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An itinerant blogger, who accidentally fell in love with landfills eight years ago in San Francisco, has discovered the Ivy Landfill and pronounced it “magic.” Marijke Rijsberman also lauds what officials now call the Materials Utilization Center for its “350 acres of wholesomeness, optimism, and can-do spirit.” Take her tour.
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No-holds-barred feminist and self-described righteous babe Ani DiFranco performed at the Paramount Theater March 4. Photographer Dominique Attaway was there to capture the scene.
Governor Tim Kaine (D) announced Friday, March 6 that Virginia has received $1.6 billion in aid from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act recently passed by Congress and signed by President Obama. Kaine says citizens can track expenditure of those funds through the stimulus.virginia.gov website. Already the original bill specifically allocated $730.4 million for K-12 education, $39.8 million for public safety grants to localities, and $694.5 million for transportation infrastructure.
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“All we’re doing is filling potholes and grading,” says real estate broker Charlie Kabbash of this heavy machine-powered activity, seen here around 9am March 6, at the oft-dusty Amtrak station parking lot. “We do that every spring,” says Kabbash. Come fall, this will become a busier (and perhaps dustier) place due to a new train.
Like tiny David taking aim, Shenanigans toy store scored a hit between the eyes of Goliath Toys ‘R Us last year in sales of the card game Ruckus. Shenanigans owner Kai Rady attributes the “huge number” sold to the personal sales touch offered by the Barracks Road boutique. “When we get on a game, we’ll talk it up,” says Rady, who says Shenanigans current top-seller is Bananagrams, a Scrabble-like game but without the board.
The skeleton of the new Emily Couric Cancer Center rises, as seen in this view from the sixth floor of Jordan Hall and shot by Kevin Cox.
Very well done Marijke! The landfill is also a great place to see birds — even a seagull
Maybe someday Ivy Landfill can become an attraction, like Mt. Trashmore!