Check out Liesel Nowak’s crazy story about the DMV guard and the unruly customer in today’s Daily Progress. Pepper spray was unleashed, a gun was drawn, there was a standoff, blood was spilled…it was a bad scene. The only side of the story that the Progress got was the customer’s. Presumably, this will get even weirder once the guard’s side of things come out.
Sideblog
- From the DP: "Authorities dug up the hot dog near the Cedar Hill Mobile Home Park, where they discovered he had lost...his bottles of ketchup and mustard, with which he was slathering himself so he could appear more delicious." #
- Richmond has the nation's top citizen journalism blogs and eightyone's cover story is about hburgnews.com. #
- The Washington Post [hearts] Charlotteville restaurants, especially the commitment to local food. #
- The Hook has the skinny on Monday night's dredging presentation. #
- The SPCA has gotten a $400k grant, acknowledging the success of their transition to being a no-kill shelter. Disclosure: CASPCA is awesome. #
- The Washington Post is all about C'ville coffeeshops, and presumably puts Anoop in the "insanely committed foodie" category. (Via The Hook) #
- It's official: CVS is coming to the Corner. The landlord says that Plan 9 said they wanted out of their lease last year. #
- Prom, Foxfield, and the Dogwood Parade are all on Saturday. Stay out of town or, better yet, get downtown around 10:30 and watch the parade. #
- The USS Charlottesville was a Tacoma-class frigate launched on July 30, 1943. She served just one year in the Pacific before being turned over to the USSR, and then Japan. #
- Here's a 1921 New York Times article about the creation of the Paul Goodeloe McIntire Greek Theater, as the UVa amphitheater is apparently properly known. It was a pretty big deal at the time. #
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