A Keswick couple looking to create a winery is getting some heat from their neighbors. Albert and Cindy Schornberg want to build a boutique vineyard and winery on their 53 acres, making 120,000 bottles each year. But the idea hasn’t gone over so well — their neighbors are contesting the plan, and the ABC is holding a hearing next Friday. WINA has the story.
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Ben writes: I’ve been told by the professor of a class I would’ve had an exam in today that there has been yet another bomb threat on New Cabell Hall. This is just getting ridiculous. Like previous bomb threats, this potentially means that classes in New Cabell as well as surrounding buildings (Old Cabell, possibly Rouss hall, but not Cocke, it seems) have been canceled. Someone really wanted their Spring break early.
Developers Colin Rolph and Lee Danielson, owners of D&R Development, are breaking up, WINA reports. The two are most well known for the creation of the downtown Ice Park, the Regal theatre and the 2nd Street crossing. The two had a rather public fight via the Daily Progress a few months ago, and it has led to a court-appointed attorney supervising the company’s break-up. Danielson has reportedly left town, and is now back in California. 10:01am Update: I just noticed that Jake Mooney has a big ol’ article about this in today’s Progress.
For the fourth time in two weeks, UVa appears to have received a bomb threat. Just like last Friday, the threat this time was made against Cabell Hall. The building is closed off, wrapped in police tape. A police officer at the scene would only say that students that were to have exams in Cabell today should expect that they’re not going to happen; he would not confirm or deny that the cause of the shut-down was a bomb threat. Just yesterday, 18-year-old Danielle Carr — an O-Hill employee — was arrested and charged with making a similar threat against the dining hall. Today’s Cavalier Daily reports that she is not a suspect in the other threats.
The Albemarle Supervisors have whittled down the list of 19 applicants for the Police Advisory Committee to the 4 people that will make up the committee, WINA reports. Selected members are attorney and former police officer Dana Slater, former school board hopeful Jewel Mason, former county supervisor Lloyd Wood and psychiatrist Dwight Colley. The four-person panel will have input on police policies, and review non-confidental data. The idea for the committee dates back to August, and the group was officially established by the county in early 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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