Charlottesville Public Works is doing emergency tree work in the 700 block of Park Street, in the vicinity fo Northwood Ave about a-quarter-mile south of the bypass, necessary to remove broken tree limbs overhanging power lines and the roadway.
Today is Day Four of four this week with some sort of National Weather Service advisory involving very hot weather.
Albemarle County Police are reporting a 49% drop in speeding on the northbound side of Hydraulic Road and Lambs Lane through the school zones, and 42% drop southbound, since the speed cameras have been installed.
A crash blocking Route 15 just south of River Road in Fork Union requires power to be shut off to some Dominion Energy Virginia customers in Fluvanna County, and a cooling center opened at the Fork Union Community Center.
Democratic state senators, including President Pro Tempore Louise Lucas and Charlottesville Senator Creigh Deeds, have filed suit in Fairfax Circuit Court to keep Ken Cuccinelli of UVA’s Board of Visitors, as well as other Governor Youngkin appointees of boards at George Mason University and VMI.
Here we go again as for the third day this week heat is top of the news as we’re under a heat advisory from 11 this morning until 9 this evening for heat indices as high as 110.
Charlottesville Parks and Recreation has canceled Wednesday’s Farmers in the Park on due to a forecast of extreme heat, high winds, and the potential for thunderstorms
Being it’s too hot for the Tom Sox to play baseball, that ought to be a clue of the message from Albemarle County Fire Rescue’s medical director to heed the heat warnings and advisory.
Those thinking Monday was hot have another thing coming on this Tuesday as the temperature and heat index will be even higher with an extreme heat warning from 11AM-to-9PM.
With a video kicking off the marketing campaign that has a graphic with Monticello in the background, and font saying “America. Made in Virginia”, the Virginia250 American Revolution Committee announced its celebration kickoff coming with July 4th at the Fort at Fort Monroe.
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