Belle writes: In response to the most recent episode in the ongoing kerfuffle about the semi-annual Foxfield Races, several locals living near Foxfield Races have responded by saying: Please Stay In My Backyard. Their reactions, and more updates, are to be found in today’s Progress story by Peter Savodnik.
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A jury has found Corey Faison not guilty of sexual assault, WINA reports. Faison, a 22-year-old Albemarle resident, was charged with a bizarre sexual attack of a woman in Free Union. Perhaps more notably, he was beaten during interrogation by several Albemarle County police officers, which was one of the events that created demand for the recent creation of the Albemarle Police Advisory Committee.
Entergy Wholesale Operations, who had planned to construct a 1,000-megawatt power plant in Louisa, has abandoned their plans to do so. They were received quite badly at a public hearing last year, and subsequently withdrew their application in early December. It was thought that they would re-file, but it’s now believed that Entergy’s plans are dead. About 30 power plants are still proposed to be constructed in Virginia. Austin Graham has the story in today’s Progress.
Daily Progress staffer Jake Mooney is leaving the Daily Progress to attend the Columbia School of Journalism. His name is familiar to any cvillenews.com regular, and to anybody that pays attention to the Daily Progress bylines. Consequently, Jake’s having a party Thursday night at 10pm, and you’re all invited. It will be held at the Linen Building, the industrial brick building on the southeast corner of Meade and East Market; the entrance is in the back. Extra credit to anybody who shows up with their user name pinned to their lapel.
Paul writes: Are there a lot of telephones in C’ville out after that storm last night? I called Sprint from work this morning and someone said their computers were out, so she’d write my info on a scrap of paper and they “were telling everyone that hopefully someone will be out to check on it by end of business tomorrow.” The “service representative” said that she had no way of knowing if a lot of phones were out because the computer was down. She wasn’t local because she didn’t know there had been a storm.
Of course, if people’s phones are down, they can’t dial out to the Internet to post to cvillenews.com…
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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
four six 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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