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COVER- Bearing witness: Local couple lived 9/11 up close Published on Sep 7th, 2006 0 comments
On the morning of September 11, 2001, Cheryl Sanborn boarded the N Train from her home in Astoria, Queens at 8:15am, earlier than usual. An administrative assistant at a lower Manhattan law firm,...
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Lethal Wreckage: Embattled towing company files for a name change after $20 million suit Published on Aug 31st, 2006 32 comments
When Lethal Wrecker's lawyer announced in a Charlottesville court on July 21 that his client didn't have the assets to pay a total of $1,100 to 21 citizens who'd been overcharged, it seemed the...
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COVER-THE FAMILY ISSUE Published on Aug 24th, 2006 0 comments
"Kids these days." It's the phrase generations of adults have always muttered in exasperation about the young whippersnappers who frustrate them. And while the refrain remains the same, kids these...
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COVER- Rockumentary spotlights dance-rock legends Published on Aug 17th, 2006 0 comments
The rockumentary has a long and storied history as the sublime art form created by symbiosis of the two most glamorous forms of modern media. Soon, Charlottesville will have its own place between...
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COVER- Mayorsville: Here, everybody's a mayor Published on Aug 10th, 2006 0 comments
It's the Downtown Mall's 30th birthday. Mitch Van Yahres and Charles Barbour are back in City Council chambers June 30, where both had served as mayor three decades earlier. Current Mayor David...
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COVER- Welcome to the 'Annual Manual' Published on Aug 3rd, 2006 0 comments
Welcome to the online version of the Hook's Annual Manual. This special edition is our guide to life in your town.
The Annual Manual will help you discover what to do with your friends, your kids,...
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COVER- Peace U.: UVA Corps vets tell tales Published on Jul 27th, 2006 0 comments
"I was feeling really negative about being in America, the war and the presidency, so I wanted to get out and see an alternative," says John Teschner. So the 2003 UVA grad did what UVA students have...
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COVER- PR emergency: UVA Med Center struggles with probation Published on Jul 20th, 2006 0 comments
When Christopher Reeve broke his neck in a 1995 riding accident in Culpeper, UVA Medical Center basked in international acclaim as the hospital that saved Superman. More than a decade later, however...
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COVER- On the download: Can our indie stores survive? Published on Jul 13th, 2006 0 comments
After 20 years as a commercial pilot, Cal Glattfelder chose to brave a new kind of turbulence when he entered a music industry buffeted by illegal downloads. Glattfelder purchased a music store that...
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COVER- It's Wendel's world: We just work out in it Published on Jul 4th, 2006 1 comments
There are 12,000 members walking among us. Their charismatic leader has a plan for their lives, but the gospel he preaches isn't fire and brimstone; it's life everlasting– or almost. Health...
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COVER- Some General Assembly Required Published on Jun 29th, 2006 0 comments
Once upon a time, the Virginia General Assembly met for 60 days to pass a two-year state budget, and then the legislators went back home. And once upon a time, Democrats dominated the legislature....
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COVER- Living large-r: Little house on Little High gets lift Published on Jun 22nd, 2006 0 comments
"From the very beginning I didn't really like it," says Suellen Schnyer of the Little High Street house she and her husband, Jonathan, then newlyweds, purchased in 1988 for $67,500.
"We've never had...
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COVER- Drive-by history: GPS marks the spot Published on Jun 15th, 2006 1 comments
In a town with colonial origins like Charlottesville, you can barely spit without hitting a historical marker. And driving through Albemarle County and the Old Dominion, it's obvious lots of...
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COVER- Invasion: They live among us Published on Jun 8th, 2006 2 comments
They're beautiful– sometimes even a little seductive. But they replicate– quickly– and they're poised to choke the life out of some Central Virginia natives.
They're invasive plant...
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COVER- #9 dreams: Invasion of the super towers Published on Jun 1st, 2006 1 comments
What will downtown Charlottesville look like in 20 years? If proposed nine-story building projects like Waterhouse and First & Main– not to mention a half-dozen other multi-story towers in...
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COVER- TJ's guide to the best summer ever Published on May 25th, 2006 0 comments
There are many lessons to be learned from the wisdom of Thomas Jefferson. A visionary whose ideas and ideals still apply today, his words have been pored over, catalogued, recatalogued, analyzed,...
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Claws and effect: Cat killing shocks Bentivar Published on May 18th, 2006 5 comments
Her name was Carmen, but the family called her a "ragdoll" because she'd put up with anything. A big black cat, Carmen patiently allowed children to roughhouse with her, served as a frequent guest...
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COVER- Get caught: Let our prize winners captivate you! Published on May 11th, 2006 0 comments
If Alicia Keys and First Lady Laura Bush get together this month, they just might get "caught" reading. After all, May is "Get Caught Reading" month, and you might wanna get caught, too.
You can...
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COVER- Has Charlottesville jumped the shark? Published on May 4th, 2006 0 comments
Inevitably, there comes a time when the popularity of a thing is undone by its popularity. Even the Beatles, arguably the greatest entertainers of the 20th century, were not immune. One could argue...
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COVER- Free elections: Hopefuls jockey for Board seats Published on Apr 27th, 2006 1 comments
It was the first of elections, it was the last of elections. Charlottesville's first School Board election ever will also be its last May election, and then the voter-mandated process will move to...
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COVER- Tuneville Published on Apr 20th, 2006 0 comments
As a way of reviewing the year in music, The Hook invited a small horde of experts to get together and appraise some of the more intriguing record releases. Drunk with power, they agreed, and...
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COVER- Pedal power: Can Robert Randolph 'steel' success? Published on Apr 13th, 2006 0 comments
Aside from his affinity for stylish hats, not much about Robert Randolph says "rock star." In fact, he didn't hear so much as a note of rock music until he was in his early twenties.
But it's his...
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COVER- Cool Running: The health and fitness issue Published on Apr 6th, 2006 0 comments
Love on the run: Francesca Conte and Russ Gill
If anyone has a love that can go the distance, it's Charlottesville Marathon organizers Francesca Conte and Russ Gill. And theirs might go, oh, an extra...
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COVER- Unsolved: Murder on the Constitution route Published on Mar 30th, 2006 0 comments
Eight fatherless children. Two widows. One widower. Three grieving mothers– and three killers, presumably still walking around, never brought to justice for the three lives they took.
Albemarle...
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COVER- FICTION WINNERS- Winners 2006: Hometown favorites... Published on Mar 23rd, 2006 2 comments
After much thoughtful deliberation, our judges have finally chosen the winners of the Hook's 2006 Fiction Contest.
Our thanks to the 100-plus writers who entered this year's contest. In our fast-...
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COVER- Blowin in the wind: Tilting with windmills in Highland County Published on Mar 16th, 2006 0 comments
Virginia homeowners may not be ready for a windmill on every roof, but what about a string of electricity-generating turbines on a distant hilltop and the option to buy green power at affordable...
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Blowin in the wind: Tilting with windmills in Highland County Published on Mar 16th, 2006 0 comments
Virginia homeowners may not be ready for a windmill on every roof, but what about a string of electricity-generating turbines on a distant hilltop and the option to buy green power at...
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COVER- Schoolhouse rocked: Debate rumbles on Montessori's mountain Published on Mar 9th, 2006 0 comments
Silhouetted figures of children cartwheel across the campus, but what's going on inside a local school high atop Pantops Mountain has some parents flipping out– and pulling their children out....
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Schoolhouse rocked: Debate rumbles on Montessori's mountain Published on Mar 9th, 2006 0 comments
Silhouetted figures of children cartwheel across the campus, but what's going on inside a local school high atop Pantops Mountain has some parents flipping out– and pulling their children out....
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COVER- The young & the restless: Local youths share their world Published on Mar 2nd, 2006 0 comments
What makes teens tick? Are too many tests making kids tubby? Is UVA's coal tower putting children at risk? The Hook's family issue tackles these questions, plus don't miss our local version of "...
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