The library is upgrading their computer systems, WINA reports and the new features should be wicked cool. They recently upgraded their terminals to Linux running X Windows and Netscape, and their website has allowed on-line catalog searches and book renewals for about a year now. I’m told that the new system will have a bunch of interesting new features, though the only one that WINA cites in their story is that they’ll be able to e-mail notices instead of snail-mailing you to let you know when a book is in or you’ve got one overdue. Nice.
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News and meta-news about Charlottesville, VA, since 2001.
Democrat Creigh Deeds is the winner of the 25th District Senate election. He defeated Republican Jane Maddux in every district, 69% to 31%. In Charlottesville, Deeds nabbed 76% of the vote, and 58% in Albemarle. WINA has a detailed breakdown of the returns. Deeds will finish up the last two years of the late Sen. Emily Couric’s term before facing the next election.
Don’t forget to vote today: the candidates are Democrat Creigh Deeds and Republican Jane Maddux. Voting will take place at your usual polling place, but only for people in the new 25th district; those of you in the old 25th district will remain unrepresented for the next two years.
City Council passed, 3 to 2, a new leash law that allows off-leash areas three days out of the week in Riverview Park. Councilors Meredith Richards and Blake Caravati voted against the law, in part because they felt the scheduled off-leash days system was confusing. The law is experimental, and will come up for review in June of 2002. In a discussion on City of Dogs, advocates of the new leash law make it clear that they would like to see more parks opened up, so this may just be the beginning. The story is in today’s Progress.
The owners of the Harry A. Wright salvage yard, next to Coiners’ in the Woolen Mills, figure they’ve got just the solution to the Ivy Landfill’s closing of the construction debris section: they’ll accept it at their place of business. At 150 tons per day, the plan isn’t exactly popular. And under city zoning regulations, it’s not what you’d call legal, either. C’ville planning director Jim Tolbert said that it just can’t happen, and has sent a letter to the entrepreneurs to that effect. The story is in today’s Progress.
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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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