May 16th, 2013 issue #1220

May 16th, 2013

Shock and awe: Inside the Rugby Road raid

After the entire city of Boston was shut down last month during a massive manhunt following explosions that maimed and slaughtered marathon bystanders, news that a block of Rugby Road was shut down last week for a multi-agency operation sparked ominous speculation. Was it a terrorist threat? A hostage situation? A murderous rampage? Virginia State Police initially refused to say what nefarious activity had taken place that warranted closing off a stretch of one of Charlottesville's most prestigious streets.

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The week in review

Closest tie to Boston Marathon bomber: The body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev was refused burial space all over the northeast. He's quietly buried in a Doswell cemetery in in Caro...

Tapped & paired: New places invade Barracks

The idea behind the Sedona Taphouse is simple: good beer, good food, and a comfortable atmosphere for all.

Death to Death: June turn-out could help

By David Swanson Most of the world's governments no longer use the death penalty. Among wealthy nations there is one exception remaining. The United States is among the top...

Spotlight on Waynesboro

Location: Waynesboro Price range: $49,000-$499,900Schools: Berkeley Glenn Elementary, Wenonah Elementary, Westwood Hills Elementary, William Perry Elementary, Kate Co...

Property auctions

May 17 at 11am at the Albemarle Courthouse Property: 5189 Coventry Lane, Barboursville Debtor: G. Albert and Stephanie S. Gilbert Original amount owing: unknown Bidder brin...

Prose flows: Gatsby's over the top, but book shines through

By RICHARD ROEPER Given the wretched and sometimes wonderful excesses of Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet and Moulin Rouge, not to mention a trailer that gave the impression...

Table of contents

COVERShock and aweA week after SWAT team members swarmed a posh Rugby Road home to bust an alleged fake ID ring, questions about the show of force– and the wisdom of ...

Another old building demolished on West Main

The 1939-built Merchant's Tire building is now just a memory as the site at 854 West Main prepares to become the Plaza at West Main, a mixed use project of 219 residential ...
Brick fix

Nearly a year after the Main Street Arena General Manager sent the city a letter complaining about the condition of the crumbling bricks along the building's east side, the...
GOP convention: 'Laborious process' to nominate AG, LG

You've got to be pretty serious about your political party if you're willing to spend an entire Saturday in Richmond nominating candidates for attorney general and lieutena...
Red-faced: Red-light camera company caught in bribery scandal

The red-light cameras that Albemarle County installed at the intersection of Route 29 and Rio Road in 2011 have caught thousands of red-light runners and generated thousand...
Un-carceration: Prosecutor candidate Deaton talks jail reform

Steven B. Deaton is gunning for the Democratic nomination for Charlottesville commonwealth's attorney– again– and on a rainy Wednesday, May 8, under the protect...
Valedictator: Lawn to get a dose of Colbert

Get ready, Nation. Funny-man Stephen Colbert, host of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, is coming to Mr. Jefferson's University to deliver the 2013 valediction keynote s...

Fake ID bust: Feds go after Rugby Road trio

Federal authorities and heavily armed state police swarmed a Rugby Road home today after issuing charges against three Charlottesville residents last night.

Blaze's glory: UVA's new student BOV rep does it all

With a name like Blake Blaze, people are probably going to remember you no matter what you do, but UVA's new student Board of Visitors representative is making sure he's kn...
Hurd, leader: Outgoing student BOV'er heads overseas

Hillary Hurd had been the student BOV representative for just a few weeks when the events that became known as UVA June thrust the school, its president and the Board of Vi...

Big crane

Pre-cast stair/elevator shaft on the left is lifted by crane on May 6 at the City Walk site.~~Commentator Bill Emory puts up a new photo nearly every day at billemory.com/b...

Get Out! events, shows, things to do

"Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in." – Robert Frost Bell returns to her roots