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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… al qaida? Published on Jun 6th, 2006 2 comments That may have been the question on Monday, as a small plane leaving Philadelphia and bound for Charlottesville entered restricted Washington airspace. According to a Reuters report, two F-16 fighter...
Lincoln Michel Published on May 11th, 2006 0 comments It was a hot day when Bull and I were stopped by a man in a $99 suit, with an odd expression, and an injured dog bleeding between his legs. He said his name was Norman, but I really couldn’t be sure...
Mission Possible: Giant spy building may become a reality Published on May 6th, 2006 1 comments Last Wednesday, The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors voted to allow, or sort of allow, a development boundary to be removed for the proposed expansion of the National Ground Intelligence Center...
Schilling ousted from Council Published on May 2nd, 2006 4 comments City's Council will soon return to being an all-Democratic body. After four years in office, Rob Schilling, the lone Republican, has been defeated in today's election. Election results posted by the...
Weed claims Dem nomination Published on May 1st, 2006 1 comments The Democratic convention to elect a challenger to Republican Virgil Goode isn't until May 20 in Buckingham, but Al Weed is already saying his nomination is a done deal. After an April 29 caucus,...
Shop for School Board candidates at the City Market Published on Apr 28th, 2006 2 comments Don’t know anything about the candidates for City School Board to be elected May 2? Well, now you have no excuse. In addition to this week's cover story in the Hook, City School Board candidate...
Nabbing illegals at the DMV Published on Apr 28th, 2006 0 comments It may take forever to see a customer service rep at the DMV, but when you do don't try to bribe an agent to get an illegal license. Thanks to the DMV's Zero Fraud hotline, you could get arrested on...
Prizes for votes in Waynesboro Published on Apr 28th, 2006 1 comments VOTE HATFIELD & STEELE AND WIN! WIN! WIN! states a flier posted on vehicles at a Waynesboro steakhouse offering voters who promise to vote for two particular Council candidates a chance at $500...
Cindy Sheehan to speak in Charlottesville Published on Apr 26th, 2006 3 comments Famous grieving mom, Texas ranch squatter, peace activist, and general thorn in President Bush’s side, Cindy Sheehan will speak in Charlottesville on May 17 at the Martin Luther King Jr. Performing...
Weed tops Ewert in night’s tally Published on Apr 25th, 2006 1 comments In the quest to topple incumbent Virgil Goode, local Democrats lent most of their weight last night to the candidacy of Nelson County wine-maker Al Weed, as they delivered him 12 of 17 delegates in...
Ewert faces fast-growing Weed Published on Apr 24th, 2006 2 comments The Democrat to go up against incumbent Virgil Goode in the 5th District Congressional race will be determined by caucus, and after Saturday, Nelson farmer Al Weed leads Ruckersville Parkway...
16-year-old bomber gets juvey jail Published on Apr 19th, 2006 0 comments The Western Albemarle teen purportedly the originator of the plot to blow up WAHS and Albemarle High, who previously pleaded guilty to two felony counts, was committed to the Department of Juvenile...
Western bypass a watershed? Published on Apr 19th, 2006 0 comments Whoda thunk that a road widely seen as useless and expensive would roar back to solve the area's water woes? Although it may never get built as a road, the Route 29 Western Bypass may play a role....
Plot penalty: 15-year-old gets 60 days Published on Apr 12th, 2006 1 comments Amid the sobbing of family and friends, Judge Susan Whitlock committed the Albemarle High student found guilty of conspiring blow up two high schools to the Department of Juvenile Justice for 60 days...
Ex-guv Warner likened to ‘Mr. Ed’ Published on Apr 5th, 2006 4 comments Mark Warner, Virginia's popular ex-governor eyeing the White House, was allegedly treated like livestock in his recent cover photo in the New York Times magazine. "It was not the kind of national...
Courthouse collapse Published on Mar 30th, 2006 5 comments Yikes! Less than an hour ago, the entire back corner of the old Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court collapsed. Officials were still trying to figure out who was going to talk to the press when...
AG to launch gang prevention program Published on Mar 24th, 2006 1 comments New Attorney General Robert McDonnell will be in town this Tuesday, March 28 to help the Boys and Girls Clubs of Charlottesville/Albemarle launch a program designed to keep area youths from joining...
Dems to Schilling: too far this time Published on Mar 24th, 2006 6 comments The mayor and another City Councilor have put lone Republican Councilor Rob Schilling on notice that they're not going to take it any more. They're furious that he's accused them of conspiring (as a...
Schatzman fires back Published on Mar 23rd, 2006 0 comments Electoral Board Vice Chair Joanie Schatzman earned the ire of School Board candidate Vance High when she told a DP reporter she was "repelled by Vance." Schatzman tells WINA that she's not repelled...
A Councilor and a poet Published on Mar 22nd, 2006 0 comments City Councilor Kendra Hamilton is celebrating the book fest by coming out as a member of Cave Canem Poets, a nationwide collective of poets of African descent that will have a 10th anniversary...
High indignation Published on Mar 22nd, 2006 1 comments Charlottesville School Board candidate Vance High wants the head of Electoral Board Vice Chair Joanie Schatzman, who told DP reporter Sarah Barry that she was "repelled by Vance" after a candidate's...
BlogginÃ¢â?¬â?¢ Brown Published on Mar 22nd, 2006 1 comments Charlottesville Mayor David Brown has caught the blogging bug. On March 18 Brown launched One City Blog: Thoughts on Charlottesville Virginia. Below, you’ll find Mayor Brown’s opening entry into the...
Vanishing middle-class? Published on Mar 21st, 2006 8 comments Charlottesville resident Collette Hall spoke truth to power (and spoke for many concerned citizens) at Monday night’s public hearing on the proposed fiscal 2007 budget, which the Hook's Lisa Provence...
Morphing: Classical lit into modern theater Published on Mar 16th, 2006 0 comments There's something unsettling about wearing wet clothes, especially in public places. Audiences at Mary Zimmerman's adaptation of Ovid's Metamorphoses at Live Arts looked on with nervous...
4th Street mall crossing coming? Published on Mar 10th, 2006 1 comments A City Hall email indicates that City staff recommends opening 4th Street for vehicles to cross the Downtown Mall. After city planners initially opposed a mall crossing and the Planning Commission...
Rita's repose: Getting catty with fiction Published on Mar 9th, 2006 0 comments SOUR PUSS (A Mrs. Murphy Mystery ) By Rita Mae Brown 272 pages Bantam Books While writers of fiction have often deferred to an otherworldly muse for guidance and inspiration...
Silver Jews: David Berman clears things up Published on Mar 9th, 2006 0 comments Silver Jews mastermind David Berman has been distancing himself from the rock success story of fellow UVA alums Pavement over the course of the past few albums, determined in his attempts to...
Six for three Published on Mar 8th, 2006 2 comments By Tuesday’s deadline for entering the new Charlottesville School Board election, six candidates had emerged to vie for the three open seats. Sue Lewis, a retired financial advisor, who has been...
City to hand over Jefferson School Published on Mar 6th, 2006 0 comments In order to ensure that the project gets $4.4 million in federal tax credits, City Council appears eager to give away or sell the Jefferson School complex and let one man, Richmond lawyer Dan Gecker...
Schilling stands alone Published on Mar 5th, 2006 3 comments As it turned out, there was no mystery candidate announced at the Republican nominating convention held at the Charlottesville General District Court today–and no mystery about who was...