Corrections
CORRECTIONS- Wrong Rehm date, Cav opponents, and vice mayor
Published on Mar 15th, 2007
0 comments Our March 1 article "Radio IQ" announcing Diane Rehm's visit to Charlottesville gave conflicting dates. She will speak at Farmington Country Club on April 4. • Our March 8 article "Making...
CORRECTIONS- Burchett misspelled, missing photo credit, solid waste, and Goode's challenge
Published on Feb 15th, 2007
0 comments In last week's Hot Seat on Jeremy Settle, the name of Newsplex general manager Roger Burchett was misspelled.  A photo credit was missing in the February 8 cover story, "(Re)Cycle of life...
CORRECTIONS- Wrong byline, napalm aficionado, photo credit
Published on Nov 2nd, 2006
0 comments Due to a production template error, the byline on last week's "On the Block" column was incorrect. The author was Rosalind Warfield-Brown. An editing error caused Lt. Colonel Bill Kilgore, the...
CORRECTIONS- Short assessment, <span class="s1">Wrong IT job</span>
Published on Oct 26th, 2006
0 comments • In the October 19 news story "Casteen's green: Ponying up $500,000 for employees' children," Bruce Egan was misidentified. In fact, he's the associate director of the ITS Response...
CORRECTIONS- Jewish school, mold house, 29-timing 'bomb' kid
Published on Aug 31st, 2006
0 comments There were several inaccuracies in our August 24 edition: • In the article about the Charlottesville Community Jewish Day School, "Making menschen: Jewish school preps for 2nd year."...
CORRECTIONS- to Peace Corps story
Published on Aug 10th, 2006
0 comments • The byline was omitted from the July 27 cover story on the Peace Corps. It was written by Vijith Assar with additional reporting by Rosalind Warfield-Brown. • In the same story, the...
CORRECTIONS- Wrong award, not 'Society,' spelling, Bishop
Published on Jun 15th, 2006
0 comments • In our May 18 "Hotseat" feature, we mentioned that a book edited by VQR editor Ted Genoways for the Minnesota Historical Society Press won the National Book Award. Oops. The book,...
CORRECTIONS- Denver native loves Ital
Published on Apr 27th, 2006
0 comments * Last week's Hot Seat about Corey Harris ["Roots music: Harris explores African beginnings," April 20, 2006], should have said he's a native of Denver whose perfect day would include an...
CORRECTIONS- Pavilion, Legault
Published on Apr 20th, 2006
0 comments * A caption in last week's cover story misstated the location of Robert Randolph's April 20 concert. It'll happen at the Charlottesville Pavilion. * Last week's "The Dish" column referred to J.F....
CORRECTIONS- Removed ref; wrong name
Published on Apr 13th, 2006
0 comments Referee Ron Murray chases players down the field as Raleigh Rugby Team goes for a "try." PHOTO BY ROLF TAYLOR Though a caption announced his presence, rugby ref Ron Murray (above center)...
Missing frequency
Published on Mar 16th, 2006
0 comments   The February 23 cover story, "Turn on, tune in: Local media choices" neglected to list that WVTF-FM broadcasts on 88.5 as well as 89.3. # //
Wrong name
Published on Mar 9th, 2006
0 comments   In last week's cover story, "The Young and the Restless: 21st century teens," the name of skateboarder Evan Lang was misspelled. # //
CLARIFICATIONS
Published on Mar 2nd, 2006
0 comments   WMRA's Insight call-in show is now on Monday-Friday at 3pm. Last week's Photophile ["Hop over: Barroom theatricals Rapturous"] should have noted that the Barhoppers' production The Bartender...
Wrong wedding date
Published on Feb 2nd, 2006
0 comments   Due to a production template error, last week's "Getting Hitched" issue had the wrong wedding date for Julia Casteel and Adam Racine. They were actually married September 10, 2005. # //
Wrong byline, wrong numbah, etc.
Published on Jan 26th, 2006
0 comments   * Due to a production template error, last week's news story "Happy again: Albemarle First finds a taker" had an incorrect byline. It was written by the Associated Press. * The phone number...
Lexis Nexis spelling and Target's opening
Published on Jan 5th, 2006
0 comments Lexis Nexis was incorrectly spelled in the December 22 issue. Also in that issue we gave the wrong opening date of Charlottesville's Target store. It opened July 20.
CORRECTION- Wrong tree, mangled quote, wrong headlime
Published on Nov 24th, 2005
0 comments * The wrong photo ran of the potentially doomed poplar in last week's story, "ARB outrage: Tree angst at White Gables." The correct Billy Hunt photo is below. * A paragraph was garbled in the Hot...
Not an Election Day nightmare
Published on Nov 17th, 2005
0 comments Last week's "4Better or Worse" column misstated what happened at Walker Upper Elementary School early on Election Day, November 8. The thermal tape that gives voters access codes was loaded...
Keep it clean
Published on Nov 10th, 2005
0 comments A sidebar to our November 3 cover story, "Tattoo You: Locals show their ink" suggested that tattooing instruments could be sterilized by ultrasonic equipment or by autoclave. While instruments can be...
Spellings, schools, and getting punct!
Published on Oct 20th, 2005
0 comments * Artist Rebecca Graves' name was misspelled in the list of First Friday openings in the October 6 edition. * The name of the "greatest saxophone player of all time" in the October 6 "Question of the...
Editing errors and so much more
Published on Oct 13th, 2005
0 comments * Due to editing errors, the spelling of the Psychedelic Furs and King Sunny Ade, as well as the performance year of Talking Heads, 1983, were incorrect in our original print editions of last week's...
Wrong house depicted, wrong time, wrong site, cardboard fry-holder
Published on Oct 6th, 2005
0 comments The picture of the house in the Real Estate update published in the September 29 issue of the Hook was not the house in Belmont that sold for $303,000. That house is pictured here. * In last week's...
Unfair to Schepps
Published on Sep 29th, 2005
0 comments It has come to The Hook's attention that our October 24, 2002 story about a Madison County screenwriter (Facetime: "Writer's lock: Hollywood $miles on Mountaineer"] unfairly portrayed another...
She's a girl!
Published on Sep 22nd, 2005
0 comments In a caption in last week's cover story, "No Child? Who will be left behind?" we should have said Dawn Bryant kept her daughter at Clark.
Katrina site; story credit
Published on Sep 15th, 2005
0 comments * In last week's cover story, we mistyped the address for the website linking homeless victims with places to live. The correct address is homesforkatrina.org. * In Courteney Stuart's September 8...
Not a Coghill shell
Published on Sep 8th, 2005
0 comments * The story, "Coghill's con: 'Silver-tongued devil' cops fraud plea," in the August 25, 2005 issue of the Hook, identified four of seven companies listed in Thomas E. Coghill Jr.'s indictment on six...
Dropped letter
Published on Aug 11th, 2005
0 comments * The last letter of playwright Matt Bowen's last name was dropped on the photo caption accompanying the July 28 news story entitled, "Her too: Play depicts Faulkner relationship." * In the same...
Wrong credits and number
Published on Jul 28th, 2005
0 comments We had some credit errors last week: * The photo in the story entitled "Apple dart: Computer company disses SNL " is a file photo by Lauren Brooks. * The story entitled "Pavilion problem: Storm...
Chopped story, wrong name, wrong credit
Published on Jul 21st, 2005
0 comments * A production error omitted the last paragraph in Lindsay Barnes' July 14 story about train horns, "Train pain: Under the covers and fuming." The final paragraph should read as follows: "And until...
Dump photos, worker photos, wine vintages
Published on Jul 14th, 2005
0 comments CORRECTIONS- Dump photos, worker photos, wine vintages Published July 14 in issue 0428 of the Hook * In last week's story, "Dump dust-up: Citizens gather; Lynch denies role," the photograph of Pat...