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By 7:15am Friday, the crowd at Ellie's Country Club was already shoulder-to-shoulder, with commencement-day revelers packing the patio beneath a canopy of balloons. Lines outside Charlottesville bars began forming as early as 5am ahead of today's Final Exercises at the University of Virginia. 📸: @tristanwilliams
Running out of road: Here’s why Charlottesville’s streets can’t keep up with a rising number of cars on the move. Where’s your most aggravating traffic trouble spot in town?
Read about it /why-cant-we-get-ahead-of-the-traffic/
📸: @ezeamosphotography
Trail blaze: We interviewed the person who lost his makeshift home in Saturday night’s fire at the encampment along the Rivanna River Trail. Do you care about human lives, or are you dead inside?
Read about it at the #LinkInBio
On stands today:
Bumper to Bumper: How come our roads aren’t keeping up with traffic?
PLUS
- Virginia Supreme Court tosses voter-approved redistricting.
- Rivanna Trail encampment fire, plus Alabama AG investigates SPLC.
- City Council greenlights The Mark.
- Albemarle County supes approve Premier Circle tax.
- Fonville x Fribush bring the heat to Rivanna Roots.
- Daughter-father’s Little Dancer makes stage debut at CHS.
- The Enemy opens, Peter Chang returns, and more to chew on.
- Bruce Holsinger in The HotSeat.
And, of course, a crossword puzzle.
Check it out at c-ville.com.
Two weeks after getting locked out of its Charlottesville flagship, social club @common__house loses its Richmond spot, as landlords take over. Would you sign up for a social club?
Read about it at: /charlottesville-founded-common-house-receives-a-second-set-of-walking-papers-in-richmond/
People living with the red-meat allergy of tick-borne alpha-gal are finding relief in acupuncture. Would you get needles in your ear to cure a serious allergy?
Read about it at the #LinkInBio
📸: @tristanwilliams
Lauren Catlett will discuss end-of-life care in marginalized communities, and reflect on her work with Little Star author Carmelita Estrelltia, at New Dominion Bookshop on Saturday.
Read about it at the #LinkInBio
On stands today:
Reality bites: Can acupuncture help manage the symptoms of alpha-gal syndrome?
PLUS
- City Council updated on the state of area homelessness.
- Richmond Common House to close, plus May Day Strong.
- Stepping with the CEO at Seminole Square Shopping Center.
- Planning Commission votes against mobile home park expansion.
- The Head and the Heart at the Jefferson.
- Reflection and insights from a trans woman dying of cancer.
And, of course, sudoku. Check it out at c-ville.com.
