The back side of the new Virginia National Bank office on Pantops may be almost as interesting as the money-grab opening from earlier this week. Here, we see the newly extended Spotnap Road, which the developer, Bill Dittmar, converted from a long-time dead-end into a connector between Riverbend Drive and eastbound traffic on Route 250. More buildings are eventually expected in the back yard, but a recent request for jumbo signs was rejected.
Statlers' last show... again
The Statler Brothers threw in the towel almost six years ago, but their fans are still Countin’ Flowers on the Wall. Now, thanks to the magic of a little thing called television, Statler lovers can watch the crooning country quartet’s last concert– October 26, 2002 at the Salem Civic Center– one more time. It’ll air on Sunday, June 1 from 7-9pm on WVPT. (0)
Snap o' the day: VNB's backside
The back side of the new Virginia National Bank office on Pantops may be almost as interesting as the money-grab opening from earlier this week. Here, we see the newly extended Spotnap Road, which the developer, Bill Dittmar, converted from a long-time dead-end into a connector between Riverbend Drive and eastbound traffic on Route 250. More buildings are eventually expected in the back yard, but a recent request for jumbo signs was rejected. (0)
Bonnaroo to be televised live
To Coran Capshaw’s many sources of income for his music empire, perhaps he can now add “television revenues.” Today, organizers of the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival— of which Capshaw is a co-owner— announced that six hours of this year’s shows will be broadcast live on the Fuse Network, June 12-15. (0)
Mondavi dies; friend o' Kluge
Legendary California winemaker Robert Mondavi has died. Lisa Provence covered his May 2002 visit to Charlottesville and mentorship of fellow vintner Patricia Kluge. (0)
Davis delivers stinging missive to GOP
Now that he’s not running for Senate or seeking re-election, Congressman Tom Davis (R-Fairfax) has written publicly what many of his colleagues have reportedly stated privately: the Republican Party is in the worst shape in decades. In a controversial 20-page memo he delivered to his GOP colleagues in the House yesterday, Davis writes that the present political atmosphere is “the worst since Watergate and far more toxic than in 2006, when we lost 30 seats (and our majority).” Davis attributes this to President Bush, whom he says, “continues to flounder,” and the uniformly arch-conservative “GOP brand,” which Davis calls an “albatross” around the necks of moderates like himself. # (2)
