Bloody Sunday? Repeal of hunting ban thrills-- and chills
When Karen Wood was shot to death in her own backyard in 1988 while wearing white mittens, some suggested the Maine woman's death was her own fault. After all, those mittens might resemble a deer's tail, and she had stepped outside during hunting season without wearing blaze orange. Related content • Should hunting be allowed on Sundays?
February 2nd, 2012 issue #1105
News
Albemarle topped 100,000 population around 12/16/10
A new population report from UVA's Weldon Cooper Center, showing that local growth outpaced the state average, indicates that Albemarle hit the 100,000 mark somewhere aroun...
Another death: Albemarle traffic fatalities rise to 21
In November, after five people died in crashes in less than a week and with 19 deaths for the year, Albemarle was looking at its highest number of traffic fatalities since ...
A homeowner in the Raintree subdivision was awakened by a noise in the night and discovered someone attempting to steal a television. According to a release, the property o...
Housekeeping: Court readies for Huguely trial
Pretrial publicity remains a concern for the defense in the upcoming murder trial of former UVA lacrosse player George Huguely for the death of his former girlfriend Yeardl...
Keeping faith: Big baseball film to shoot here this summer
Spielberg's Lincoln may have headed back to the West Coast, but starting this summer, there'll be another major motion picture on location in Central Virginia. It's The Hom...
Not immune: VNB corporate profit falls 42 percent
Virginia National Bank, long seen as one of the bulwarks of the local financial services industry, saw its net income fall 42 percent last year, according to an earnings re...
Officer blamed: Police ticket own in pedestrian incident
The last time an Albemarle County Police cruiser and a pedestrian tangled, it was the pedestrian who got the ticket in an incident that gave law enforcement a black eye and...
Prelim waived: Halfaday fraud charges go to grand jury
Making his third appearance to answer election fraud charges Thursday, former City Council candidate James Halfaday waived a preliminary hearing, so the four felony charges...
Suit tossed: Panhandling rules are 'content-neutral'
Prior stories June 23, 2011: "Beggars' ban-writ: Is panhandling law unconstitutional?" December 9, 2010: "Down and out: Controversy erupts over panhandling downtown...
Charlottesville: Environmental disaster area?
Charlottesvillians are used to making Top Ten lists, but the area's latest ranking is anything but an honor. The Southern Environmental Law Center includes Charlottesville ...
Snap: After soaking, Wintergreen gleams
After a band of morning rain showers moved through Central Virginia, the sun broke through to illuminate the slopes of Wintergreen Resort in Nelson County Friday morning. A...
The Dish
After 26 years, St. Maarten Café closes
News about the sudden closing of St. Maarten Café on the Corner, the place with the Buffett vibe (Jimmy, not Warren) long before Cheeseburger in Paradise, spread like wild...
Southern, uncapped: Whiskey Jar strips down walls... and recipes
"It's been a long time dream of mine," says Will Richey, while lying on his back with a wet paintbrush in hand, "to do a Southern restaurant." That dream may come true next...
Essays
Fading faith: The unreported story of our time
By JAMES A. HAUGHT The sea of faithWas once, too, at the full, and round Earth's shoreLay like the folds of a bright girdle furledBut now I only hearIts melancholy, long, w...
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