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Steve Shergold of Shergold Studio in Charlottesville will begin dance lessons at the Gateway on Sunday, Oct. 23 at 4 p.m. Shergold taught salsa lessons before the Gateway performance by the Afro-Caribbean band, Orquesta Tropikiimba in August and found the Gateway a perfect venue for teaching dance. “I am looking forward to teaching four-week sessions…
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If you live in the 25th Virginia Senatorial District, Creigh Deeds has earned your support for another term. We all know that Creigh fell a little short wishing to be our governor. But please do not judge our man by that miserable gubernatorial campaign that was run for him out of a temporary White House…
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QUESTION: You’ve already faced teams that have two of your former bosses this season, Coach Laycock and Coach Groh. You have Coach O’Brien coming in this week and former colleague Al Golden later in the year. Have you ever gone through a season like this in terms of similar story lines? Does that change anything…
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The Virginia Film Festival is returning for its 24th year from Nov. 3-6, bringing with it a fascinating lineup of more than 100 films and a long list of special guests set to bring some serious star power to Charlottesville. The Virginia Film Festival is presented by the University of Virginia’s College and Graduate School…
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Ed Huckaby had never seen it before. OK, he’s seen teams run a backdoor pick to free up a guy cutting the basket for an alley-oop pass and a slam dunk. “That was the first time I saw a team run an alley-oop for a point guard,” saw Huckaby, the head coach of the Fishburne…
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We spent this past District Work Week making more stops across Central and Southside Virginia to meet with, hear from, and talk to 5th District Virginians. To kick off the week, we held constituent office hours in Danville and Charlottesville. This gave me the opportunity to sit down and meet with constituents in their communities…
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To write that Virginia’s overtime win over Idaho Saturday wasn’t pretty is giving the team way too much credit. It was about as ugly as anything I have ever seen on display in my 30-plus years of watching UVa. football. Uglier than watching a Sonny Randle-led team surrender 60-plus points in four straight games in…
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The Virginia Department of Transportation today advertised a Request for Proposals for the Route 29 Western Bypass in Albemarle County. VDOT is seeking proposals to build the new road using its Design-Build project development process. The Western Bypass project will build a new 6.2-mile, four-lane, limited-access roadway stretching from Route 29 just north of the…
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Nineteen-year-old country sensation Cody Purvis will appear at WTA’s Gateway on Friday, Sept. 30, at 8 p.m. Named “2011 Best Emerging Artist” by C’ville weekly, Purvis is on his way. Born and raised in Charlottesville, Purvis gets his country music roots honestly. His mom and dad both sang in country bands. At the age of 2, he was singing…
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Little things. Three interceptions. A fake punt that extends a drive that later results in a touchdown. Another punt downed inside the 1 that leads to another touchdown. Little things can be and usually are big things in a game pitting two evenly-matched teams. “You’ve got to do better. You’ve got to make those plays….
