April 7th, 2011 issue #1014

April 7th, 2011
  • Broken trust: Sex allegations against therapist prompt investigation

    Courteney Stuart

    Patients came to him in their darkest hours, going through divorce, struggling with substance abuse, perhaps grieving over the loss of a loved one. But while some call Albemarle County social worker Howard Vidaver a therapist of rare talent and insight, court documents suggest he has been betraying one of the bedrock rules of his profession by engaging in sexual contact with patients. If true, the allegations suggest that he violated therapist/patient trust– and that it happened after he had already been disciplined by the state licensing board for similar behavior.

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4Better Or Worse

  • The week in review

    Hook Staff

    Most alleged pervs: Five men are arrested for soliciting children for sex in a Louisa, Albemarle, and Charlottesville police sting, and four are charged with using a communications system to solicit ...

The Dish

  • 2 Sides to be replaced by pizza pub?

    Dave McNair

    Looks like 2 Sides Restaurant in Belmont has closed, but according to a legal notice a place called Belmont Pizza & Pub is hoping to take its place. The restaurant has a website (belmontpizzaandp...

  • Elks launch farmer's market

    Dave McNair

    While the Charlottesville City Market continues to search for new and better location, the folks at Elks Lodge 389, located off Stony Point Road near Darden Towe Park, may have beat them to it.

  • Scream-worthy: Graeter's takes Charlottesville

    Lisa Provence

    Buckeyes are already familiar with Graeter's, the fourth generation family-owned Cincinnati ice creamery. Foodies may have heard Emeril Lagasse and Bobby Flay extol its virtues. Since it's now availa...

  • Some like it raw

    Dave McNair

    If you're frustrated by the fact that you can't buy raw milk in Virginia, don't have a cow– buy one!

Essays

  • Shine on: How long will it last?

    Janis Jaquith

    Oh, that was one wicked big moon, wasn’t it? Like a mass hallucination. I stood by my car that magical Saturday evening, not wanting to get in and drive. I wanted to soak up the moonlight, inhabit ...

Real Estate - $old

  • Property transfers

    Rosalind Warfield-Brown

    ALBEMARLE8/2Patsie H. Cutright, trustee, to James H. and Margaret B. Bowden, 3.0 acres at 3544 Red Hill School Road, North Garden, $349,000.Eddie Nelson Dunn to Kenneth Shreves, 0.5 acres at 2919 Mor...

Real Estate - Update

  • Still available

    Erin Davison

    APPEARED IN THE HOOK: July 15, 2010 in issue 0928ADDRESS: 4444 Woods Edge Road, Keswick Forest SouthASKING PRICE:  $750,000 (was $799,000) ASSESSMENT: $687,400SELLER'S AGENT:  Roger Voisine...

Real Estate Property auctions

  • Property auctions

    Hook Staff

    April 7 at 4:30pm at the Albemarle County Courthouse  Property: 997 Clearfields Lane, Crozet Debtor: Gunnar R. and Tanya F. Brockett Amount owing: $320,000 Bidder brings: $30,000 or 10 percent s...

Art Features

  • Life lines: Holston shapes a colorful view

    Laura Parsons

    Reading the paper, cutting up vegetables, playing chess in the park, or just sitting on a fence— these are the everyday moments Joseph Holston abstracts in his etchings and paintings. But the easyg...

DR. HooK

  • Over the edge: Psychotic disorders take many forms

    John Hong

    Reality checks are important for all of us— some more than others. Joan Rivers gives Hollywood fashionistas a run for their money, such as her criticisms of Cate Blanchett’s Givenchy dress at&nbs...

Movie Reviews

  • Weird science: Source Code a mind-bending ride

    Roger Ebert

    Source Code is an ingenious thriller that comes billed as science fiction, although its science is preposterous. Does that matter, as long as everyone treats it with the greatest urgency? After all, ...

Music Features

  • Interview: Itzhak Perlman on love and excellence

    Vijith Assar

    We run interviews with musicians in this space pretty regularly, but Itzhak Perlman is in a very different class from most. At this point in his career, the Israeli violinist's mastery of his instrum...

  • Old 97's: Now actually older, and accordingly wiser

    Justin Cober-Lake

    The Old 97's were early leaders in the alt-country scene during the '90s, mixing country twang and punkish attitude with literate pop songwriting. After 17 years together, the Dallas-based band is ex...

  • Unsmug Pug: Sometimes, nice guys do finish first

    Stephanie Garcia

    Joe Pug is a nice guy. No, really. For as much as critics and reviewers like to roll their eyes at the prospect of a genuinely nice guy making waves in the music industry, we at The Hook can say, una...

News

  • nTelos Pavilion: Naming rights headed to telecom co.

    Lisa Provence

    The Charlottesville Pavilion is losing its old name. Henceforth the Downtown Mall landmark will be known by a more corporate (and curiously-capitalized) moniker: nTelos Wireless Pavilion. (It could b...

  • Front yard slaying: Two felons arrested in dog-shooting case

    Courteney Stuart

    Two and a half months after a 10-month old Siberian Husky named Mattie was shot and killed in an Earlysville-area front yard, police have made two arrests.

  • Kaine says he's running

    Lisa Provence

    Former governor Tim Kaine says he's in the race for the U.S. Senate after taking a couple of months to mull over a run for the seat that will be vacated by fellow Dem Jim Webb. On the Republican side...

  • Now you can get the Hook delivered... through RelayFoods.com

    Hawes Spencer

    The Hook has never claimed to offer to-your-door service. However, a local grocery service called RelayFoods.com has just begun delivering copies of the free weekly newspaper along with the 10,000 fo...

  • The Great Wave off Avon Street

    Hawes Spencer

    A graffiti artist has transformed one of the abutments of the old Belmont Bridge into an updated rendition of "The Great Wave off Kanagawa," the most famous print by 18th and 19th Century Japanese ar...

  • Trial continued: As Ragged fields erupt in green

    Hawes Spencer

    The criminal trial has been pushed back, but the burned fields of Ragged Mountain Farm have recently emerged to look greener than the surrounding fields spared from flames during the recent 609-acre ...

  • Upper Bundoran: Manor house under foreclosure

    Lisa Provence

    Another grand Albemarle house is headed toward the auction block. Upper Bundoran, the house built by the son of the man who built Scott Stadium, is under foreclosure and will be sold on the courthous...

On Architecture

  • JPA bridge: Closed until September... 2012

    Dave McNair

    The nearly 80-year-old bridge carrying Jefferson Park Avenue over the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks closed down Monday, April 4 for the first phase of the bridge's replacement. While walkers, who ...

The Brazen Careerist

  • Interview magic: Do your homework, dress the part

    Penelope Trunk

    "I'm qualified, so I know I'll get the job."This phrase may be the most naive statement in the annals of job hunting. First, you probably aren’t the only qualified person applying, and hiring manag...

Sports Doctor

  • Squeezed: Bigwigs whitewash Fiesta Bowl corruption

    Juanita Giles

    How’s old G. Gordon Liddy these days? The G-Man, as he calls himself, is pretty busy with his nationally-syndicated radio show (heard in more than 250 markets, he’d like you to know), managing hi...

Strange But True

  • Man's measure: Why Harvard Bridge is 364 Smoots long

    Bill and Rich Sones

    Q. How did the Harvard Bridge, connecting the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with its fraternities across the Charles River, come to be 364.4 "Smoots" long? (The local police didn't exactly li...

Facetime

  • Tulip Man(ia): Pick-your-own fest blossoms

    Lisa Provence

    When Jeroen Koeman says he's the Tulip Man, the Madison County resident is just stating a fact. He comes from a line of tulip growers in Holland, where six of his father's eight brothers grow the a...

Letters

  • Time for us to help the Haven

    Letter Writer

    Several years ago, a homeless man died one night from the freezing cold. This mobilized local churches to form a cooperative organization called P.A.C.E.M. On a rotating basis, many churches would pr...


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