February 17th, 2011 issue #1007
February 17th, 2011
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Where there's smoke, there's ire: Condo conflict lights up in Hessian Hills
When Eileen Aiken bought a condominium at the Hessian Hills complex in 2005, it was the first time she'd ever owned her own home. Five years later, house pride has turned into a living hell, and she blames it on seeping cigarette smoke. Aiken, 59, shows a reporter to the closed door of her bathroom. When it's opened, the room smells like a delinquent teen has been sneaking puffs inside. The thing is, Aiken doesn't smoke.
4Better Or Worse
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The week in review
Worst triple-slaying connection: The suspect in the murder of the Madison County family found dead over the weekend–- James Clark Jackson, 55, Karen Lee Jackson, 53, ...
The Dish
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Sweet deals, new bread, old beer, and your garden
Whether the daily deal craze is a boom or a bubble, it's certainly been a boon for local foodies.
Essays
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Those kids! The roots of 20-something inter-generational anger
People in their mid-to-late-20s seem to have a bigger problem with today’s teenagers and college students than any other detractor of youth culture. Baby Boomers, Generat...
Real Estate - $old
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$old- Property transfers
ALBEMARLE 6/24Victor M. Modic to Sean Michael Bias, 2506 Brandermill Place, Brandermill, $354,000.Dunterry LLC to Michelle D. Lawson, parcel in Monticola, $147,600.Douglas ...
Real Estate - On the Block
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Are you going: Scarborough Place fit for a few merry men
Address: 114 Scarborough PlaceNeighborhood: Sherwood Manor (near Redfields)Asking: $174,950Assessment: $165,300Year Built: 1972Size: 1,456 fin. sq ft.Land: 0.0 acresAgent: ...
Real Estate - Update
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Off the block
APPEARED IN THE HOOK: September 30, 2010 in issue 0939 ADDRESS: 1615 Yorktown Drive, Greenbrier/RutledgeASKING: $419,900 SELLING PRICE: $389,500DAYS TO CONTRACT: 166�...
Real Estate Property auctions
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Property auctions
February 18 at 1pm at the Albemarle County CourthouseProperty: 2 lots Westhall, 3 lots Avon Park, 8 lots Wickham Pond, 3 lots GrayrockDebtor: Barry Meade Homes LLCAmount ow...
Art Features
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Bodily fluids: Pierce abstracts anatomy
Bethany Pierce is one of those people who make the rest of us— okay, I’ll just speak for me— look like talentless slackers. Not only is she the author of two critical...
DR. HooK
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How dry I am: Sicca complex has many causes
Ricky Gervais at the 2011 Golden Globe Awards was anything but dry– well, except for a few dry martinis, I’m sure.
Movie Reviews
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Don't go with it: Sandler-Aniston vehicle runs out of gas
The people in this movie are dumber than a box of Tinkertoys. One fears they're so unfortunate it's not politically correct to laugh at them. That's not a problem because J...
News
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Field dreams: Camp looks to buy Blue Ridge Swim Club
For the past 11 years, Field Camp owner Todd Barnett has run his nature-centric summer program out of the Camp Albemarle site on Free Union Road. With cabins for overnights... -
History of strangulation? Abshire denied bond after allegations of violent past
Although his court-appointed attorney argued that his client poses neither flight risk nor danger to the community, accused wife-killer Eric Abshire will remain behind bars... -
Motion to run: Top prosecutor Lunsford seeks reelection
In 2007, Democratic newcomer Denise Lunsford upset four-term incumbent Jim Camblos with 53 percent of the vote to take the Albemarle commonwealth's attorney job. -
Snap o' the Day: Odd bird spotted in McIntire Park
Ornithologist/environmental scientist Pete Myers captured this exotic breed he believes may be a hybrid of Big Bird and a Eurasian species called the -
Webb's seat: Washington Post pushes Perriello
Lots of names are being bandied about as possible Democratic candidates to run for U.S. Senate following Jim Webb's February 8 announcement that he won't seek a secon...
On Architecture
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Wall scrawl: City censors image on free speech monument
Did the City recently violate the First Amendment that its own free speech monument was designed to honor? A prominent constitutional attorney thinks so. Last week, a...
The Brazen Careerist
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Career-killer: When a baby puts everything on hold
It was one of those nights when my husband rolled over to my side of the bed. Usually this is the first step toward the grand maintenance of our fairly normal marriage. But...
Sports Doctor
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Not so slim: Cough up big bucks to have influence
If you donated $3 million to your alma mater, what would you expect in return? Free basketball tickets? A plaque? A tree planted in your honor? In this economy, $3 million,...
Strange But True
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Elephant can: They avoid the bees at all costs
Q. Do you kiss the right way? –J. Frost A. No judgments are intended here as there's really no "wrong" way to do it. Rather, "right" pertains to the right or left tilt o...
Facetime
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The curious daughter: Darznik reveals Iranian secrets
"Iranians are good at keeping secrets," says Iranian author Jazmin Darznik, wryly alluding perhaps to our common perceptions of the Islamic Republic, while she characterize...
Black and White
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What is the city but the people?–- Shakespeare
My neighbor Roy (pictured here) recalls driving his aunt Emma Amiss‘ dairy cow from her house on Woolen Mills Road to the pasture on the south side of the railroad tracks...