Batesville Democrat Lucia Phinney is running for the Democratic nomination for the Samuel Miller District seat on the Board of Supervisors, Fania Gordon writes for Charlottesville Tomorrow. The architecture school lecturer and Batesville resident is running for Sally Thomas’ old seat “because she has a strong background in the issues facing the County.” Phinney will face off against Madison Cummings, the other Democrat in the race, for the nomination for their party. The winner of that will go on to run against Republican(-ish) John Lowry in the general election.
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Remember the Louisa woman whose dead boyfriend was found stuffed in her well last month? Well, her second husband was just found in her backyard, too, the Progress reports. Ulisa Chavers has confessed to burying her 68-year-old husband in her backyard in 1994. As with her deceased boyfriend, Chavers provided different stories to different people about what had become of her husband. At this point there doesn’t seem to be any cause to suspect her of murder—it just looks like Social Security fraud, with Chavers continuing to collect checks from a federal agency that had no reason to believe that the men were dead.
There’s no word on what became of her first husband. Maybe somebody should check the front yard. 04/12 Update: Her first husband is (ostensibly) still alive. Given this woman’s history, somebody ought to check up on him, just in case.
The Albemarle County BoS set a real estate tax rate of 74.2¢ last night, Brandon Shulleeta writes in the Progress today, establishing a budget that’s $30M lower than the current fiscal year’s. The idea was to maintain current dollar tax payment levels for property owners. The result is significant service cuts—our library system will continue to be neglected, government operations are short-staffed, and employees are having their salaries frozen.
The Gravity Lounge has been shut down by its landlord, Lisa Provence writes for The Hook. Building owner Ludwig Kuttner cites two years of back rent and fire safety citations as the reasons for giving Bill Baldwin the boot. He intends to install a new management team and reopen as soon as possible. Brendan Fitzgerald explained the struggling venue’s situation in C-Ville Weekly in February—it sounds like Kuttner’s current role is less as landlord and more as owner of Gravity Lounge, which makes his actions a little less strange than they might sound at first.
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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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