4Better Or Worse


4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Sep 16th, 2010 0 comments Worst on so many levels: A 13-year-old girl is accidentally shot in the leg September 9 at Forest Hills Park by a gun-toting 14-year-old boy who was aiming at someone else. The shooter claims he...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Sep 9th, 2010 0 comments Most hyped hurricane: Earl prompts Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell to declare a state of emergency in advance of the storm, which fizzles from a Category 4 to 2 by the time it breezes by here...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Sep 2nd, 2010 0 comments Sharpest spin: Both sides claim they're pleased August 30 following a judge's decision that UVA doesn't have to turn over a global-warming scientist's emails to Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. The...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Aug 26th, 2010 0 comments Deadliest family feud: Three are killed and four injured in an August 22 domestic dispute over a 1.5-acre family property containing multiple mobile homes and assessed at $52,000, according to Reed...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Aug 19th, 2010 1 comments Most restrictive: City Council votes August 16 to drop the noise ordinance to 55 decibels between 11pm and 6am in Belmont and to forbid panhandling within 50 feet of Downtown Mall vehicle crossings...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Aug 12th, 2010 0 comments Most School Board resignations: Albemarle's at-large member Brian Wheeler quits August 5 after six years on the board, citing the desire to spend more time with his family and as a journalist for...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Jul 29th, 2010 0 comments Hottest: The temperature on Saturday, July 24, hits 102 degrees, tying the day's record from 1930, while the 100 degrees on Friday, July 23, sets a new record for that date too, the Daily Progress...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Jul 22nd, 2010 0 comments Worst conditions looming on the horizon: Drought watch has been declared by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality for the state because of a lack of rain, although local water authorities...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Jul 15th, 2010 1 comments Biggest changes contemplated by UVA: Kicking up tuition to be more in line with top-ranked private schools and going back to early admission, which the university dropped in 2008, this time...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Jul 8th, 2010 0 comments Biggest lead: A drawing of a suspect in the Morgan Harrington murder is released and connected by forensic evidence to a 2005 rape in Fairfax. [See story p. xx.] Latest in Cuccinelli v. UVA:...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Jul 1st, 2010 0 comments Biggest tempest: A three-minute downburst on June 24 wreaks the havoc of a Hurricane Isabel, with 31 houses crunched by trees, compared to 27 felled onto structures by Isabel. Biggest medical feud:...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Jun 24th, 2010 0 comments Biggest surprise: After years of paying Republic Services to landfill the stuff and after at least one member of City Council publicly supported a RICO lawsuit against Van der Linde Recycling,...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Jun 17th, 2010 0 comments Biggest invasion: Marines raid the old Blue Ridge Hospital on Route 20 south in a training exercise over the weekend. Biggest losers: The Cavs lose their ticket to the College World Series in...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Jun 10th, 2010 0 comments Biggest happening after the Hook's presstime: Republicans will choose one candidate out off seven from its June 8 primary to challenge Congressman Tom Perriello in November. Biggest scofflaw: Brian O...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Jun 3rd, 2010 1 comments Most "plug the hole" rage: Protesters picket the BP station on Pantops Memorial Day for the Gulf oil spill spewing since April 20. Most brutal home invasion: Remone Jilantai Houchens, 19, is arrested...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on May 27th, 2010 1 comments Latest dam proposal: An earthen dam at Ragged Mountain Reservoir could be built for an estimated $29 million to $37 million, according to Schnabel Engineering, about $50 million less than a 2006...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on May 20th, 2010 0 comments Worst driving by an Albemarle cop: Officer Eric Kudro, 29, crashes his cruiser into a pickup truck May 16 in Waynesboro, where he lives, according to police. Damage is estimated at $5,000 for the...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on May 13th, 2010 0 comments Worst spate of deadly crashes: Two people are killed and two are seriously injured in three unrelated wrecks May 7. Afton resident Nikki Renee Paterson, 39, dies after hitting a deer around 5am on...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on May 6th, 2010 0 comments Worst tragedy at UVA: Three weeks before graduation, Yeardley Love, 22, a senior on the number five-ranked women's lacrosse team, is murdered in her apartment on 14th Street and her former boyfriend...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Apr 29th, 2010 0 comments Biggest blow for Meadowcreek Parkway opponents: The Supreme Court of Virginia denies the Coalition to Save McIntire Park's appeal to stop Charlottesville's lease of land to Albemarle for the road,...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Apr 22nd, 2010 0 comments Worst bike accident: UVA grad student Matthew King is killed the morning of April 19 on West Main at 4th Street in a collision with a Charlottesville Public Works truck. Worst day for cyclists:...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Apr 15th, 2010 3 comments Biggest arrest: Stuarts Draft resident Ralph Leon Jackson, 56, is taken into custody April 7 for the April 5 shooting that killed WNRN DJ Tim Davis, 27, and injured Christina Floyd, 18, on the Blue...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Apr 8th, 2010 0 comments Most heinous crime on a beautiful day: Two sunset-watchers are shot on the Blue Ridge Parkway April 5, and police seek a white male with long gray hair. Most heinous behavior: Hate mongerers...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Apr 1st, 2010 0 comments Biggest mystery: Where's Peter Chang? Mere days after sitting for the interview for last week's Hook cover story, the peripatetic Szechuan chef departs Albemarle Square's Taste of China. In less than...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Mar 25th, 2010 7 comments Lowest tax rate: Albemarle Board of Supervisors votes to keep the same 74.2 cents per $100 of assessed value tax rate, which will result in a slight property tax decrease because of declining...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Mar 18th, 2010 1 comments Biggest sigh of relief: The General Assembly approves a bare-bones $70-billion budget March 14 with $4 billion in cuts, but for local schools and UVA, the knife didn't go as deeply as feared. For...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Mar 11th, 2010 0 comments Biggest Albemarle police scandal: Four officers are disciplined for unspecified misconduct. One leaves the force, two are demoted, and one is suspended. Biggest ABC scandal: Virginia Alcohol...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Mar 4th, 2010 0 comments Biggest throwing down the gauntlet: New Albemarle Supe Duane Snow plays chicken with the Jefferson-Madison Regional Libary, which threatens to close the Scottsville library because of a five percent...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Feb 25th, 2010 0 comments Most bleeding: Albemarle schools proposed $145.2 million budget comes up $8.8 million short in revenue and could cut 40 positions; Charlottesville is short $2.1 million and could cut 22 positions....
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review Published on Feb 18th, 2010 1 comments Latest grim news for Albemarle schools: Its budget shortfall, bad at $6 million, worse at $10 million, leaps to a possible deficit of $13 million. Best sign those outlying Home Depots and...