I’ve been sitting on this domain long enough that I really need to do something with it. C-Ville finally has some of their content on-line. WINA and Cav Daily have been good about that for a long time. The Daily Progress will eventually become clueful and keep their news for longer than a day. And, of course, George Loper’s site is fantastic. So we’ll link to the best and most useful content on these sites, primarily serving as a central source of discussion of Charlottesville news. I hope.
Archive for March, 2001
WINA is reporting that Governor Gilmore has signed a bill into law that requires Internet filters to be put on all school computers. I’ve had my run-ins with censorware, and I’m involved with Peacefire, a group that tries to educate people about what makes censorware so awful, so my feelings are clear. :) George Loper has a great story from the New York Times, explaining how one conservative Republican saw the light. Hopefully, this law will be struck down before long.
The Cav Daily has a pretty good overview of some of the transportation projects under way, like the Meadowcreek Parkway, the trolley, plans for a central bus station, Park Street traffic calming, bike paths, etc. Though some of the facts are wrong (”the population of Charlottesville has grown by 20,000 people in the past 10 years,”) this does provide a thorough look at what’s being planned.
It turns out there’s a new radio station in town. Who knew? It’s 101.9, WHTE, yet another Clear Channel station. Not surprisingly, it’s a top 40 station, but that’s pretty much what Clear Channel does. Why anybody would want to listen to anything aside from WTJU or WNRN is beyond me.
NPR’s All Things Considered had a brief segment about the chalkboard that City Council just approved as Charlottesville’s free speech monument. It’s quite impressive that this story is getting this kind of national attention.
Mary Jane Gore has a great feature piece in this week’s C-Ville, entitled “Trouble in Paradise: Will sprawl overrun Crozet?.” It was a sleepy little town a decade ago, but now it’s edging towards trendy. They got a traffic light a year or so ago, if memory serves. Is endless growth really necessary?
The Cavalier Daily has a review of Coy Barefoot’s new book, “The Corner.” It’s a history of UVa student life, complete with stories of cows on the rotunda, the great fire of 1895, and the lyrics to the “Song of the Corner,” from 1915. I’d like to get my hands on a copy. It looks like it would be a good read for both students and locals.
nym writes: Charlottesville and the surrounding area, including most counties due south of Albemarle County all the way down to the North Carolina border, is getting a new Area Code, 434, on June 1st. The Washington Post has a small story on it and there is further information available from the Virginia SCC including this map which nicely outlines the affected area. There will be a permissive dialing period until January 15th, 2002 (either area code will work.) After January 15th, 2002 dialing the new area code will be mandatory (you’ll get a recording if you try to dial using 804.)
434 just isn’t a manly area code. How embarassing.
Charlottesville’s most famous novelist, John Grisham, has announced that his new movie, “Mickey,” will begin filming next month, here in Charlottesville. It will be directed by Hugh Wilson, also a local, and will star none other than Harry Connick, Jr. Hide your wives and girlfriends, gents: we’ve got competition.
munk writes: Acclaimed graphic novelist Frank Miller’s moving to New York soon, where he’ll continue developing the next Batman film script with Darren Aronofsky (”Pi“), based on Miller’s “Batman: Year One.” Miller is widely known for his “Batman: Dark Knight Returns,” and “Sin City” series.
Bummer.
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