In this week’s C-Ville Weekly, there’s a column entitled “Blind man’s bluff: the interactive news blues” about cvillenews.com and George Loper’s site. (Sorry, the story’s not available on-line.) Author Kathryn Goodson says cvillenewsers “rarely [offer] interesting insight or an enlightening point of view,” and complains that there are only three regular contributors to the site: myself, Lafe and Cecil. She goes on to say that Loper’s site “works more efficiently than cvillenews.com…because of the simple fact that Loper edits it before posting it online,” and concludes with a question: “But then the question becomes, at point will our self-imposed editor step in?”
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The Hook now has a webcam on their increasingly-bad-ass site. It’s pointing out of their window on the second story of the Downtown Mall, showing the intersection of Second Street and the Mall. It appears to be updated at least every few minutes, and shows from Christian’s Pizza down to the far right side of the Regal. This is currently the only Charlottesville webcam that I’m aware of. Anybody know of any others?
Full disclosure: My company, Munk & Phyber, did some consulting on the technical aspects of The Hook’s site. It was designed and is maintained by others.
Media General has purchased the nearly-defunct Boxerjam, David Dadurka reports in today’s Progress. Boxerjam, once a C’ville tech success story and successful on-line gaming company, laid off all 25 employees just over a year ago, and has been searching for a buyer ever since. Media General owns over 100 newspapers, TV stations and various publications in the southeast, notably the Daily Progress. Perhaps this means that the Daily Progress’ website will not only cease to be pathetic, but also feature massively-multiplayer roleplaying games. I’ve got dibs on Austin Graham!
In Louisa‘s capital murder trial of Russell Adam Pelletier, one of his attorneys — Lloyd Snook — disagrees with the suspect’s friend Shawn Lamb, who claims that Pelletier confessed to the murder the night before the victim’s body was found. Snook says that it was not a confession, but merely freestyle rap about shooting and killing a girl and throwing her body in a lake. The day after the rap/confession, the body of Aimee Marie Meadows was found floating in a lake with a bullet wound to the head. Austin Graham has the story in today’s Progress.
The six CHS students who pled guilty in April to attacking UVa students earlier this year have been sentenced, WINA reports. Four were given a year’s probation (having already served two weeks in detention), one two months in a detention center, and one is under house arrest until December.
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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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