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A month after closing its Charlottesville location, Richmond-based electronics retailer Circuit City announced today that it is liquidating all of its assets, and its 30,000 employees will now find themselves out of work. The company had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in November, and in a last ditch effort to cut costs, closed its Seminole Square store along with 154 other locations on December 20, 2008.
In a project overseen by four local organizations, dozens of 4th through 6th graders came together the morning of Thursday, July 16, to create a mural on the Downtown Mall’s community chalkboard. To create the
One of Charlottesville’s better known furniture men has gotten back into business after other endeavors including spending some time running the now-departed Saxx Jazz Club in Belmont. Ryal Thomas, who has a public access television show called “Voices” and who More… (0)
Next week, Charlottesville gets a visit from the most famous farmer from the Shenandoah Valley town of Swoope, Joel Salatin. He’ll be signing copies of his new book, Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal: War Stories from the Local Food Front, at the New Dominion Bookshop, to kick-off a veritable More… (0)
The Hook’s landlord just received a $200 check from the City of Charlottesville as a rebate for installing two low-flow toilets. Given that the landlord, Portico Properties, only spent about $200 for the hardware, the Alexis Dual Flush from QualityCraft, that means installation was the only net cost. (Last time we saw a dual-flush in operation was the night we went to Al Hamraa restaurant.) (3)
It’s that time of year again! Arts, crafts, food, livestock, and plenty of exciting events and contests are being planned for the Fair this year. Check it out! July 28 to August 2. (0)
I guess the automakers making $45 to $60 an hour, the same automakers the taxpayers just bailed out of financial trouble, weren’t buying enough electronics nationwide.
Kinda ironic, isn’t it. Bail out people making outrageous hourly salaries and let the poor man line up at the unemployment office. And let there be no mistake, even our new “Hope and Change” president elect allowed this to happen as well.
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