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Shops may come and restaurants may go, but the local vibe on the Corner carries on.
The recent closing of the College Inn, a restaurant with a 53-year history on the quaint strip of commercial properties across the street from the University of Virginia, has caused concern on social media among longtime residents and UVa alumni.
The loss of the eatery, combined with last summerâs closing of the Cornerâs iconic Littlejohnâs Deli, has some worried about a change in atmosphere in the university-centric shopping district.
Chris Engel, Charlottesvilleâs director of economic development, said it likely wonât change that much.
Rep. Davids requests $43M in federal funds for project to protect downtown Merriam from flooding Downtown Merriam could be removed from the floodplain if a $43 million appropriations request submitted by U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids is approved before the new fiscal year begins on Oct. 1. The request would fund more than 6,800 feet of flood wall and more than 3,300 feet of levees.
The city of Merriam could receive $43 million in federal funding for the first steps of a project that would remove its downtown from the local floodplain potentially addressing an issue that’s stymied redevelopment plans for the area for years.
Horseshoe crabs. (Photo by Chris Engel from Pixabay via Courthouse News)
CHARLESTON, S.C. (CN) A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the planned blood harvest of thousands of horseshoe crabs in a South Carolina wildlife refuge until a lawsuit seeking to require the practice be conducted sustainably is resolved.
Defenders of Wildlife and the Southern Environmental Law Center filed a motion in March seeking to stop a pharmaceutical company’s practice of harvesting horseshoe crabs for their blood as they come ashore to lay eggs each spring in the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge.
On Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Bruce H. Hendricks released a 29-page opinion granting the groups’ motion for a preliminary injunction and halting a planned harvest while the case is pending.