August 30th, 2012 issue #1135
August 30th, 2012
4Better Or Worse
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The week in review
Most like a snow day: A week after classes begin, Charlottesville schools lets students out at 12:30pm August 29 in advance of a Presidential visit by Barack Obama at the n...
The Dish
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Degrees of cheese: Nook featured in cookbook
If you think mac and cheese is toddler food that comes in a blue box, a new book has a surprise for you. -
Fancy foraging: Top chef to make Clifton Inn visit
Jeremiah Langhorne, the 26-year old Albemarle High School graduate who went from delivering pizzas to cooking at, literally, one of the world's best restaurants, appears to... -
Play ball: One Meatball Place gears up
Most of the time we leave the weather forecasting up to the meteorologists, but this week, Dish feels pretty comfortable issuing a prediction for West Main Street only: Clo...
Essays
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Disturbing legacy: Race still affects Virginia's death penalty
By King Salim Khalfani and Stephen A. Northup According to the most recent polling data, public support for the death penalty is at its lowest level in decades. Four states...
Question of the Week
Real Estate - $old
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Price reduction spurs multiple offers in Foxchase
Albemarle 5/29/12 Redus VA Housing LLC to NVR, Inc, 1557 Wickham Pond Drive, $82,000 Vincent W. & Elizabeth O. Broderick to Spencer Terence Watkins & Kevin Michelle...
Real Estate Property auctions
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Property auctions
August 31 at 3:30pm at the Albemarle Courthouse Property: 844 Club Drive, Keswick Debtor: Eleanor and Thomas G. Baldwin Jr. Original amount owing: $1,592,500 Bidder brings:...
Movie Reviews
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Hit and Run: So much better than the title suggests
With an off-the-shelf title like "Hit and Run," I had worked up less than a white-hot enthusiasm to see this movie, but it's a lot more fun than the title suggests. How man...
Contents
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Table of contents
COVERInsulin shockerA Crozet mother is behind bars accused of attempting to poison her husband with a drug used to treat diabetics. Her alleged method may be unusual, but i...
News
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Almost 45: Huguely likely facing middle-age prison release
So how long will UVA student-turned-killer George Huguely be in prison? According to a reporter's math, the young man jailed since the very morning that he violently awaken... -
Foxchase nightmare: Crozet mom allegedly tries to poison husband
On a day when her son was set to head to the first day of first grade, Theresa Lynn Brady wasn't around to see him off. Instead, the 33-year-old Western Albemarle mom was i... -
Huguely unhappiness: Murderer won't get new trial from judge
George Huguely did not look pleased. His lawyer was hurling out argument after argument to the judge who oversaw his trial– and each argument got shot down. Related... -
Mending fences: And losing weight, Sullivan tells all
In her first press conference since her triumphant June 26 reinstatement as the University of Virginia president, Teresa Sullivan met with reporters in Carr's Hill, the pre... -
Now Nau: Beer tycoon pays Dragas' Hill + Knowlton bills
At the recent retreat of the University of Virginia Board of Visitors inside the Richmond Omni hotel, a Hook reporter approached Board member John Nau to ask about his deci... -
Sunday night rites
Some people think that they can park for free on Sundays; others simply overstay their welcome. More towing stories: • Towing tales: Like hassles, everybody has one • ... -
Whose hissy? Douglass camera bump no 'macaca' moment
The 5th District congressional race got a little more in-your-face at an August 21 Farmville forum when Democratic challenger John Douglass swatted the video camera of a me...
Online only
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Confederate canon... ready for inaction
One of the pair of Confederate cannons on the grounds of Albemarle County courts complex aims out at passersby on a recent August day.
Hotseat
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The General: Douglass battles for 5th District seat
The skill set of military general and Virginia farmer is a popular one in American politics, dating back to George Washington. That's why Democrats tapped Brigadier General...
Letters
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Bully for the bully essay
[Re: August 23 essay: "President Sullivan: Still getting bullied by Dragas"]: Every word 1,000% true and a much needed article. I think you should send a copy to the Rector... -
Dragas right to fear an honor code
I am in total agreement with the issues presented in [the August 23 essay: "President Sullivan: Still getting bullied by Dragas"]. It is a fitting part of the investigative... -
Peace makes peace
If President Sullivan, the injured party, is willing to let it go, why can't Dr. J. Anderson Thomson? [August 23 essay: "President Sullivan: Still getting bullied by D...
CultureVulture
Black and White
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Church ISO new home
The historic Pleasant Grove Baptist Church is a fine example of a rural church type that is fast disappearing from the county’s landscape; the last chance to preserve t...
Cultural preview
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FunStuff: Charlottesville events August 30 and beyond
Self-pity party