4Better Or Worse
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Dec 23rd, 2010
0 comments Biggest murder conviction: Louisa black widow Ulisa Chavers, 62, enters an Alford plea to first-degree murder December 15 in the death of her boyfriend, Reginal Cody Bowles, whose body was found in a...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Dec 16th, 2010
0 comments Highest profile apology: Albemarle School Board Vice Chair Eric Strucko apologizes for a December 9 vote to keep a controversial eight-period high school schedule, despite teacher complaints of...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Dec 9th, 2010
0 comments Best/worst scenarios for city manager candidates: Acting city manager Maurice Jones gets the job. Finalist Richard Brown, East Providence city manager, however, faces a newly elected council poised...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Dec 2nd, 2010
0 comments Most tragic hunting accident: Seven-year-old Connor Ryan Craig dies November 27 after his 10-year-old brother accidentally shoots him while deer hunting in Nelson County near Wingina.  Most...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Nov 25th, 2010
0 comments Worst church fire: Piedmont Baptist Church in Yancey Mills near Crozet is reported "burning bad" November 19. Authorities believe the cause is accidental. Worst traffic-snaring accident: An...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Nov 18th, 2010
0 comments Best paycheck surprise: Albemarle supes vote November 11 to give county employees, who haven't seen a raise in three years, a one-time $350 bonus.   Best foreclosure averted: Sweely Estate...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Nov 11th, 2010
0 comments Biggest turnover: Dem Congressman Tom Perriello is voted out of office November 2, and Republican Robert Hurt is the 5th District representative-elect. Biggest pricetag: President Barack Obama's...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Nov 4th, 2010
1 comments Biggest news: President Barack Obama descends upon Charlottesville October 29 for an appearance in support of Congressman Tom Perriello. Biggest crowd: The Secret Service estimates 9,000 at the...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Oct 28th, 2010
0 comments Closest race: State Senator Robert Hurt maintains his margin-of-error lead over 5th District incumbent Congressman Tom Perriello in the final week before voters head to the polls November 2. Biggest...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Oct 14th, 2010
1 comments Worst week for motorcycle fatalities: Nine-year-old Robert Darwin Pormer is a passenger on his dad's motorcycle when a pickup truck allegedly pulls out in front of the bike October 9. Winemaker Dan...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Oct 7th, 2010
0 comments Latest Meadowcreek Parkway news: The county's portion is slated to open next week as a detour for Rio Road which is getting rebuilt to complete the northern connection to the Parkway. Also, the...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Sep 30th, 2010
0 comments Best wet:After 69 days of 90-plus degrees and last week's call for voluntary water conservation, Charlottesville gets more than two inches of rain between September 26-28. Latest Huguely news: The...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Sep 23rd, 2010
0 comments Biggest win: Oliver Kuttner's Edison2 Very Light Car takes the $5 million Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize. [See cover story page XX.]  Biggest lawsuit: Jose Porfirio Martinez-Quinteros...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Sep 16th, 2010
0 comments Worst on so many levels: A 13-year-old girl is accidentally shot in the leg September 9 at Forest Hills Park by a gun-toting 14-year-old boy who was aiming at someone else. The shooter claims he...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Sep 9th, 2010
0 comments Most hyped hurricane: Earl prompts Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell to declare a state of emergency in advance of the storm, which fizzles from a Category 4 to 2 by the time it breezes by here...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Sep 2nd, 2010
0 comments Sharpest spin: Both sides claim they're pleased August 30 following a judge's decision that UVA doesn't have to turn over a global-warming scientist's emails to Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. The...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Aug 26th, 2010
0 comments Deadliest family feud: Three are killed and four injured in an August 22 domestic dispute over a 1.5-acre family property containing multiple mobile homes and assessed at $52,000, according to Reed...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Aug 19th, 2010
1 comments Most restrictive: City Council votes August 16 to drop the noise ordinance to 55 decibels between 11pm and 6am in Belmont and to forbid panhandling within 50 feet of Downtown Mall vehicle crossings...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Aug 12th, 2010
0 comments Most School Board resignations: Albemarle's at-large member Brian Wheeler quits August 5 after six years on the board, citing the desire to spend more time with his family and as a journalist for...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Jul 29th, 2010
0 comments Hottest: The temperature on Saturday, July 24, hits 102 degrees, tying the day's record from 1930, while the 100 degrees on Friday, July 23, sets a new record for that date too, the Daily Progress...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Jul 22nd, 2010
0 comments Worst conditions looming on the horizon: Drought watch has been declared by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality for the state because of a lack of rain, although local water authorities...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Jul 15th, 2010
1 comments Biggest changes contemplated by UVA: Kicking up tuition to be more in line with top-ranked private schools and going back to early admission, which the university dropped in 2008, this time...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Jul 8th, 2010
0 comments Biggest lead: A drawing of a suspect in the Morgan Harrington murder is released and connected by forensic evidence to a 2005 rape in Fairfax. [See story p. xx.]  Latest in Cuccinelli v. UVA:...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Jul 1st, 2010
0 comments Biggest tempest: A three-minute downburst on June 24 wreaks the havoc of a Hurricane Isabel, with 31 houses crunched by trees, compared to 27 felled onto structures by Isabel. Biggest medical feud:...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Jun 24th, 2010
0 comments Biggest surprise: After years of paying Republic Services to landfill the stuff and after at least one member of City Council publicly supported a RICO lawsuit against Van der Linde Recycling,...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Jun 17th, 2010
0 comments Biggest invasion: Marines raid the old Blue Ridge Hospital on Route 20 south in a training exercise over the weekend.  Biggest losers: The Cavs lose their ticket to the College World Series in...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Jun 10th, 2010
0 comments Biggest happening after the Hook's presstime: Republicans will choose one candidate out off seven from its June 8 primary to challenge Congressman Tom Perriello in November. Biggest scofflaw: Brian O...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Jun 3rd, 2010
1 comments Most "plug the hole" rage: Protesters picket the BP station on Pantops Memorial Day for the Gulf oil spill spewing since April 20. Most brutal home invasion: Remone Jilantai Houchens, 19, is arrested...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on May 27th, 2010
1 comments Latest dam proposal: An earthen dam at Ragged Mountain Reservoir could be built for an estimated $29 million to $37 million, according to Schnabel Engineering, about $50 million less than a 2006...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on May 20th, 2010
0 comments Worst driving by an Albemarle cop: Officer Eric Kudro, 29, crashes his cruiser into a pickup truck May 16 in Waynesboro, where he lives, according to police. Damage is estimated at $5,000 for the...