March 29th, 2012 issue #1113
March 29th, 2012
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Draining feeling? Lawsuit challenges dam-pipeline plan
Related story: • Water wasters: Worrell decries waste, centralization Past stories: • FLAWS- Tripled rates, spun numbers, and Conservancy conflicts: Why the war on dredging slogs on -
Water wasters: Worrell decries waste, centralization
Related story Draining feeling? Lawsuit challenges dam-pipeline plan
4Better Or Worse
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The week in review
Hardest-fought terrain: The East side of McIntire Park. With a pedestrian bridge and the Meadowcreek Parkway bringing change, the golf-only terrain could be carved to inclu...
The Dish
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Eating out's in: City meals tax revenue rebounds
With the recent announcement that Charlottesville and Albemarle County are expecting double-digit increases in meals tax revenue for 2013, it looks like our flair for gastr... -
Meet the meat: Cook-Out backs up Charlottesville artery
Related story Cook-Out: Popular fastfoodery heading to Charlottesville "They can wait," barks the man directing traffic in the parking lot of Charlottesville's newest fa... -
Wine tale: Veritas makes State Department debut
Last week, the folks at Veritas Vineyard & Winery in Afton had a challenge and an honor– serving up their wine at a State Department luncheon with the Prime Minis...
Essays
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Chipping away: True confessions of a juicer
Remember the chipper scene from Fargo? Frances McDormand is a cop investigating a homicide when she comes upon a man who is feeding, we are to believe, Steve Buscemi’s le...
Question of the Week
Real Estate - $old
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Amenities and price contribute to quick turn
1/25/12 Albemarle Jon Christopher Williams to William R. Bibb, 2635 Martin Kings Road, $124,000 Secretary of Housing & Urban Development to ...
Real Estate - On the Block
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Standing tall: Belmont townhouse offers light and more
Address: 213 Spruce Street, Charlottesville Neighborhood: Carlton/BelmontAsking: $374,900Assessment: $289,...
Real Estate Property auctions
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Property auctions
April 4 at 3:15pm at the Albemarle CourthouseProperty: 7356 Cripple Creek Road, AftonDebtor: R. Jack Roy and Karen Groff-RoyOriginal amount owing: $143,775Bidder bring...
Movie Reviews
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Spoofing in Spanish: Ferrell puts twist on his usual cheek
Casa de mi Padre Director: Matt Piedmont Starring: Will Ferrell, Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna – Coming Soon – ~ R - 84 min. Casa de mi Padre is a...
Contents
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Table of contents
NEWSOverkill?A month after 30 citizens were arrested on the steps of the Richmond Capitol during a peaceful protest against mandatory ultrasounds before abortion, Delegate ...
News
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Early spring: What's wrong with this picture?
Related item Jan 12: Winter jasmine jumps out early A typical April in Central Virginia: Tulips are abloom. So are redbuds, cherries, and dogwoods. Grass is a vivid gree... -
Flowering and fescuing in Lee
Spring has brought forth the annual flowering of this weeping tree in downtown's Lee Park, which also recently received a coating of grass seed, straw, and water– an ... -
Goose droppings: Okay to drink the water, officials say
Related stories • Unfriendly skies: Forest Lakes, the Miracle on the Hudson, and Canada Geese • Safety of chloramines questioned: Disinfectant to be added into local w... -
J-School progress: Work heads toward fall opening
Related stories: • Finally: Jefferson School ready for renovation • Jefferson School giveaway: Can Charlottesville get it right this time? -
Madmen... and saucy women
The TV show Madmen had its season premiere on the night of Sunday, March 25, so the Paramount Theater held a party with twinkling martini glasses to celebrate. Upstairs, th... -
Serial peeper gets three years... quickly
Related stories: • Serial peeper: Man who inspired 3x law arrested again • Jury Finds Charlottesville Man Guilty of Peeping at UVa Students -
Stressed and out: City spokesman resigns after bid-rigging investigation
Rob Schilling has long railed against an allegedly fortress-like atmosphere in City Hall, one that allegedly kept him in the dark even while an elected member of City Counc... -
Unlawful assembly? Capitol steps arrests raise key questions
You can eat lunch on the steps of the Capitol, but you can't protest there. Photos of gun-equipped riot officers massed at the seat of state government and arresting 30 pro...
Online only
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Hook brings home bacon (16 awards)
Some of the stories that touched the hearts and minds of Charlottesville last year, including the Hook's expose on a police department collision that provoked community ou...
Letters
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Charlottesville can support a Cracker Barrel
I read the article about Cracker Barrel's decision not to come to Charlottesville [March 1: "Staved off: Cracker Barrel bypasses Fifth Street"]. I can't believe that a town... -
New law helps, not hurts, juveniles
The [March 8] Week in Review's "toughest on juveniles" paragraph was wildly inaccurate when it stated that the General Assembly passed a bill making the suspension and expu...
CultureVulture
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Crozet Geese
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Black and White
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Light switch
There was a City roundtable discussion about budgetary matters on March 21. It’s hard to take these meetings seriously after many years, hard not to be sarcastic. The p...
Cultural preview
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FunStuff: Charlottesville events March 29 and beyond
The scent of a neighborhood