March 8th, 2012 issue #1110
March 8th, 2012
4Better Or Worse
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The week in review
Warmest winter: The National Weather Service says 2011-12 is the fourth warmest on record, and the average temperature of 44.5 degrees is a whopping five degrees higher t...
The Dish
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Jumbo Escafé: Venerable restaurant unveils old Oxo space
Prior story Escafé readies: Grand reopening before month's end -
No Bull: Secrets of the veggie burger sisterhood
"We've been eating these our wholes lives," says Elizabeth Raymond, talking about her mother's veggie burgers in the small commercial kitchen on East Market Street. "And we... -
Pigged out: How Paulie started small... and smoky
There's a new barbecue place on the way to Wintergreen– new, that is, compared to the one that's been pleasing palates for over 20 years. The venerable one, of course... -
Reopened: Fuel Co. refueled by Desai
Related stories • Topped off: Convenience store owner is Fuel's high bidder • Fuel Co. closes • Fueling competition: Kluge's gas mart gears up -
The rodeo: Forest Lakes Mex stakes claim on Main
Its name means "the Rodeo," but El Jaripeo kicked up precious little dust when it quietly unveiled a new look in October for the Main Street building last known as 12th Str...
Essays
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Real meaning: When a community rallies...
By Sheila Booth“It takes a village...” comes to mind when searching for a phrase to describe the essence of community. But if anyone really wanted to see these words in...
Question of the Week
Real Estate - $old
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Two builders, one foreclosure, and then a sale
1/5/12 Albemarle Old Trail Creekside LLC to Samuel C. & Sarah Keenan Harris, 6679 Welbourne Lane, $150,000 Roger R. & Marian G. Fuller to Stephanie Nicole Fuller...
Real Estate - On the Block
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Crunching numbers: City omits short sales, foreclosures in averages
In a recent press release, the City of Charlottesville reported that 2012 assessments are down 1.22 percent overall, with existing residential properties declining an aver...
Real Estate Property auctions
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Property auctions
March 8 at 11:30am at the Albemarle Courthouse Property: 2060 Wingfield Road Debtor: John Clark and Wendi Lee Smith Original amount owing: $325,000 Bidder...
Movie Reviews
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Forgotten love is rekindled in 'The Vow'
The Vow is a well-behaved, tenderhearted love story about impossibly nice people. It's not even about whether they'll get married. They've been happily married for fou...
Contents
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Table of contents
COVERInteresting timesA hunger strike ends, a nuclear plant leaks radiation, and an alleged abduction may never be solved. Plus, a victim of violence at UVA asks why everyo...
News
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30 arrests: Ultrasound protest brings riot police to Capitol
A grassroots protest of a controversial women's health care bill recently approved by the state Senate brought hundreds to the state Capitol grounds in Richmond March 3 and... -
Bright smile: Nonprofit dental center keeps kids grinning
Thanks to a little-known local institution, thousands of kids may have been saved from a lifetime of embarrassment, dimmed employment prospects, and potential health woes. ... -
Case closed: Abductor never found, public never warned
Eight months after an Albemarle County woman reported getting abducted from her home and being forced to drive at gunpoint some 300 miles down the Blue Ridge Parkway, autho... -
Chip Harding: Sheriff made hash of case against Hash
The Albemarle County sheriff has uncovered a scandal that's rocking the state, a questionable capital murder conviction in Culpeper. The Richmond Times-Dispatch, with the a... -
Double-dipping? Man decries rougher justice for black workers
Butch Wells was bothered when he learned that a former employee of his may have been collecting unemployment benefits during the 18 months she earned a paycheck from him. W... -
GPS prevails: Hogshire decision delays rapist's stalking trial
Other stories on Kitze Graduation rapist back in jail Rapist appeals stalking conviction Volunteer fear: Graduation rapist convicted of stalking activist -
Homeless snowman
Wick Hunt captured this image of a snow bunny repurposed as a begging citizen. -
Huguely's violence: UVA victim wants emphasis off alcohol
Related stories • 'I harmed you': 21 years, 12 steps later, rape apology backfires • Bombshell dropped as Beebe pleads • Victims' legacy? UVA overhauls sexual assaul... -
Melted dream: Simpson's snowmobile race hopes dashed
Prior story • Simpson's folly? Nelsonian gets serious about Alaska race Russ Simpson, the Nelson County man who vowed to race a snowmobile across the icy wilds of Alask... -
Murder arrest: Charlottesville woman nabbed in Norfolk
Police investigating the suspicious death of a man on Fairway Avenue have announced that a suspect, a Charlottesville woman, has been nabbed in Norfolk. Forty-seven-year-ol... -
Shoppers changes: Center to welcome Stein Mart, DSW shoes
Plans to spruce up Shoppers World, the 1970s-era shopping Center best known as the former home of Whole Foods, are moving forward. As revealed at a recent Albemarle Country... -
Tax time: City budget holds, county raises the rate
Here's how the executives running Charlottesville and Albemarle describe their proposed budgets in three words. "Schools, schools, schools," says city manager Maurice Jones... -
Tritium leak: Post-quake radiation plume stokes concern
When the 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck Louisa County last August, with its epicenter just 11 miles from the North Anna nuclear generating plant, environmental groups warn... -
Unsatisfied: Hunger strike ends with mixed messages
After a hunger strike lasting up to 13 days and following a statement from UVA administration declining to raise the minimum wage at UVA to $13 an hour, activists for the L...
Online only
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Cuccinelli kibbosh: Supreme Court denies Mann demand
The Virginia Supreme Court rejects Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's demand for UVA to turn over records relating to climate scientist Michael Mann's work. The Roanoke Time... -
Snow falls: Schools let it accumulate before opening/closing
Charlottesville and Albemarle public schools' transportation directors have spoken. 'Tis better to let the snow pile up than to transport the kiddies right now when the mor... -
Video: Brookville's Harrison Keevil: 'We have no boundaries'
Since chef/owner Harrison Keevil opened Brookville Restaurant on the Downtown Mall, his personal, experimental "We-have-no-boundaries" style of cooking may not have pleased...
Facetime
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Only 30: In America… and she needs a kidney
By Brittany Gamble It’s 11am, and Tihana Macakanja has just spent two and a half hours hooked to a machine; and even after the procedure ends, she's facing a 15-minute dr...
CultureVulture
Black and White
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Gopal
In the Bodo's line behind goth musician and former Bella Morte leader Gopal Metro.~Commentator Bill Emory puts up a new photo nearly every day at billemory.com/blog.
