Stefan Lessard’s house burned down this morning. The structure and its contents are a total loss, but he and his son are OK.
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Sideblog
- UVa cut their water usage after our last serious drought, but their usage has climbed every year for three years. #
- Check out the ISS overhead at 6:12 PM tonight, 11/20. #
- City Council has put the Eastern Connector on hold, what with VDOT having no money or prospect of it. #
- ATO has signed Paul McCartney. For more on what's going on, I recommend John Colapinto's June 2007 article in the New Yorker. #
- Danielson insists that he's still the developer of the Landmark Hotel. Don't these guys talk to each other? #
- Sean Tubbs live-blogged City Council. That's a first, I think. Double points to the first councilor to leave comments on a live-blog during the meeting. #
- CHO says not to count on them for dumping silt—they have no idea how long it'll be until they extend their runway. #
- Construction on the downtown hotel has been halted. Owner Halsey Minor says the lending bank is to blame. Let's just throw a drape over it and hope nobody notices. Update: Well, this just got weird. #
- Jim Duncan commissioned this clever local real estate mapping application. #
- The $37M dam that turned out to be a $70M dam is now a $90M dam. #
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This is a community news blog about Charlottesville, VA, USA, started in March of 2001. It's run by Waldo Jaquith. It has nothing to do with C-Ville Weekly, the newspaper. Feel free to submit a story.
Who is Stefan Lessard? . . . . I know, I know, RTFA.
He’s the DMB bassist, for those who don’t have time (or need more incentive) to RTFA.