January 5th, 2012 issue #1101

January 5th, 2012

Broken beauty: The lofty life and tragic death of Linda Doig

"She had further to fall than I did," says the wiry, bearded man, gesturing to his companion on a beat-up sofa. Next to him sits a tall but weathered blond who nods in agreement and asks the man to retrieve a magazine page from the tent they're sharing downtown during the waning days of the Occupy Charlottesville movement. The picture– a Miss Clairol ad from the mid-'80s– features an exquisite blond, arm around a young girl with matching flaxen locks, and the slogan that launched a thousand home dye jobs: "Does she or doesn't she?"

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The week in review

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No more Long John Silver's in Charlottesville

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Shoppers exodus: China King moves to Hibachi Grill

The gigantic China King Buffet is the latest tenant to vacate the increasingly empty store-fronted Shoppers World, moving down the road to the Hibachi Grill on Seminole Tra...

A remembrance: Alicia Bowler Lugo

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Vintage home, modern price

11/18/11 Charlottesville Thomas & Anne Carr to Arlene Page & Emily Page-Steacy, Trustees, 1624 Concord Drive, $341,000 KM Realty LLC to Sach LLC 901-905 East Mar...

Tree house: Offers river access, room for expansion

Address: 27 River Ridge DriveNeighborhood: Lake Monticello in Fluvanna CountyAsking: $189,000Assessment: $274,900Year Built: 2004Size: 1,724 finished sq. ft., 840 unfi...

Property auctions

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Award whinnying? War Horse shows Spielberg talent

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Bank feud: Chairman Giles quits VNB with other directors

A feud over corporate governance compounded an already painful December for a major Central Virginia financial institution. Virginia National Bank has experienced a leaders...
Buckalew family killed in plane crash

Two St. Anne's-Belfield School students have died along with their parents in the crash of a private plane along a busy highway in New Jersey. Jackson, a fifth-grade boy, a...
False light? Would-be killer wants vampire stories removed

When Kurt Kroboth was tried for a vampire mask-assisted attempted murder of his estranged wife on Halloween night in 2004, the details of an upper-income couple's bitter di...
Feeling tipsy: Excavator topples while razing building

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Table of contents

COVERBroken beautyRavaged by alcohol and suffering from injuries old and new, Linda Doig ended up homeless, living in Lee Park as part of Occupy Charlottesville. But before...

You wouldn't illustrate a TJ story with Madison

I was wondering why the photo for [the Hook's November 24 cover story: "The road: Death count mounts in Albemarle"] uses a relatively late-model Renault Clio which, judging...

McPark

The golden apple of discord was rolling up and down 11 charette tables at Charlottesville High School in mid-December as competing interests sought to divvy up the remain...