November 24th, 2011 issue #1047

November 24th, 2011

  • The road: Death count mounts in Albemarle

    Lisa Provence

    "Let me grab my phone– I'm expecting a victim's family to call." That's Sergeant Sean Hackney on November 17, the morning after the fifth person has died in less than a week on an Albemarle County road. He's operating on an hour-and-a-half of sleep, and all the officers in Albemarle police's traffic unit are working a fatality.

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4Better Or Worse

  • The week in review

    Hook Staff

    Latest George Huguely ruling: A judge says November 18 that defense attorneys may see slain student Yeardley Love's medical records. Biggest issue for UVA students I: The magnolias slated to be cut d...

The Dish

  • Mac back at the Nook

    Dave McNair

    The Nook mac and cheese menu is back and as the weather cools down, you might want to drop in for some warm and cheesy goodness. "People were asking all summer for it," says the Nook's GM Jeff Hale. ...

  • Pho-nomenon: Pop-up to Handsome Boy Noodles (Ten)

    Dave McNair

    Looks like Ten, the fancy Japanese restaurant on the Downtown Mall, is coming down in the world. Down in price, that is, for at least one night in December. On the first Sunday of the month it appear...

  • Pigs & Whiskey at Rapture

    Dave McNair

    What's a pig and whiskey dinner? Well, at Rapture on the Downtown Mall it means chef Chris Humphrey will be putting his own special spin on ham hocks, smoked pork, and braised pork belly, while Smoot...

  • Spice trade on West Main

    Dave McNair

    The Main Street Market, more commonly known at the "purple building" on West Main Street (Hey, what about just calling it the Purple Market?), welcomed a new shop recently: The Spice Diva.

  • Tavern sets closing date as Dec. 24

    Hawes Spencer

    The Tavern, that venerable Emmet Street breakfast place where "students, tourists, and townpeople meet," has set its departure date: Saturday, December 24. The Christmas Eve closing has been revealed...

Question of the Week

Real Estate - $old

  • Discounted deal on Garth

    Samantha Masone

    10/7/11 Albemarle R B C Bank USA to Onyx Tenth LLC, 1701 Bundoran Drive, $1,850,000 Owen & Rachel Norment to Guy & Joan Barnocky, 1247 Courtyard Drive, $324,000

Real Estate - On the Block

Real Estate Property auctions

  • Property auctions

    Hook Staff

    November 29 at noon at the Albemarle Courthouse Property: 5412 Louisa Road, 5406 Louisa Road, 5400 Louisa Road, Keswick Debtors: Lee Real Property Holdings LLC, Timothy R. and Deborah R. Lee, Cismont...

Art Features

  • Curve-vase-ious: Ross bends clay and opens mouths

    Laura Parsons

    The passion of an 18-year-old is a force of nature. At that age, everything feels urgent, and new discoveries prompt fervent devotion. I felt that way about Georgia O’Keefe. I could not get enough ...

DR. HooK

  • Brusha brusha: Healthy teeth mean healthy heart

    John Hong

    Austin Powers has the worst teeth. Mike Myers plays this shaggy English spy who is somehow a lady’s man. I don’t know why anyone would kiss someone with such bad teeth. I’d fear getting a yeast...

Movie Reviews

News

On Architecture

  • Rice Hall: UVA cuts ribbon on $65 million smart building

    Hawes Spencer

    UVA officials cut the ribbon Friday morning on a $65 million building that can provide real-time reports on its own utility usage while educating the next wave of brainiacs. The November 18 event cel...

  • Snooky's owner wins right to remove cedar shakes

    Hawes Spencer

    One of the Downtown Mall's more unusual façades may soon change, now that the Board of Architectural Review has, at its November 15 meeting, approved the removal of the expanse of cedar shakes that ...

The Brazen Careerist

  • Get creative: Use bad times to spark genius

    Penelope Trunk

    I’ve found that bad situations get creative juices flowing. And I’ve come to appreciate the bad times; they give us unique opportunities to find our best ideas. Here are some situations to keep a...

Sports Doctor

Strange But True

  • Killer bees! Insects help armies wage war

    Bill and Rich Sones

    Q. You know about warring humankind “letting loose the dogs of war," but how about "the bugs of war"? –D. PetraeusA. Fifty years ago, following the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik, the U.S...

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  • Table of contents

    Courteney Stuart

    COVERDeadly roadsWith 19 traffic fatalities on Albemarle County roads this year, 2011 is the deadliest year for local drivers in recent memory, and the perilous holiday season is still to come. What ...

  • Two more: Fatalities mount on county roads

    Lisa Provence

    The death toll on Albemarle roads continues, with two more people dead, adding up to five fatalities in less than a week, none of them wearing seatbelts. Scottsville Road was the scene of the latest ...