4Better Or Worse


The week in review Published on Jul 3rd, 2012 1 comments Oddest appointment: After engineering the biggest debacle in UVA history with the bungled, possibly illegal ouster of UVA President Teresa Sullivan, Rector Helen Dragas is reappointed to the Board of...
The week in review Published on Jun 26th, 2012 1 comments Least surprising firing: Daniel Harmon-Wright, the Culpeper police officer who has been charged with murder in the shooting of unarmed Patricia Cook, 54, in a church parking lot, is dismissed June 19...
The week in review Published on Jun 19th, 2012 0 comments Least surprising win: Former senator and governor George Allen gets the Republican nomination in a June 8 primary and will challenge former governor Tim Kaine for Allen's old Senate seat. Latest on...
The week in review Published on Jun 13th, 2012 0 comments Most bizarre disappearance (besides Teresa Sullivan's): Four Afghan women who were participating in a program at UVA's Center for Politics are being sought by the State Department and the FBI after...
The week in review Published on Jun 5th, 2012 0 comments Biggest bummer for Meadowcreek Parkway opponents: U.S. Western District Judge Norman Moon tosses a lawsuit from the Coalition to Preserve McIntire Park that claims the Federal Highway Administration...
The week in review Published on May 29th, 2012 0 comments Worst Memorial Day crash: An eastbound 2003 BMW on I-64 on Afton Mountain hits the guardrail on the right around 5:30pm May 28, veers back across the eastbound lanes, hits an embankment, becomes...
The week in review Published on May 22nd, 2012 0 comments Best sign Virginia isn't for all lovers: The House of Delegates, led by Bob Marshall, torpedoes the nomination of Richmond prosecutor Tracy Thorne-Begland to General District Court judge because he's...
The week in review Published on May 16th, 2012 3 comments Harshest budget cutting: The Fluvanna Board of Supervisors slashes all funding to JAUNT, Jefferson Area Board for Aging, and Offender Aid and Restoration in a last-minute deal that made the county's...
The week in review Published on May 8th, 2012 3 comments Biggest chain reaction: Some local purveyors at the City Market are upset that Great Harvest Baking Company, a franchise, is allowed a highly coveted space, contending the popular farmers market is...
The week in review Published on May 2nd, 2012 0 comments Latest former Albemarle police officer/reserve deputy to be charged with unsavory acts against a family member: Charles Farrell Long Jr., 47, who also is a former fourth-grade teacher in...
The week in review Published on Apr 25th, 2012 0 comments Worst way to get out of going to court: The Louisa Sheriff's Office is looking for 38-year-old Danielle Messineo, whom they say has made bomb threats on days she was scheduled to appear in court in...
The week in review Published on Apr 18th, 2012 0 comments Most protests: Dozens object to UVA's use of cats to practice infant intubation at an April 12 demonstration in front of the Rotunda that includes former mayor Dave Norris, the Progress reports. And...
The week in review Published on Apr 11th, 2012 12 comments Most red flags: The region has its third-in-a-row official Red Flag Warning day April 10 because of high winds and low humidity throughout most of the state. The Virginia Department of Forestry...
The week in review Published on Apr 3rd, 2012 0 comments Most powdery substances: The day before white and red powdery substances are found in the mailbox of the Sylvan Learning Center on Greenbrier Place to bring out hazmat units again, a bag of white...
The week in review Published on Mar 28th, 2012 0 comments Hardest-fought terrain: The East side of McIntire Park. With a pedestrian bridge and the Meadowcreek Parkway bringing change, the golf-only terrain could be carved to include a botanical garden,...
The week in review Published on Mar 21st, 2012 0 comments Biggest ouster: The Fluvanna Board of Supervisors fires five department heads March 14 following wage increases that were made without the board's knowledge. Canned are planning director/interim...
The week in review Published on Mar 13th, 2012 0 comments Biggest backlash: Culpeper Commonwealth's Attorney Gary Close abruptly resigns March 12 after a federal judge reverses a capital murder conviction against Michael Wayne Hash, citing extreme police...
The week in review Published on Mar 7th, 2012 0 comments Warmest winter: The National Weather Service says 2011-12 is the fourth warmest on record, and the average temperature of 44.5 degrees is a whopping five degrees higher than the average winter norm...
The week in review Published on Mar 1st, 2012 0 comments Biggest contract: Ryan Zimmerman, the star UVA baseball shortstop turned star third-baseman for the Washington Nationals, has reportedly inked a deal that could be worth as much as $150 million....
The week in review Published on Feb 23rd, 2012 0 comments Hungriest: Twelve UVA students begin a hunger strike February 18 in support of a living wage of at least $13 for the university's lowest paid employees. Sweetest deal: UVA lacrosse coach Dom Starsia...
The week in review Published on Feb 15th, 2012 0 comments Worst case of legislators inserting themselves in vaginas: The House of Delegates is set to pass a bill February 14 that requires women having an abortion to have an ultrasound that uses a vaginal...
The week in review Published on Feb 8th, 2012 1 comments Best break for gun-runners: Virginia's Senate passes a bill February 6 lifting the one-handgun-a-month law put into place in 1993 by Governor Doug Wilder to curb gun trafficking, the Washington Post...
The week in review Published on Feb 2nd, 2012 1 comments Best street theater: The 17 Occupy Charlottesville protesters arrested December 1 for trespassing in Lee Park are found guilty in court January 27. Veronica Fitzhugh, who was charged with indecent...
The week in review Published on Jan 25th, 2012 1 comments Latest hotel death: The body of Laura Daly, 46, is found in the Red Roof Inn January 22 along with David Highfield, 63, who was unconscious and is in intensive care at UVA Medical Center, according...
The week in review Published on Jan 19th, 2012 0 comments Most jarring headline: "Neighbors: 5-year-old Stabbed 3 People After Argument Over Juice Box" details the January 16 attack on two juveniles and an adult at a mobile home park on Shady Grove Road in...
The week in review Published on Jan 11th, 2012 1 comments Testiest first meeting of the year: The Albemarle Board of Supervisors goes into 3-3 deadlock mode January 4 over the nomination of Duane Snow as chair and adding anti-bypass supes to the...
The week in review Published on Jan 4th, 2012 3 comments Odds on favorite for mayor: Incumbent Satyendra Huja is expected to be elected ceremonial leader of Charlottesville at the January 3 City Council meeting (just after presstime, alas), which will be...
The week in review Published on Dec 22nd, 2011 0 comments Biggest breakthrough in water wars: The city and county reach an agreement on how they'll split the costs of the mega-dam at Ragged Mountain Natural Area and the nine-mile-uphill pipeline to fill it...
The week in review Published on Dec 15th, 2011 0 comments Worst déjà vu: A gunman terrorizes Virginia Tech December 8, a situation that locks down the campus, amid reports two men are dead. Ross Truett Ashley, 22, a Radford University student, walks up to...
The week in review Published on Dec 7th, 2011 1 comments Most pro-active: UVA quickly disabuses Occupy Charlottesville of any notion George Rogers Clark Park is open for takeover. "Quite simply, the University is not a campground," says UVA executive VP/...