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[edit] Happy Christmas...a Week Before Thanksgiving at cvillenews.com

23 November 2008, by unknown This is a community news blog about Charlottesville, VA, USA, started in March of 2001. It's run by Waldo Jaquith. It has nothing to do with C-Ville Weekly, the newspaper. Feel free to submit a story. ...

[edit] In Farmingdale, 'Miracle' author tells her story - Newsday

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[edit] NBC29-Police Investigate Armed Robbery

23 November 2008, by unknown nbc29.com | Charlottesville and Central Virginia News, Sports and Weather. ... Do you have the scoop on a news story for NBC29 News? Use this link to tell us! NBC29.com via RSS. Add NBC29.com headlines to your RSS news reader. ...

[edit] Our economy: The good, the bad and the ugly - Charlottesville Daily Progress

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[edit] Area developer sues Albemarle after building site plan denied ...

23 November 2008, by Charlottesville Daily Progress Charlottesville Daily Progress: Contact Us | Email Alerts | SMS/Text Alerts | RSS Feeds | Make Us Your Home Page | Site Search Partners: Cavalier Insider | Data Center Regional Partner Links: Waynesboro News Virginian | Orange County ...

[edit] Our economy: The good, the bad and the ugly | Charlottesville ...

23 November 2008, by Charlottesville Daily Progress As the nation struggles through a severe economic downturn, the state of the Charlottesville area’s economy is a bit of a mixed bag. ... Restaurant Guide • Movie Times. Video. • Breaking News Video. • Entertainment. • Offbeat & Weird ...

[edit] JADE: Mexican cartels supplying area's cocaine | Charlottesville ...

23 November 2008, by Charlottesville Daily Progress JADE was established in 1995 and is made up of 10 officers from the Charlottesville, Albemarle, University of Virginia and Virginia State Police departments. JADE primarily covers Central Virginia. A roundup of this year’s seizures so ...

[edit] One step closer to Dabo '09 - Charleston Post Courier

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[edit] Rick Sincere News and Thoughts: Charlottesville Starts the Holiday ...

23 November 2008, by Rick Sincere Although cold weather and "snow flurries" made it seem normal, Charlottesville illuminated its downtown Christmas tree last night, and Santa Claus arrived in a horse-drawn carriage, both about a week earlier than in previous years. ...

[edit] Man Charged in Harrisonburg Murder - NBC 29 News

23 November 2008, by

[edit] A few Saturday links from Charlottesville - Anderson Independent Mail

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[edit] Cast Your Vote for Toys for Tots & Make a Kid’s Christmas Brighter

22 November 2008, by If you have been reading my Crystal Coast Blog for very long you know I am a social media junkie, real estate marketing consultant and blogging addict. Part of my job includes consulting with real estate agents all over the US and Canada. Recently one of my clients entered his Charlottesville real estate blog into a blog competition sponspored by the Virginia Association of REALTORS®. The premise of advancing from round to round is based on popular vote. The vote is open to anyone. I’m happy to

[edit] Virginia vs. Clemson - Washington Post

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[edit] Charlottesville Tomorrow News Center: Supervisor Thomas provides ...

21 November 2008, by unknown Sally Thomas presents progress report to the PACC The Chair of the South Fork Reservoir Stewardship Task Force gave a preliminary report on the group’s progress to the Planning and Coordination Council (PACC) at their meeting on ...

[edit] And the Winner of Blog Brawl Round 2 Is - Charlottesville Kids!

21 November 2008, by We’re Moving on to Round #3! The results of round #2 competition of the VAR Buzz Blog Brawl 2 were announced today and I have terrific news. We are moving on to round #3! For everyone who voted for my Charlottesville Real Estate Blog and more importantly, cast a vote for the Charlottesville children and Toys for Tots, I offer my heart felt THANKS! A Rewarding Experience! This experience has been so rewarding! You have already made such a big difference with your vote helping propel my C’Ville

[edit] 2008 Thanksgiving Day Events Charlottesville, Virginia - Associated Content

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[edit] The Opera Comes to Charlottesville in HD - Virginia Law Weekly

21 November 2008, by

[edit] Round #2 of the VAR Blog Competition Ended Last Night

21 November 2008, by Many of you just recently learned about my Toys for Tots fund raiser in conjunction with the VAR Blog Brawl contest.  If you didn’t have a chance to vote for my Charlottesville real estate blog before the voting ended last night at 11:59 PM, please stay tuned as we hope to make it to round 3 and continue raising money for those in need this holiday season! Stay Tuned! Round #2 voting results should be announced soon, so stay tuned! Brian Share This

[edit] Charlottesville Holiday Traditions Combine - WCAV

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[edit] A Greener Charlottesville: Green Car Wash - WCAV

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[edit] Jefferson Foundation couple given top Chamber citizenship award ...

21 November 2008, by Charlottesville Daily Progress The longtime chief of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation and his wife received the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce’s highest citizenship award Thursday evening. ... Breaking News Video. • Entertainment. • Offbeat & Weird ...

[edit] IMPACT's latest project: Education | Charlottesville Daily Progress

21 November 2008, by Charlottesville Daily Progress Referring to dental care for low-income uninsured adults, Erika Viccellio, executive director of the Charlottesville Free Clinic, said, “IMPACT’s engagement in the issue has really helped to increase the community’s awareness of the ...

[edit] Cavs player attends hearing on Xbox theft | Charlottesville Daily ...

21 November 2008, by Charlottesville Daily Progress Neither Enzinger nor Chen said in court that they knew Jackson personally, but Chen said he later heard of him after reading an article about him in the student newspaper. Prior to Thursday’s preliminary hearing, defense attorney Lloyd ...

[edit] Charlottesville Buffalo Bills Backers - 2007 Photos

20 November 2008, by Fun Times with the C.B.B.B. - Charlottesville Buffalo Bills Backers McGahee Returns to Buffalo and the C.B.B.B. makes Face cloths out of his Jersey Monday Night Football: Bills Vs. Cowboys - 2007 Bills at Redskins - December 2, 2007       

[edit] Bills at K.C. Sunday1:00 PM - Don’t Lose Hope Bills Fans!

20 November 2008, by Hello all of 100 (plus) Charlottesville Buffalo Bills Backers DON’T GIVE UP BILLS FANS!   I hope you have all thawed out from our exciting Tailgate Party Monday Night.  It was a lot of fun and I thank all of you for showing up and making it such a great time (despite the loss).  Hope to see you all on Sunday at 1:00. Be there with fello C’Ville Bills fans to witness the Bills’ turnaround.   It has been a rough 4 weeks, but I am going to give everyone a few positives to ha

[edit] VAR Blog Brawl Round 2 - Vote for the Kids!

19 November 2008, by In my previous post, I resorted to “bribes” to advance to round #2 of the Virginia Blog Brawl hosted by the Virginia Association of Realtors. The good news is that it worked. We made it to round #2! So I want to say thanks to all for casting your vote for my Charlottesville Real Estate Blog! But the fun isn’t over. In fact, yesterday we started to brainstorm our next strategy. I thought to myself, it’s amazing how lucky I am that one of my biggest concerns is how to make it to the next round of

[edit] Charlottesville Photographer Matt Rosenberg Threatens Spicy Bear Media and Demands $2,500

19 November 2008, by Update 8:30PM 11/19/2008 - We removed the thumbnails from the posts and our server. It’s never fun being involved in potential lawsuits, but we just got a letter from Charlottesville photographer Matt Rosenberg who works for the Daily Progress.  In this letter, Matt’s attorney alleges that we have: not responded to Matthew Rosenberg’s facsimile letter of September 15, 2008, he has retained this firm to represent him in the matter of Spicy Bear Media’s infringement of his copyright. We neve

[edit] Habeas Corpus and Ensuring Constitutional Protections

19 November 2008, by In today’s show, adapted from an article written by freelance writer Karen Doss Bowman, we discuss the work of UVa Professor Paul Halliday, and his research of Habeas Corpus, the only specific right enshrined in the US Constitution. Habeas corpus, the judicial means by which prisoners may demand that their jailer show a valid reason for their detention, is considered a bedrock of personal liberty in U.S. law—and is the only specific right enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. For more informa

[edit] Demand growing for interpreters in courts, hospitals

18 November 2008, by CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA–When Mildred Schoenfeld Hoy moved to Central Virginia 13 years ago, she had trouble finding a place to volunteer as a Spanish language interpreter. The public offices and schools that she approached in Waynesboro full story

[edit] cVillain Bitching Spawns Media Investigation into Paused Work at Planned Whole Foods Site

18 November 2008, by You have to love when little birdies pop up on our site and then the story hits the cover of the local paper.  Factsure said: Lets bitch about the fact that Whole Foods isn’t going to be built anymore And, we bitched.  The Daily Progress listened, like any gullible dude who always pays for dinner, and added some important details to a now tentative Whole Foods location. - The Hillsdale Drive location won’t be finished for a while. - Charlottesville got $3.1 million for design and engineerin

[edit] First Snow

18 November 2008, by It may not be much, but it’s November in Virginia and it snowed.

[edit] Operation Seminole Trail Slow Down

17 November 2008, by Just to remind you…today kicks off Operation Seminole Trail Slow Down.  Remeber to slow down, buckle up, and drive responsibly and without distractions.  Albermarle County Police, with help from Albermarle County Sheriff’s Office will be looking to write you a ticket.  You should be careful everywhere, but particularly if you’re taking a trip to the airport since they will be most heavily inforcing on Hydraulic Road to Airport Road in the 45 mph area.

[edit] Call me Crazy…I still see the Bills winning 10-11 games this season - Maybe even 12!

16 November 2008, by Hey Gang! It’s Gut-Check Time for thew Bills.  The Bills have been caught up in a pretty depressing 3-game losing streak, but I still believe that they can come close to winning out the season, splitting the division and making it into the playoffs. The first day of the rest of the 2008 season begins this MONDAY NIGHT.  The Bills play the first of 3 very winnable games when they host Cleveland in Prime Time and at home. Come down to the Lazy Parrot Monday Night at 7:30 pm to witness

[edit] Picking a Fight with Fellow VAR Real Estate Bloggers

14 November 2008, by Okay, So I’m not looking to actually pick a fight with other real estate bloggers but, I have entered my Charlottesville Real Estate Blog in the Virginia Real Estate Blog Brawl 2.0 sponsored by Virginia Association of REALTORS and the VAR Buzz Blog. Let’s Get Ready to Rumble!!!! Accepting the VAR Buzz challenge, we are taking off the gloves and jumping into the fray! After all, the first rule of the Blog Brawl is that there are no rules. Will we resort to blatant bribery for votes? Of course w

[edit] Old Fashioned Celebrations in Charlottesville

14 November 2008, by Last time I gave you a bit of the history of the Thanksgiving Holiday.  Now I’m going to tell you how we celebrate Thanksgiving in historic Charlottesville. Football - then Black Friday! Thanksgiving conjures up images of Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade with all the balloon characters, then the huge family feast and football the rest of the day - to be followed by Black Friday. Around here you have the parade, feast and football on Thursday to be followed by Jefferson’s Thanksgiving celebrated o

[edit] CVS is Opening on Saturday

14 November 2008, by Even though I was sad to see Satellite Ballroom and Plan 9 close, CVS is now almost done renovating.  The CVS on the corner will open on Saturday.  Will you shop there?  I feel like UVa students will like having a CVS to fill prescriptions and pick up suplies, especially since they can’t drive first year.  It seemed like when CVS and Plan 9 closed people said they wouldn’t support CVS, will you?

[edit] Charlottesville a Top Digital City!

14 November 2008, by From the city… For the fifth year in a row, the Center for Digital Government has ranked the City of Charlottesville as one of the Top Ten Digital Cities in America. The ranking is based on the 2008 Digital Cities Survey and examines how city governments utilize digital technologies to better service their citizens and streamline operations to increase efficiencies. The comprehensive survey includes an assessment of how municipalities are using emerging technologies, integrating digital mean

[edit] Shooting Last Night

14 November 2008, by A 44 year old man was shot while standing outside a Blue Ridge commons laundromat on the 700 block of Prospect Avenue last night around 9:30PM.  The man is listed in stable condition, but the shooter is still on the loose. He is described as black male between 18 and 25 years old, wearing a light colored jacket, blue jeans and a dark colored scarf. If anyone has more info, please call Crime Stoppers at (434) 977-4000. [via newsplex]

[edit] Thanksgiving - How did it come to be?

14 November 2008, by Thanksgiving is a traditional North American holiday that has been attributed to the Pilgrims at Plymouth Plantation who celebrated  immediately after their first harvest in 1621. St. Augustine, Florida - can’t be … Oh yes it can.   The very first attested Thanksgiving, or harvest festival held in North America was held September 8, 1565 in what is now St Augustine, Florida.  St. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied European established city and the oldest port in North America.  A

[edit] Minor on hotel: ‘Halsey Minor paid; the bank didn’t’

14 November 2008, by Just a year before Halsey Minor stepped down as CEO of Cnet in 2000, the tech industry news website he founded in 1992, Fortune estimated his net worth to be $394.1 million. FILE PHOTO BY JAY KUHLMANN Charlottesville’s most-hotly anticipated building project, the Landmark Hotel, has erupted into controversy, as the $24 million in bank loans disappeared, according to the hotel’s owner, Internet millionaire and UVA alumnus Halsey Minor. “It’s a mess,” says Minor. “I’ve already got my money Sourc

[edit] Waldo Jaquith

13 November 2008, by mattre

[edit] Gitmo and “The Response”

12 November 2008, by In our previous show we reflected on several of the movies showcased at this year’s Virginia Film Festival. In today’s show, we will examine “The Response,” a short film about the Guantanamo Bay War Tribunals and the plight of Guantanamo detainees by Sig Libowitz, screened at this year’s Virginia Film ...

[edit] Upcoming Architecture & Design Events

6 November 2008, by Thursday November 06 A Panel on Architectural Publishing, The Urban Center, 457 Madison Avenue My Paradise: A Hundred Years of Finnish Architects’ Summer Homes, San Francisco, CA Friday November 07 UVa School of Architecture Dean’s Forum Lecture: Jonathan Massey, Charlottesville, Virginia A ...

[edit] Congress: Happy days for Democrats

6 November 2008, by Republicans suffer their second crushing defeat in two years IN A Republican campaign office in Charlottesville, Virginia, the signs on the walls captured the mood. “The presidency is no place for on-the-job training,” said one, quoting Joe Biden’s put-down of Barack Obama during the Democratic ...

[edit] cVillain

4 November 2008, by jasonreed

[edit] Opposite Sides of the Fence but Equal Lawn Time

2 November 2008, by The two plastic yard signs planted in the mulch in Fairfax County confound passersby. Same with two others stuck in a lawn four blocks away. What kind of people -- at the end of a divisive campaign, in a battleground state -- would have signs for both Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama in fro...

[edit] 2008 Virginia Film Festival

29 October 2008, by In today’s show, adapted from an article written by John Kelly, we will preview this year’s Virginia Film Festival, hosted by the University of Virginia. This year’s Virginia Film Festival, hosted by the University of Virginia, will kick off tomorrow, Oct. 30, and will feature some 80 films and 100 ...

[edit] C-VILLE Charlottesville's news & arts weekly | Charlottesville VA news music culture dining

28 October 2008, by chempress

[edit] LECTROSONICS ON STAGE DURING UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA THEATRICAL PRESENTATI

2 October 2008, by Charlottesville, VA September 2008… Be it a drama or a musical, wireless microphone technology is a critical component of contemporary theater. The University of Virginia, Department of Drama’s aging wireless system had seen its better days and, with an ambitious program that effectively runs ...

[edit] The Mammoth Cheese

30 September 2008, by The Mammoth Cheese Holman, Sheri Grove Press: New York 2003 ISBN 0-8021-4135-8 442pp Date finished: 2008-09-30 (Buy this book) This novel follows a set of characters in the fictional town of Three Chimneys VA, set in the farming country roughly around Charlottesville. Dog breeder Manda Frank ...