August 18th, 2011 issue #1033
August 18th, 2011
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Fire on Ice
Please, God, this isn’t happening. Where did I go wrong? What did I do wrong? When did this dusting of snow become so deep? -
The Canadian
Jack soaked up the peacefulness that reigned in the locked and nearly soundproof employee restroom. He tossed two pills far into the back of his throat and then slurped sink water from his cupped hands. In the mirror, he tried to see himself the way he would appear to the corporate HR representatives who had requested his presence at a noon meeting.
4Better Or Worse
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The week in review
Harshest weather: A severe storm pounds Charlottesville August 14 and leaves 7,000 without power in the city and more than 11,000 in the dark in the county. Park and Wertla...
The Dish
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Sweet taste of success for Sweet Frog
Since opening last summer, Sweet Frog, the self-serve frozen yogurt place on the Downtown Mall, has been been pumping out the stuff as fast as folks can work the handles on...
Essays
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Shaken and stirred: Why Winehouse's death can help kids
By Bruce Kluger I was unexpectedly shaken when I learned the news about singer Amy Winehouse, who was found dead in her North London home just hours after her manager had...
Question of the Week
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How do you like the look of the new Trader Joe's?
Click here for image of Trader Joe's.
Real Estate - $old
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Sunny outlook?
6/29/2011 Harris & Angela Hawk to Matthew & Margaret Holloman, 303 Old Lynchburg Road, $283,500, Charlottesville
Real Estate - On the Block
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Half empty or half full? These days, how to know what to believe?
Last week, Charlottesville blogs and news sites headlined the alarming statistic that single-family home sales in Albemarle County dropped 43 percent from June to July. Thi...
Real Estate Property auctions
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Property auctions
August 18 at 11am at the Albemarle County Courthouse Property: 25 Spring Court Debtor: Daniel J. Bayliss Amount owing: $114,300 Bidder brings: 10 percent sale price Info: W...
Art Features
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Exercises in contrasts: Kleberg provides color commentary
An openness to asking is something to admire in young artists. Unburdened by reviews (whether good or bad) and still free from the angst of needing to make “what sells,�...
DR. HooK
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In sickness and... Illness can strain marriage vows
Laura Linney is an amazing actress. I adore her in The Big C. In the first season, a malignant melanoma has riddled her body– but she doesn’t tell anyone! She ...
Movie Reviews
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Feel good? 'Help' glosses over pain of Jim Crow
The Help is a safe film about a volatile subject. Presenting itself as the story of how African-American maids in the South viewed their employers during Jim Crow days, it ...
Contents
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Table of contents
COVERSummer readingA pharmacist with a mistress and a Vicodin problem; three boys lost on a snowy Blue Ridge mountain with the search called off. Even with just a few days ...
News
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Anti-Mormon? Sherlock Holmes yanked from reading list
After a parent complained that it gave a negative portrayal of her Mormon religion, the Albemarle County School Board voted unanimously in agreement with a committee's reco... -
Kristin's picks: Szakos endorses Galvin, Huja
Five days before the Dems pick three candidates for City Council, Kristin Szakos has named her choices to join her on the dais at City Hall: fellow Councilor Satyendra Huja... -
Serial peeper: Man who inspired 3x law arrested again
The name of James Gilbert Stearn may not be widely known, but his Charlottesville activities are the reason for a Virginia law that raised the penalty for a third Peeping T... -
Summer thunderstorm wreaks havoc
A severe thunderstorm struck the Charlottesville area Sunday night, downing trees and putting thousands in the dark. Among the casualties in the August 14 event was the Goc... -
The bully pulpit: Documentary explores VQR tragedy
Last summer, the tragic suicide of Virginia Quarterly Review managing editor Kevin Morrissey, who made a 911 call reporting his own shooting down by the Coal Tower on forme...
On Architecture
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First view: Designers reveal look for Trader Joe's, Stonefield
Trader Joe's, the specialty grocery chain that has caused ripples of enthusiasm over its impending arrival in Charlottesville, will present a mostly windowless expanse of s...
The Brazen Careerist
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Line up: Gals, skip those support staff spots
It's time for a new approach to squelching the gender wage gap and getting more women into senior management.For one thing, today's wage gap doesn't begin until women are i...
Sports Doctor
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Lost childhood: Is sports fame worth the trade-off?
All parents have dreams for their children. If asked what we want for our kids, most parents would reply “happiness.”But we all have other dreams for our offspring, too...
Strange But True
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Space burger: Don't use meteor for a weenie roast
Q. A fiery meteor streaks through the Earth's atmosphere, glowing incandescent, and thuds down loudly in your front yard. Could you grill a hamburger on it? –G. Foreman <...
Online only
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Alleged murder-for-hire-seeking widow walks
The woman accused of seeking a hitman to kill her late husband's girlfriend after she was omitted from her spouse's obituary has agreed to an Alford Plea that gives her no ... -
Merle Haggard at the Pavilion
Merle Haggard played the nTelos Wireless Pavilion on August 4, as these pictures by Milo Farineau indicate. -
Snap: Arden Place going up
It may seem like just yesterday that a member of the Woodbrook neighborhood was fretting about the arrival of "riff-raff." Today, however, the 212-unit Arden Place communit... -
Snap: Getting ready for banking parade
Wells Fargo officially celebrated its renaming of the former Wachovia banks in Charlottesville on August 9 with a little parade on the Downtown Mall and some speeches touti...
Letters
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Actually, water detectors exist
In the “Tales from the Front Line” section of the July 14 "Salvage your Home, Save the Planet" insert, I couldn’t help but notice a comment regarding water detection ... -
Huja's got lotsa talents
Your July 21 cover story “Hot Contests” gave a barebones description of City Council candidate Satyendra Huja. I would like to add to it his energy and expertise, prove... -
Melampy mistreated by press, party
I'm just now getting to read the article titled "Hot Contests," [the July 21 cover story subtitled, "Democrats clash in dog days of summer."] How my wife has dealt with lif... -
Rail story should've scolded feds for missed opp at Dulles
Your article [June 23 cover story: "Riding the rails: It's the only way to fly"] was interesting– partly because of the information it provided and partly because it ...
Black and White
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NoVA
Route 29 & Hydraulic Road, Charlottesville, Virginia• 2,000,000 square feet• A mixed-use development located in award-winning Charlottesville, Virginia – "the...