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Following this morning’s shootings of at least six vehicles on or around I-64, the Soccer Organization of Charlottesville-Albemarle cancels all outdoor activities today. So do Charlottesville Parks and Recreation, Albemarle schools and county parks and rec. The Albemarle School Board will meet as scheduled this evening.
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On Wednesday, March 18, UVA cut the ribbon on Town Center Three, its latest addition to its northern Albemarle Research Park. The building will primarily house new office and lab facilities for defense contractor Northrop Grumman. Unfortunately, the Hook didn’t have the security clearance to get inside, but there were plenty of local dignitaries on hand for the big day.
Officials at the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport announced Wednesday, March 18 that Delta Airlines has expanded its service from CHO to their Detroit hub from a 34 seat plane to a Canadair Regional Jet that seats 50. “When you consider that’s 16 extra seats, on two daily flights, for 365 days a year, it’s a big expansion in our business,” says airport executive director Barbara Hutchinson. “It’s also going to be cheaper for travelers because airlines determine their pricing based on the number of seats on the plane.” That’s not to mention that travelers hoping to catch domestic or international flights in Detroit will be able to get their faster aboard the new jets. What was once a two hour flight is now only an hour and a half.
Walking back to the Hook office, this reporter spotted a worker at the top of the Landmark Hotel shell works on taking down the motorized lift on the site. The conveyance once took supplies up to the different floors, but is now being dismantled due to an indefinite work stoppage amid much legal and financial wrangling over the hotel’s future.
Buford Middle School student Charlotte Keeley, right, is one of three Virginia winners in the Letters about Literature national writing contest, in which students write to their favorite author. The reading of the student letters traditionally kicks off the Virginia Festival of the Book, which runs from March 18 to 22. Behind Keeley is author Catherine Gourley, who founded the Letters contest and received 54,000 this year.
The 16-year-old son of Outer Banks activist/author Jan DeBlieu— Thomas Reid Smith DeBlieu— died after a two-vehicle collision in Nags Head March 16. The author of Wind and Hatteras Journal had been scheduled to attend the Virginia Festival of the Book March 21 in an event sponsored by Southern Environmental Law Center.
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