NYT eyes TJ and his Monticello
An odd picture essay in the New York Times explores the flawed genius of the Sage of Monticello.
An odd picture essay in the New York Times explores the flawed genius of the Sage of Monticello.
Inside the offices of the Hook… (1)
Already reeling from the 2007 massacre and the nearly-two-years-later cafeteria beheading, Virginia Tech finds itself once again hit by horror, as two students visiting a campground in the nearby Jefferson National Forest have been slain by gunfire. (27)
Neighborhood development chief Jim Tolbert announced today that the section of Second Street SE beside the abandoned Landmark Hotel has become an RSWA-sponsored waste transfer station. The site, which is being called the Landmark Materials Transfer Facility, has actually been accepting construction and demolition debris, as well as careless source unseparated recyclables such as coffee cups and cigarette butts, since the Downtown Mall re-bricking project was completed earlier this year. Tolbert says the program has been a success so far.
A geyser erupted Thursday afternoon when a contractor performing road-related drainage work inadvertently cut an old water main under the western edge of West Leigh Dive. Over a year ago, residents had been told that when new ductile iron pipe was laid under the opposite side of the road as a replacement that the old line had been decommissioned. Apparently not. Here, post-geyser, workers secure a sleeve to the old pipe (made of transite, an asbestos-infused concrete material). More pix of pumping and filling. (1)
Ever wonder what a king’s grant looks like or how it launched the career of a now 83-year-old farmer? The Crozet Gazette has farm tales from Dan Maupin (who played a cameo in a 2003 Hook story about the collapse of apple farming). (0)
What a jewel of a picture/story–thank you for bringing this to our attention. One of the most creative, poignant, and beautiful descriptions of Jefferson I’ve ever read and the letter he and his wife wrote together as she died was a tearjerker.