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Radio talk show host Coy Barefoot sent us this one snapped near his house in Western Albemarle, snapped around 10 on the morning of Sunday, September 20.
Home of Bears and bears
Model A-OK
Buck by the tracks
Crane for Rice Hall
Nude pix reaction
Emptying stands bad omen for Groh
According to this morning’s Daily Progress, an Albemarle-hired expert has declared that B.F. Yancey Elementary School holds insufficient land for the jumbo-sized septic field it might need to expand. But what if the folks at Worrell Water, themselves experts in answering the call of nature with a call to nature, and popular in progressive school districts, could get involved? (We’ll follow up Monday…) (1)
Photographed September 13, Jackson P. Burley Middle School is home to the Bears— and now the bears. (3)
The U2 concert stage has arrived. Parts of it anyway. The 360ยบ Tour, with its spider-like stage, requires a reported 120 trucks in all, and Steve W. Shifflett spotted some of them when he shot this photo around 5:15pm Friday, September 25 at Fashion Square mall, an apparent rendezvous site before the final trek to Scott Stadium. (5)
PHOTO BY STEPHANIE GARCIA
When the Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy invited a few lucky fans to join the band onstage for the last song of the night, many of Thursday’s concert attendees complied, becoming musical participants. Meloy, center, was able to escape the stampeding fans unscathed More… (2)
A power saw can be heard outside The Southern, which opens tonight at the Downtown Mall site of the former Gravity Lounge with The Books. Co-owner Andy Gems says the new venue doesn’t have its ABC license, nor will food be served tonight, but all that’s coming soon. Gems took over the establishment in the spring with The Flat creperie owner Lauren McCraven after landlord Ludwig Kuttner ousted previous tenant Bill Baldwin. (0)
I love Bambi, but the deer population is totally out of control in Charlottesville. Couldn’t we share some of our bounty with the starving masses. Any suggestions ?