April 14th, 2011 issue #1015

April 14th, 2011

4Better Or Worse

  • The week in review

    Hook Staff

    Worst commute: An overturned tractor-trailer on I-64 east of Charlottesville April 12 grinds the morning traffic to a standstill. Speediest way over Afton Mountain: A VDOT study proposes $51-million ...

Editor's Note

  • On the Block returns

    Hawes Spencer

    In this issue, our "On the Block" real estate column returns after a two-week hiatus. It was written for over a year by Sarah Jacobson with Susan Langenkamp filling in for the month of March. In this...

The Dish

Essays

Real Estate - $old

  • Property transfers

    Rosalind Warfield-Brown

    ALBEMARLE8/10Judith M. Cangialosi to Harold W. Hodson Jr., 522 Jester Lane, Camelot, $205,500.Isabelle B. Kaye, trustee, to Judith Cangialosi, condominium unit at 1178 Partridge Lane, Branchlands Ret...

Real Estate - On the Block

  • Space galore: Hidden Forest offers grand retreat

    Samantha Masone

    Address: 260 Forestvue DriveNeighborhood: Hidden Forest, EarlysvilleAsking: $745,000Assessment: $702,200Year Built: 2006Size: 3027 fin. sq. ft./2075 unfin.Land: 4.94 acresCurb Appeal: 7 out of 10List...

Real Estate - Update

  • Still available

    Erin Davison

    APPEARED IN THE HOOK: May 06, 2010 in issue 0918 of the HookADDRESS: 32 Old Farm Road, BellairASKING PRICE:  $982,000 (was $1,090,000)ASSESSMENT: $902,700SELLER'S AGENT: Tommy Brannock, Real Est...

Real Estate Property auctions

  • Property auctions

    Hook Staff

    April 14 at 2:15pm at the Albemarle County Courthouse Property: 1776 Old Lynchburg Road Debtor: James S. Mclinay and Mary L. Mclinay Amount owing: unknown Bidder brings: 10 percent sale price Info: N...

Art Features

DR. HooK

Movie Reviews

Music Features

  • Beleza, but not Brazil: Funkalicious duo finds its rhythm

    Stephanie Garcia

    When they brought their delicious and danceable Brazilian-inspired samba, blues, and funk to Charlottesville in the mid 2000s, husband and wife duo Madeline and Humberto Sales of Beleza Brazil were s...

  • Viral video: Somehow Mann has succeeded without one

    Vijith Assar

    Former Richmonder Aimee Mann started out in a new-wave band and indulged a few solid alt-rock tendencies on her 1993 solo debut, but she had started down the long road of maturing into a folk-pop son...

News

  • Big wrecks: Should interstate detours get traffic cops?

    Hawes Spencer

    UVA football games, Charlottesville running races, and even the recent Dogwood Festival get the benefit of police officers directing traffic. So why didn't the massive tie-up that snarled Pantops for...

  • Help Morwenna Lasko and Jay Pun score a gig at Bonnaroo

    Vijith Assar

    Now that Facebook is officially the most popular site on the internet, we're just pleased as punch that you're spending your time with our humble readthehook.com.

  • Locked doors: Two witnesses contradict Huguely's alibi

    Lisa Provence

    A judge certified six felony charges against former UVA lacrosse player George Huguely for the murder of fellow student-athlete and sometime girlfriend Yeardley Love in a nine-hour, packed-courtroom ...

  • On track: Wagner's latest film rides high

    Courteney Stuart

    From political strife in Tibet to Irish dancing to America's polio epidemic, documentary filmmaker Paul Wagner has followed his diverse interests and turned them into award winning films. His latest ...

  • Trump towers: Kluge vineyards go to The Donald

    Lisa Provence

    At times bidding in increments of $10,000, Donald Trump won the parcels containing Kluge Estate Winery and Vineyard for $6.21 million, with the remainder of the Kluge holdings going to a developer ...

On Architecture

  • Stellar cellar: Keswick gets decadent at Treble

    Dave McNair

    “I have lived temperately....I double the doctor's recommendation of a glass and a half of wine each day and even treble it with a friend.” - Thomas Jefferson Keswick Hall, the 48-room boutique h...

The Brazen Careerist

Sports Doctor

  • Pop (up) quiz: Knock it out of the park

    Juanita Giles

    Considering the futility of psychoanalyzing Manny Ramirez, Tiger Woods, or the Boston Red Sox, and since we all need to have some fun, how about a quiz? I feel pretty good about anything th...

Strange But True

  • Feline fix: Catnip helps Fluffy feel groovy, man

    Bill and Rich Sones

    Q. Elephants have been known to gorge themselves on fermented fruits, parrots become more talkative after sipping alcoholic beverages, and one dog that lived near a brewery would often drink beer ins...

Online only

  • Senate hopeful Kaine defends Soering transfer try

    Hawes Spencer

    In his first press conference as a U.S. Senate hopeful, former governor Tim Kaine defends his attempt to transfer convicted murderer Jens Soering back to Germany. The Lynchburg News & Advance has...

Letters

  • Incident not anti-Semitism

    Letter Writer

    You recent reported an incident where two students in the night-time ran off with another student's flag of Israel which hung outside his door. [April 7: "4Better or Worse"] You reported this as an i...

Full Stories List for April 14th, 2011 issue #1015

Art Features

DR. HooK

Editor's Note

Essays

News

Cover Stories

Green Home

Letters

Movie Reviews

Real Estate Property auctions

Real Estate - $old

Real Estate - On the Block

Real Estate - Update

Sports Doctor

Strange But True

Black and White

The Brazen Careerist

Photophile

Online only

4Better Or Worse

The Dish

On Architecture

Music Features