip air passes to raffle off as a fund raiser. This would entitle the winner to travel anywhere IcelandAir flies to: London, Paris, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, Frankfurt or Rejkjavik. Raffle tickets will be sold on the Mall Friday May 25th at 6pm between Millers and Hamilton’s. They are $5 and only 2000 are available. They can also be purchased via email at hockey@cvilleproperties.com or 980-3357. For more tourney details see: http://www.icelandinvitational.com
The Development-areas Initiative Steering Committee‘s primary growth plan, the “Neighborhood Model,” has been accepted by the Albemarle Board of Supervisors in a unanimous vote. The description of the Neighborhood model on their site certainly sounds logical, and as if it could go a long way toward slowing down sprawl.
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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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