Person of the year: Ken Boyd. King of the road... and the midnight vote
If Ken Boyd's entire political career were an Aesop's fable, he'd be the slow-and-steady tortoise. But when the opportunity arose earlier this year, the usually mild-mannered Republican maneuvered and rammed through a late-night vote on the controversial Western 29 Bypass, a highway project that had been presumed dead for more than a decade. In seizing the reins of power after the public had gone home, Boyd helped overturn long-established opposition from the Board of Supervisors, sent shock waves through the environmental community, and launched a permanent change to the landscape of Albemarle County.
4Better Or Worse
Worst déjà vu: A gunman terrorizes Virginia Tech December 8, a situation that locks down the campus, amid reports two men are dead. Ross Truett Ashley, 22, a Radford Univ...
The Dish
Breaking food news: Staunton Grocery call it quits
Dish was sad to learn that Staunton Grocery, the farm-to-table inspired eatery in the Queen City created by chef/owner Ian Boden, is closing its doors after five years. Dis...
Saturday sadness: Staff and diners prepare for Tavern closing
We sent photographer Tom Daly to the Tavern, the Emmet Street breakfast place where "students, tourists, and townpeople meet," to try to capture some flavor as the venerab...
Essays
Starts with you: How to get your democracy back
I’m no genius; anyone who knows me will confirm that. If you asked me to explain why our economy has been shot to hell over the past few years, I’d be hard-pressed to e...
Question of the Week
Real Estate - $old
11/3/11 Albemarle Jeffrey & Elizabeth Mitchell to Kurt Wassenaar, 268 Blue Springs Lane, $925,000 Michael Brann & Elizabeth McGovern to John Knapp & Yu...
Real Estate - On the Block
Huguely mistake: Dabbling dad lost cash on Morgantown
It's been said that nobody ever lost money buying property in Albemarle County. George Huguely IV may have found a way. Related story:
Real Estate Property auctions
December 16 at 12:30pm at the Albemarle Courthouse Property: 1167 Blue Ridge Avenue, Crozet Debtor: Alexander E. and Ruth Annick Salomon Original amount owing: ...
DR. HooK
Not so funny: Bell's Palsy devastates facial nerves
Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face was stunning in front of the camera of her fashion photographer, Fred Astaire. She was most magnificent when she walked down the stairs in the ...
Movie Reviews
Reitman's return: 'Young Adult' showcases talent
They must have closed their eyes and crossed their fingers while they were making this film. It breaks with form, doesn't follow our expectations, and is about a heroine we...
News
Busted Buddy's: UVA has demolished civil rights landmark
The building that housed infamously non-segregating Buddy's restaurant is no more. Crews were on the scene Tuesday, November 29, tearing down the brick structure near the c...
UPDATE Transcript-gate? Law student/model banned from UVA property
UVA law student Joshua Peter Gomes, arrested around 3am December 7 outside of Carruthers Hall and charged with three felony counts, has been released from jail and ordered ...
Very Veronica: Unclothed Occupy protester explains why
The woman whose nude protest and arrest sparked questions in the final moments of the Occupy Charlottesville encampment says she's a little surprised by the attention but d...
On Architecture
Second glance: Free Bridge a design delight
If you live or travel east of Charlottesville, you've probably driven over it hundreds, if not thousands of times without giving it a passing glance. Yet the seven-lane Fre...
Snap: The new Martha Jefferson
The new 84-acre campus of Martha Jefferson Hospital gleams in the morning light of a recent autumn day, as captured by pilot-photographer Skip Degan.
Sports Doctor
Dear Santa: Doc lists sports fans' must-haves
Surely you know some people who finish all their Christmas shopping by August. If you happen to be one of those people, this column is for entertainment purposes only. If y...
Online only
2 dead: Same gun used in Virginia Tech deaths
Update December 9: Police are saying the same handgun that killed a university police officer also was used on the second man found in a parking lot. The second person is b...
Diners at the Tavern on the morning of December 10 check out the breakfast fare. The Tavern plans to close on December 24.
COVERPerson of the yearFrom those involved in big crimes to big business, those who espouse open government to those who appear to embrace government secrecy, the candidate...
Letters
Now I know why helicopters fly over me
Your [October 13 cover story: "Reefer madness? Copter and SWAT team weeded out 2 plants on their property"] finally answered a question I've had for more than a quarter of ...
Too wide a brush painted horse-racing as evil
[Re: October 20 Sports Doctor: "They're off: Colonial Downs a disgrace to VA racing"] We who are involved in this sport love our beautiful thoroughbreds and care for them f...
Black and White
In the 1100 block of Park Street a committee of vultures (carthartes aura) catches some early morning rays.~Commentator Bill Emory puts up a new photo nearly every day at b...
Full Stories List for December 15th, 2011 issue #1050
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