January 24th, 2013 issue #1204

January 24th, 2013

The session: What local legislators are up to in Richmond

The 2013 Session of the Virginia State Legislature kicked off on January 9, and if last year's focus was all about probing lady parts, this year's legislators will tangle over a variety of no less controversial issues.

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The week in review

Biggest bust: The six-to-10-inch snowfall predicted for January 17 that had Albemarle schools closing for the day despite no stickage. Biggest Culpeper trial: Former police...

First course: Restaurant Week kicks off

Restaurant Week officially kicked off on Monday, January 21, and Dish popped into the Melting Pot to see how it was going. Manager Jonathan Shields said the combination of ...
Hot dog hideaway: Crozet stand serves all the way

A tucked away space on Three Notch'd Road in Crozet used to house a Subway. Since October, it's serving up dogs instead of subs. Sam's Hot Dog Stand is a West Virginia fran...

Surgeon's decree: Gun control a public health issue

By Sara K. Rasmussen Last month, our country endured an unspeakable horror when elementary school students in Newtown, Connecticut, became the victims of one of the most he...

Price cut on Preston Place

9/20/2012Charlottesville459 Locust Charlottesville Owner, LLC to Cville Operations Hub, LLC, 459 Locust Avenue, $3,500,000Dorothy W. Brown, Etal to Michele Jordan, Trustee,...

Property auctions

January 24 at 10:15am at the Albemarle Courthouse Property: 2160 Devonshire Road Debtor: Carter C. and Robert R. Schotta IV Original amount owing: $454,750 Bidder brin...

Wild girls: Chastain goes motherly

by Richard Roeper Very few horror movies would last past the second act if the characters in these films were actually fans of horror movies.

"Dario": A new name and other details of Baldi's life on the run

Local restaurateur and accountant Jim Baldi's disappearance in July 2010 came to an abrupt end with his January 4 arrest in San Francisco on embezzlement charges stemm...
Courthouse confrontation: Mom gets 2 years in daughter's, ex's deaths

Both the prosecution and defense pretty much agree that no one can do anything worse to Jessica Lewis than she already did to herself when she crashed into a tree and kille...
Dead or alive: The Hook's legislative watch

Week 2 of the session and the number of bills the legislature considers has swollen to 2,462, according to Richmond Sunlight, while the body count of dead bills piles up. D...
Name changer: Will tenant satisfaction improve at Autumn Hill?

Landmark at Granite Park is the latest moniker for one of Charlottesville's most renamed apartment complexes– one that is known for generating tenant complaints. The ...
Wertland blaze: No injuries in morning house fire

There are no reported injuries from an early morning blaze at 1256 Wertland Street. According to Charlottesville Fire Chief Charles Werner, the fire was reported at 5:11am ...

Table of contents

COVERThe sessionIt's late January. Do you know what your state representatives are up to? From uranium mining to Dragas opining, the six guys sent to Richmond on Albemarle ...

Letter: Hold Government accountable for Hash

Your recent article about Michael Hash, the man who was accused of murder and wrongly imprisoned for 12 years really struck me. In today’s modern society, you would think...

In a rush

When you're in a rush, any direction will do. UVA women line up on Chancellor Street for sorority house tours on Saturday, January 19. The 10-day formal recruitment process...

Get Out! events, shows, things to do

A story about a boy, his Garageband program, and thousands of screaming fans.