February 10th, 2011 issue #1006
February 10th, 2011
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'He's still here.' And other revelations in the Harrington case
It was a Saturday night in October 2009. The air outside was chilly, and a light rain was falling as the visiting father finished dinner with his daughter at a Charlottesville restaurant and the two returned to his car. As the father drove his daughter back to her dormitory around 9:20pm, their path took them past John Paul Jones Arena, where a major event was underway.
4Better Or Worse
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4Better or worse: The week in review
Worst first: Thirty-year-old David Lee Cowan is shot fatally February 3 on Run Street in Westhaven, Charlottesville's first homicide of the year.Latest reelection bid: Albe...
The Dish
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Captain Frank lost, Two J's Smokehouse found
It appears that Captain Frank went down with his seafood restaurant ship out in Palmyra, joining the Hitching Post, and bringing the total number of restaurants within a se... -
Chipotle under fire for hiring practices
It appears the Feds are cracking down on gourmet fast food burrito chain Chipotle Mexican Grill, one of which we have here in the Barracks Road Shopping Center, which was o... -
Culinary work-out: Restaurant Week 'widens circle of friends'
Once again, it looks like Restaurant Week has resuscitated the dining scene in the dead of winter, drawing thousands out to our area's favorite restaurants.While the Hook i...
Real Estate - $old
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$old- property transfers
ALBEMARLE COUNTY6/18Larry F. Mundy to Earl L. Pendleton, condominium unit in Turtle Creek, 112 Turtle Creek Road, $121,500.Professional Foreclosure Corp. to Fannie Mae, met...
Real Estate - On the Block
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Organic compound: Former tiny cottage now rambling spread
Additions can go one of two ways: the awkward, tacked-on look of many older homes is the wrong way; the more organic growth apparent in this single-level rancher in Ivy is ...
Real Estate - Update
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Still available
APPEARED IN THE HOOK: September 23, 2010 in issue 0938 of the Hook ADDRESS: 700 Ivy Farm Drive, Ivy Farm ASKING PRICE: $699,000 (was $740,000) ASSESSMENT: $624,900...
Real Estate Property auctions
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Property auctions
February 11 at 3pm at the Albemarle County CourthouseProperty: 765 Denali Way Unit 004Debtor: Maria Carmela M. Basuel and Randolph P. BasuelAmount owing: $127,900Bidder bri...
Art Features
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Grotesque arabesque: Eichorst fancies the fantastic
After watching Aaron Eichorst’s art evolve over several years, a few things have become clear. He finds the natural world compelling, from animals to flowers to bugs. He...
DR. HooK
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Too much too soon: ‘Precocious puberty’ can have grim cause
Precocious is an adjective people have used to describe me ever since I can remember. I didn’t wear cool adult clothes like Manny on "Modern Family." I didn’t star in a...
Movie Reviews
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Watered down: Sanctum could cave Cameron's reputation
Sanctum tells the story of a terrifying adventure in an incompetent way. Some of it is exciting, the ending is involving, and all of it is a poster child for the horrors of...
On Architecture
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Incremental: Waterhouse rises, raises County ire
Crews erected a construction crane over Water Street on Thursday, January 20, a powerful visual symbol of the long-awaited (and scaled down) Waterhouse project, a now six-s...
The Brazen Careerist
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Home work: Advice for the office-less employee
We have been snowed in for three days. At first it was fun. School got out early so the farm kids could get home before the roads were unpassable. ("Unpassable" gets flagge...
Sports Doctor
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Sacrificial lambs? Gender equity in collegiate sports a joke
Every year around this time I ask myself, “Do I need to write about the NBA?” and the answer is invariably “Yes.” February is the NBA’s time to experience life as...
Strange But True
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Imagination zone: We reach inside for recreation
Q. Can you imagine how most of us spend most of our leisure time? – B. Kelly
Black and White
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Sunrise
Bill Emory puts up a new photo every day at billemory.com/blog.