May 19th, 2011 issue #1020
May 19th, 2011
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Up tick: Why you should be worried about Lyme disease
Scuttle aside, cockroaches. You're losing your spot as the most feared insect in Virginia, and your competition doesn't even look that scary. So tiny it can scarcely be seen, the black-legged tick doesn't move fast, it doesn't have a nauseating shiny shell, it doesn't even have antennae to inspire revulsion. No matter. Its fear factor comes from its status as host to a disease that, if left untreated, can permanently disable.
4Better Or Worse
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The week in review
Latest missing young woman: Katalina Mikitarian, 21, disappears from a bus headed to Charlottesville, and calls her mother a week later, but won't say where she is. Mikitar...
The Dish
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Belmont birds: Stoney's to become Brown's
The news last week that Stoney's Grocery in Belmont had closed came as a shock, but it appears there's a silver lining. Long-time property owner Lawrence Burruss, who had b... -
Blue Mountain Brewery: Kolsch 151 dubbed 'amazing'
Check it out! Our own Blue Mountain Brewery made the cover of the June issue of Food & Wine Magazine. BMB's Kolsch 151, their light German-style ale, is featured in the... -
Kabob Palace: Afghani, not Pakistani
Rohina Mirzai, owner with her husband Mirahmad of the Kabob Palace on Emmet Street (where Carmello's used to be) called Dish recently to complain about her new place being ... -
Wine Made Simple does just that
If only there were a store that made buying wine simple. One that listed wines by style (light, dry, fruity) and quality instead of overwhelming us with information about t...
Essays
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Liberal's lament: Seduced by the bad boy of 'Whole Paycheck'
I admit it: I have drunk the Whole Foods Kool-Aid. I am besotted with the place.
Question of the Week
Real Estate - $old
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Property Transactions
9/16NVR Inc. to Camille Thompson, condominium unit in the Pavilions at Pantops, 1953 Asheville Drive, $247,125.Piedmont Realty & Construction LLC to David G. Marshall, ...
Real Estate - On the Block
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Blue views: Distant mountains compensate for isolation
Address: 2325 Rocky Top RoadNeighborhood: Rocky Hollow near PantopsAsking: $339,000Assessment: $337,200Year Built: 1992Size: 2,000 fin. sq. ft., 144 unfin.Land: 8.025 ...
Real Estate - Update
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Still available
APPEARED IN THE HOOK: December 02, 2010 in issue 0948ADDRESS: 1006 Morningside Lane, RedfieldsASKING PRICE: $299,900 (was $315,000)ASSESSMENT: $263,700SELLER'S AGENT:...
Real Estate Property auctions
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Property auctions
May 25 at 3:15pm at the Albemarle County Courthouse Property: 3041 Cove Lane Debtor: Milton and Kim E. Chen Amount owing: $314,000 Bidder brings: $20,000 or 10 percent sale...
Art Features
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House keeper: Crawford stills domestic life
Chances are most of you don’t look at the extension cord you left on the kitchen table or the rumpled hoodie you dropped on the floor day before yesterday and think, “N...
DR. HooK
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Weed whackers: Pull pesky plants; don't spray poisons
"One thousand weeds in the lawn, one thousand nasty weeds. Take one out, pass it about, 999 weeds in the lawn.”Yes, I sing my own variation of “99 Bottles of Beer on th...
Movie Reviews
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Wiig'in out: 'Bridesmaids' gives good laughs
Three of my good female friends, who I could usually find overcoming hangovers at their Saturday morning Recovery Drunches at Oxford's Pub, once made pinpricks in their thu...
News
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Buzz driving: Council candidate learns from DUI
The race for City Council has barely begun, and candidate James Halfaday is already getting heat. The 31-year-old Native American and Democrat doesn't flinch when he's aske... -
Gunning for Garrett: Two challengers vie for 8-year, $112K job
City School Board member and assistant public defender Llezelle Dugger will run for Charlottesville Circuit Court clerk, the second Democrat to challenge incumbent Paul Gar... -
Pre-Belk flashback: C.H. Williams estate hits auction block
An upcoming estate auction recalls one of the long-gone department stores where Charlottesvillians shopped for most of the 20th century. Slated for May 21, the sale featu... -
Snap: Bye-bye Wachovia
The bank building long known as Jefferson National is losing its most recent moniker. Since Wells Fargo bought Wachovia during the 2008 financial turmoil, it's been inevita... -
Supe's surprise: Supervisor Ken Boyd seeks 3rd term
When Albemarle Supervisor Ken Boyd made an unsuccessful run for the 5th Congressional District Republican nomination in 2010, he said he would not be seeking another term o... -
You're hired: Trump to keep Kluge and Moses at winery
On the same day that Donald Trump announced that he won't be making a run for the U.S. presidency, his son reveals that the famous deal-maker plans to continue to invest in...
On Architecture
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Around the corner: WorldStrides set to occupy Waterhouse
The cornerstone at Waterhouse– the scaled-down $20 million mixed-use complex of offices, retail space, and apartments atop a parking garage that will span a gap betwe... -
Shovel ready: County colossus Stonefield set to rise
Last week, local officials and developers lined up behind a row of golden shovels to break ground on a tract of land at the corner of Route 29 and Hydraulic Road, from whic...
The Brazen Careerist
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Not about you: Figure out how to create community
The "brand of you" is over. Not that you've done a bad job of figuring out what you are. (You might have, but that's not the point.) Even if you've done a great job of defi...
Sports Doctor
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Tackles to traction: Kids playing football a recipe for trouble
When people see my son, because of his large size they often say he’s going to be a linebacker. Many parents would be thrilled to hear such a prediction about a son, but ...
Strange But True
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Loch neck monster? Computer says giraffes can float
Q. Will a giraffe float? –C. Livingston
Hotseat
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Friedman's field: The man who never left community college
Frank Friedman has been in community college for 33 years. The good news? He did get several degrees beyond an associate's, and a pretty sweet job as president of Piedmont ...
Letters
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Rall wrong on bin Laden
I opposed the Iraq war before it even started, in the Charlottesville peace march on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 2003, and was assaulted for my trouble. However, as a progr...
Black and White
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Politics
"In dealing with the State, we ought to remember that its institutions are not aboriginal though they existed before we were born: that they are not superior to the citiz...