The annual police fund-raiser, Cops and Lobsters, is happening today during lunch and dinner at the Red Lobster on Emmet Street. Local law enforcers will be your servers and tips go toward the Special Olympics and the Law Enforcement Torch Run. Word to the wise: don’t stiff these guys.
Nordin discusses '69 disappearance
Charlottesville journalist Barbara Nordin was on Rick Moore’s Sunday morning “Wake-Up Call” program on WNRN radio yesterday discussing the never-solved case of Judy Jones, a 21-year-old mother of four who disappeared from Stribling Avenue in 1969. In the podcast of the show, Nordin also talks about two other unsolved crimes, the 1986 disappearance of Pat Collins and the 1996 double murder in the Shenandoah National Park. (0)
Snap o' the day: Annie by Black Box
Yesterday’s 3pm performance of the musical Annie by the Black Box Players filled the auditorium of Burnley-Moran Elementary School. The show continues two weeks from now, May 16, 17, and 18. (0)
Snap o' the day: la familla goose
On private Loch Leigh, a water body that appears to be filling with sediment as surely as is the community’s main reservoir, a Canada goose family strolls along the lake’s western end yesterday afternoon. # (0)
Snap o' the day: Inside Kegler's
Momentarily ducking away from today’s sunny skies and warm temperatures (which topped out at 79 at 3pm), a 6-year-old bowler contemplates a split at Kegler’s on Route 29 North. (0)
Snap o' the Day: Waiting on a sunny day
At 1:30pm, a full six hours before showtime, Bruce Springsteen fans with general admission tickets line up to get their wristbands admitting them on to the floor for tonight’s show. Each wristband has a number, and at 5pm, concert promoters will draw a number to determine who has the lucky number to be first in line when the doors open at 6pm. # (3)
