4Better Or Worse


4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Feb 11th, 2010 0 comments Heaviest weather: Nearly 15 inches of snow cover the area February 5-6, so full of water that a snow-shovel full weighed 25 to 30 pounds, according to UVA climatologist Jerry Stenger. Biggest...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Feb 4th, 2010 0 comments Heaviest precip: Snowfall January 30, while mild compared to December's "Snowpocalypse," still registers a hefty 10.5 inches, and that follows flooding rains January 24-25. More wet stuff predicted...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Jan 28th, 2010 0 comments Grimmest find: The remains of a blonde, black-clad person are discovered at Anchorage Farm on U.S. 29 south January 26. Worst first: Two men are shot– one fatally– late January 22 at the...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Jan 21st, 2010 1 comments Worst disaster: The 7.0 earthquake that devastates Haiti has far-reaching impact and affects many in Central Virginia. UVA grad student Stephanie Jean-Charles is killed in her home in Port-au-Prince...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Jan 14th, 2010 0 comments Biggest changing of the guard at UVA: Teresa Sullivan, 60, becomes the eighth president and first woman to head Virginia's flagship university. She succeeds John Casteen, who steps down August 1....
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Dec 24th, 2009 0 comments Most refreshing remark from a public official: "I agree that it's a stupid lawsuit," says City Councilor David Brown at the Rivanna Solid Waste Authority meeting December 17 about the authority's $20...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Dec 24th, 2009 0 comments Worst start to the new year: Colby W. Eppard, 18, of Stanardsville is fatally gunned down on Route 20 south January 1 after he allegedly absconds with a Greene County deputy's car, is pursued through...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Dec 17th, 2009 0 comments Best sign real estate development is still in the tank: Hunter Craig, the man behind Biscuit Run, which was going to be 3,100-home subdivision in the designated Growth Area south of town, now wants...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Dec 10th, 2009 3 comments Biggest changing of the guard: Former head football coach Al Groh had barely left the building when UVA athletic director Craig Littlepage announces Groh's successor December 7– University of...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Dec 3rd, 2009 0 comments Best swan song: Al Groh recites poetry after UVA's crushing 42-13 defeat to Virginia Tech that ends his 3-9 losing season and his nine-year tenure as football coach. Best golden parachute: UVA sends...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Nov 26th, 2009 0 comments Latest homeowner association alleged embezzlement: Mill Creek's longtime treasurer, Kevin O'Connor, is charged with swiping $10,000, according to the Daily Progress. Earlier this year, Glenmore's...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Nov 19th, 2009 0 comments Most flush: Charlottesville ends fiscal year 2009 with a $1.7 million surplus, which its staff recommends putting into capital improvement projects, and department expenditures were down more...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Nov 12th, 2009 0 comments Biggest change in Albemarle County: With the election to the Board of Supervisors of Rodney Thomas and Duane Snow, who join fellow Republican Ken Boyd and Democrat Lindsay Dorrier, who's often...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Nov 5th, 2009 0 comments Biggest blaze: Thirty-five to 40-foot flames shoot out of a Still Meadow subdivision home around 11pm October 30 and melt the vinyl siding on nearby homes, according to the Progress. Firefighters...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Oct 29th, 2009 0 comments Grimmest week for news: Morgan Harrington remains missing since the October 17 Metallica concert, musician Johnny Gilmore dies in a house fire October 22, and local food activist Kathryn Russell dies...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Oct 22nd, 2009 0 comments Skeeviest allegations: Steven Bruce Joplin, 59, former education director at Christ United Methodist Church in Staunton, is indicted by a grand jury on seven counts of sexual battery October 19 for...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Oct 15th, 2009 0 comments Best news for petty lawbreakers: Albemarle Commonwealth's Attorney Denise Lunsford tells the Board of Supervisors that a $32,000 cut from the state may mean her office won't be able to prosecute...
4BETTER OR WORSE: The week in review Published on Oct 8th, 2009 1 comments Worst rash of child porn cases: Brittney M. Demmer, 28, is indicted on 10 counts of possession, including videos of prepubescent children, the Daily Progress reports. Dustin Jame Lapradd, 23, a...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Oct 1st, 2009 0 comments Most horrific attack: A toddler is fatally mauled by her family's pit bull when she wanders out to where the dog is chained September 27 in eastern Orange County, according to NBC29. Biggest protest...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Sep 24th, 2009 0 comments Biggest court case: The Supreme Court of Virginia rules September 16 that the Charlottesville School Board can determine whether a registered sex offender can come on school property. The ruling...
4BETTER OR WORSE: The week in review Published on Sep 17th, 2009 2 comments Biggest book ban story: Bryan McKenzie's tale of the Virginia Department of Corrections shutting down the 20-year-old Books Behind Bars program run by Quest Bookshop's Kay Allison is picked up by the...
4BETTER OR WORSE: The week in review Published on Sep 10th, 2009 1 comments Worst test for a "no-kill" shelter: The SPCA is ordered to euthanize a gray fox allegedly terrorizing UVA September 2 so it can be tested for rabies. Worst blow to literacy: Virginia's Department of...
4BETTER OR WORSE: The week in review Published on Sep 3rd, 2009 0 comments Wildest fox: Two people are bitten August 26 in the Lambeth Field area of UVA, and police fear the creature could be rabid. Even odder fox behavior: It allegedly steals a sweater, according to...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Aug 27th, 2009 0 comments Most/least historic preservation in Orange: More than 700 acres at Montpelier, home of fourth President and writer of the Constitution James Madison, are placed in a conservation easement August 24....
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Aug 20th, 2009 0 comments Best loosening of city purse strings: City Council okays $2.1 million from its economic development fund August 17 to jump start a road that even greenies love, Hillsdale Drive Extended, Rachana...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Aug 13th, 2009 7 comments Worst day for vehicles slamming into buildings: July 31, when a auto driver smashes into Millmont Grille, NBC29 reports, and a tractor trailer jettisons off I-81 and crashes into an empty dorm at...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Jul 30th, 2009 0 comments Biggest arrest of a City Council candidate's spouse: The husband of candidate Kristen Szakos, Joe Szakos, head of the Virginia Organizing Project, is arrested for trespassing at Anthem health care in...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Jul 23rd, 2009 0 comments Most life sentences: Waverly "Eddie" Whitlock, who shot and killed 11-year-old Aziz Booth June 3, 2008, gets six life sentences plus 33 years July 17. Whitlock initially agreed to plead guilty if he...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Jul 16th, 2009 0 comments Latest disappearance of a 40-something male: Lake Monticello man Stuart Mowbray Knapp, 42, hasn't been seen since he set off on his bike July 8. That follows the July 1 disappearance of Glenmore...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Jul 9th, 2009 0 comments Most mysterious disappearance: Glenmore Country Club president Michael Comer, 45, has not been seen since July 1. His car, keys, and cellphone are found at his Wintergreen vacation home, and police...