AltWeeklies Wire
Does Paying $20 for a Bottle of Wine Make Sense in Today's Economy?new
Virginia wine has a lot going for it. Still, for some people, it can't compete with lower-priced wine from places like Chile, Argentina and especially Australia.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
11-19-2008 |
Food+Drink
Election '08: Virginia, the Wild Blue Yondernew
Obama was a shoe-in to win the whole thing -- but Virginia?
C-Ville Weekly |
Dan Catalano |
11-12-2008 |
Commentary
The Battle for the Mid-Atlantic: Lowlights from Obama v. McCainnew
Reports from both campaigns in Maryland and Virginia.
Washington City Paper |
Franklin Schneider and Justin Moyer |
10-31-2008 |
Politics
Election '08: Will Virginia Go for Obama?new
With even Larry Sabato calling the state for Obama, who has been stumping the heck out of Virginia's Southwest, Commonwealth McCainiacs are reduced to hoping for a full "Bradley Effect" on November 4.
C-Ville Weekly |
Dan Catalano |
10-29-2008 |
Commentary
Charlottesville Sees Double-Digit Increase in Voter Registrationnew
Before the votes can be tallied, the voters must be tallied. Local registrars have been slowly shoveling themselves out from the flurry of paperwork they received around the October 6 voter registration deadline.
C-Ville Weekly |
John Robinson |
10-22-2008 |
Politics
Why the Death of the Virginia GOP Could Be Good for Republicansnew
As the polls continue to go south for John McCain, and the chances of Senate hopeful Jim Gilmore picking off Mark Warner slip from infinitesimal to "President Kucinich" levels of impossibility, we thought we'd take a quick look at the current state of the Old Dominion's convulsing conservative landscape.
C-Ville Weekly |
Dan Catalano |
10-16-2008 |
Commentary
Va. Law Offers No Recourse if Fired for Political Viewsnew
With a month to go before the election, you've probably pulled into the work parking lot with that Obama O on the side of your car or watched the Katie Couric-Sarah Palin interview in your cubicle. But you might want to be careful if your boss' politics run the other way.
C-Ville Weekly |
Mark Meier |
10-08-2008 |
Politics
The Virginia GOP Pulls Out All the Stopsnew
Unless we're mistaken, the party is attempting the most complex, awe-inspiring and diabolical use of reverse psychology ever perpetrated upon the voting public to help McCain take the White House.
C-Ville Weekly |
Dan Catalano |
10-01-2008 |
Politics
Taking a Look at Charlottesville's Invisible Workforcenew
Coping with language deficits and worries about anti-Latino hostility, Charlottesville immigrants stay under the radar, but if you look closely, you'll see how they prop up the city.
C-Ville Weekly |
Jayson Whitehead |
09-17-2008 |
Immigration
Can Obama Turn Out the Youth Vote in November?new
In Virginia alone, over 100,000 folks have registered to vote in the last three months, and that's on top of the 150,000 who signed up during the primaries. And a huge chunk of these suffrage-seeking newbies are baby voters -- of the 49,000 who registered in August, a whopping 40 percent were ages 25 or under.
C-Ville Weekly |
Dan Catalano |
09-17-2008 |
Politics
Blunt Truth: Ten Years in the Life of a Local Drug Dealernew
Seems like a lot of us are buying weed. So I ask you, how well do you know your dealer? How well do you know what he goes through? (How much do you really want to know?) Meet "Mr. Dealer" -- he's 26 years old and has been selling weed for over 10 years.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
07-30-2008 |
Drugs
Searching for Bigfoot in Virginianew
Thirteen years ago, William Dranginis saw Bigfoot. Fifty grand, a van, and a camera in a log later, the quest continues.
Washington City Paper |
Eric Wills |
07-18-2008 |
Animal Issues
The Untold Story of the Michael Vick Scandalnew
Vick's journey to federal prison began on March 2, 1999, when he was 18 years old, when cops stopped a Ford Econoline van with Virginia plates and a dangling pinetree air freshener and found two kilos of cocaine and a half kilo of heroin. Michael Vick had no connection with this bust, nor with the three men in the van. Yet the stop would have everything to do with the fate of the young star.
Port Folio Weekly |
Joe Jackson |
06-18-2008 |
Animal Issues
The 'First Lady of Virginia Wine' Talks About Closing Her Winerynew
Felicia Warburg Rogan, founder of Oakencroft Vineyard and Winery, is one of a handful of people who can rightfully be said to have helped create the Virginia Wine industry. But now, after 25 years, Oakencroft is shutting its doors on December 31.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
06-11-2008 |
Food+Drink
As He Eyes VP Slot, Sen. Jim Webb Presents a New Version of Himselfnew
It certainly hasn't escaped our notice that Webb has undergone a bit of a personality transfer as of late, and seems to be mellowing into a slightly-less-combative, slightly-more-effective version of the tough-talking SOB that we've come to know and ... well, maybe not love, but at least regard with brotherly affection.
C-Ville Weekly |
Dan Catalano |
06-11-2008 |
Commentary
