The Progress is reporting that some county residents wore gags to last night’s City Council meeting, in protest of the highly-unusual gag order that prevents them from criticizing the proposed Ivy Landfill expansion. You can read the article on George Loper’s site, and don’t miss George’s insightful comments at the bottom.
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According to the AP, some residents think that the April Dave Matthews Band concerts at Scott Stadium will be a little too loud. I’m not aware of a concert ever having been performed at Scott Stadium, but I’m guessing that folks in the neighborhood would be used to football games being pretty loud. What is terribly obnoxious, though, are those terrible new lights they put on during the stadium’s expansion. They can be seen all the way from Stony Point; I’d think that the astronomy department would hate them.
The City is holding a public hearing tonight about the expansion of pooper-scooper laws. The problem that they’re butting up against is that of enforcement: how do you ID the evidence? Ah, the glamor of being a Charlottesville City Councilor.
A Cesna 150 crashed into the deck of a house at Wintergreen. Amazingly, nobody was killed. The husband and wife in the plane were only mildly injured. The Progress said that the folks that owned the house weren’t home at the time. Won’t they be surprised?
wrytous writes: According to a prominent local architect, Piedmont Housing Alliance, in conjunction with the City of Charlottesville, has plans to develop the Grove St./9th St. SW/10th St. lot — across from the new Connected Community Technology Center — into a mixed-use retail/residential development. While work has not yet begun, the City appears to be soliciting design proposals. No official word yet from Piedmont’s Executive Director Stu Armstrong or the Fifeville Neighborhood Association President
Joyce S. Henderson.
Is this a good thing? I’m curious what Ms. Henderson will have to say about it.
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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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