March 3rd, 2011 issue #1009
March 3rd, 2011
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Scenic treasure: How conservation lines the pockets of the rich
Albemarle County Preserved83,600 acres17.5 percent of the landWho holds the easements? Virginia Outdoors Foundation328 easements62,702 acresNature Conservancy22 easements6,047 acresPiedmont Environmental Council4 easements510 acresPublic Recreational Facilities Authority64 easements7,379 acresAlbemarle Acquisition of Conservation Easements program37 easements7,224 acres
4Better Or Worse
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The week in review
Better state budget news: The General Assembly only runs one day over before both houses agree on a two-year $78 billion budget February 27, which increases spending for pu...
The Dish
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Carmello's makes a move
Yes, Carmello's is closed. No, it is not permanent. -
Hole in the wall on Mall?
Looks like there's yet another restaurant coming to the Downtown Mall, The Livery Stable Restaurant and Bar, which will be located at 218 West Market Street, adjacent to th... -
Now & Zen now open
Now & Zen, the little Asian/sushi place on 2nd Street in front of the McGuffey Art Center, opened quietly for lunch Monday, February 28, at 11:30am. -
Polls favor Ix for City Market
The task force created to study ideas and options for a permanent home for the Charlottesville City Market has come up with a list of suggested locations. According to an i... -
X-games: March Madness, NBA comes to X-Lounge
This is very cool news. The X-Lounge, known for its trendy architecture in the Glass Building, inventive cuisine, and happening dance parties, is laying it down for sports ...
Essays
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Twain's Huck: Racist and anti-racist at different places
What's new about Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn? Stephen Railton, an English professor in the University of Virginia's College of Arts & Sciences, has ju...
Real Estate - $old
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Property transfers
6/29Holly P. Hilton, special commissioner, to James A. Heetderks, 4.53 acres at 5347 Markwood Road, Earlysville, $281,000.Matthew A. Baratz, trustee, to Jon G. Wolfe, 3641 ...
Real Estate - On the Block
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Storybook style: Whimsy and charm near Downtown
Address: 1012 Belmont AvenueNeighborhood: North BelmontAsking: $309,000Assessment: $309,700Year Built: 1908Size: 1,546 fin. sq. ft., 50 unfin.Land: 0.14 acresAg...
Real Estate - Update
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Still available
APPEARED IN THE HOOK: October 14, 2010 in issue 0941 of the HookADDRESS: 1401 Forest Ridge Road, Forest HillsASKING PRICE: $245,000 ASSESSMENT: $233,900 SELLER'...
Real Estate Property auctions
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Property auctions
March 3 at noon at the Albemarle County CourthouseProperty: 4257 Seminole TrailDebtor: Kerry L. HallAmount owing: unknownBidder brings: 10 percent sale priceInfo: Richard A...
Art Features
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That '70s show: UVA paints an era
No artist works in a vacuum. Whether consciously or un-, artists constantly respond to a host of factors: exposure to other artwork, the immediate environment, ideas discus...
DR. HooK
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Think positive: Placebo effect can have real results
“There’s a sucker born every minute!” Rip-off artists chant this phrase like a mantra. I don’t think victims of crime and scandals are suckers: many people think ot...
Movie Reviews
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Derivative: 'Number Four' flawed in countless ways
I Am Number Four is shameless and unnecessary. That's sad, when a movie casts aside all shame, demonstrates itself willing to rip off anything that might attract audiences,...
Music Reviews
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Blue Man? Local Americana up-and-comer explains his twenty-something woes
Isn't it a little too soon for a twenty-something to have the blues? Not so, says local bluegrass guitarist Carl Anderson, whose premiere solo EP, 20 Something Blues, came ...
News
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Charges filed: Ousted developer Toomy blamed for fire
It's been a tough time for Alex Toomy. Last year, he moved out of the 7,000-square-foot house he built on 106 acres and lost, via foreclosure, the adjacent Ragged Mountain ... -
Martha Jefferson wants $11 million for leftover houses, buildings
Offering 26 parcels ranging from a $225,000 house on Lexington Avenue to the "iconic, modernist-style" Physicians and Surgeons Building at the corner of High and Locust, Ma... -
Mitchell's suit: City released as crosswalk trial advances
More than three years after disabled artist Gerry Mitchell was struck by an Albemarle County Police cruiser and then ticketed, his $850,000 lawsuit against the City of Char... -
Remembering Emily: Sister Katie helps unveil Couric Cancer Center
More photos Nearly a decade after losing her battle to pancreatic cancer, state senator Emily Couric was commemorated Saturday by the dedication of a 150,000 square-foot Un...
On Architecture
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Mall econ: Is downtown café space handed out fairly?
With spring just around the corner, it's time again for an annual tradition on the Downtown Mall: arguing about outdoor café space. City planners have proposed a revised o...
The Brazen Careerist
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Problem employees: Why they're so hard to get rid of
We finally got a dog. Sparky. His original name was Prince. But I decided you can’t have a Prince on a farm. So we changed the name. Sparky is five years old, so he was...
Sports Doctor
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He's gotta go: Pistons' owner didn't listen to players
Before I get to anything else, let me thank heaven the Carmelo Anthony trade is over and we don’t have to hear the entire world talk about it anymore. We only have to hea...
Strange But True
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U R 2 cool: Texting shorthand much older than phones
Q. How did the crazy new language of cell phone texting get its start anyway? –S. M. Garcia A. Textisms may seem hip, streamlined, and clever; but they're hardly new, sa...
Black and White
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Gray Emory Coale
My sister Gray was diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer in November of ‘09. Gray never asked the Doctor about prognosis, never Googled. She went about her life. I...