HookCast for April 5, 2007
Apr 4th 3:20pm
by lindsay
Eugene Williams loosens his tie, Violent incidents spur dress debate, Sudoku!
ON THIS WEEK�S COVER:
Tectonic shift: Eugene Williams loosens his tie
Dogwood Housing founder Eugene Williams scoffed at the conventional wisdom that put poor people in the projects.
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See Tim McGraw in Nelson County… for $295
Apr 3rd 4:27pm
by lindsay
Want to see country superstar Tim McGraw but don't feel like going all the way to a big city? You're in luck! The two-time Grammy winner is coming to the Oak Ridge Estate in Nelson County for a one-time-only special concert Thursday, July 26.
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Cardinals fall in semi-finals
Mar 30th 6:13pm
by Hawes Spencer
Despite an optimistic outlook, Charlottesville's 2nd best-known basketball team was knocked out of the Final Four earlier today.
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Ben Folds returns to town
Mar 30th 3:57pm
by Hawes Spencer
For the first time in a dozen years, college circuit rock star Ben Folds is coming to Charlottesville. His first and only appearance until tomorrow's free show at UVA was April 13, 1995.
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Magic Bus: CTS fares disappear for UVA students, staff, and faculty
Mar 30th 3:37pm
by Dave McNair
The City seems to have learned this lesson from offering a free trolley route ( began as the "HooBus"), which faced some opposition when it was proposed, but has since become the most traveled CTS City route, shuttling nearly 1,080 riders a day from the University to the Downtown Mall–to borrow from a local car dealership, "Everybody r
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Arrests, hoax revealed in bomb scare
Mar 29th 5:38pm
by Courteney Stuart
An anarchy symbol with a red dripping stain, a dark-colored tube taped to a post, and a white cylinder with what appear to be protruding wires are among the evidence discovered outside Brownsville Elementary School and Henley Middle School in western Albemarle County on Tuesday, March 27.
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Brownsville and Henley get through the day after
Mar 28th 6:32pm
by Hawes Spencer
"Thank you all for being here," said one teacher this morning at Henley Middle School as she entered the building at 8:15am amid five Albemarle police cruisers and a similar number of uniformed officers– a bigger-than-normal police presence at the school to ensure a normal day.
"They just want us here for parent and student comfort," said Sergeant Scott Cox, as the sun shone on a quiet morning at the Crozet-area public s
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HookCast for March 29, 2007
Mar 28th 3:35pm
by lindsay
Charges of racism on Corner, No more Rescue Squad?, 'Fearless Consumer' says goodbye
ON THIS WEEK�S COVER:
Dressing Down: Was this bar speaking in Code?
Are big, baggy clothes bad news? Owners of Jaberwoke restaurant on the Corner recently decided the answer is yes. People sporting such duds, they claim, are more likely to be rude to staff and start fights in their establishment.
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Help bring home the Bacon!
Mar 28th 3:00pm
by Courteney Stuart
Just two months after being diagnosed with neurodegenerative disease Multiple Sclerosis, a local woman is on the brink of winning $10,000 for MS research through a national fundraising competition sponsored by Kevin Bacon.
The contest, called Six Degrees after the trivia game "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon," relies on the number of donations rather than the size.
Robin Maxwell, a 38-year-old triathlete and mother of two,
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Teixeira: ‘Disrupt’ not ‘blow up’
Mar 27th 5:52pm
Doors managers here tonight, tomorrow
Mar 27th 3:36pm
by Hawes Spencer
Despite helping cement their role in music history, Bill Siddons may always face second-guessing over his management of the Doors, the late 1960s rock and blues band whose albums have sold over
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Police detonate suspicious packages at Brownsville, Henley
Mar 27th 2:00pm
Sergeant: envelope and cylinder created bomb threat
Mar 27th 9:44am
by Hawes Spencer
"We are involved in a bomb threat this morning," says County spokesperson Lee Catlin, who hastily convened a press conference after "suspicious circumstances" at Henley Middle and Brownsville Elementary disrupted the academic day.
Albemarle police Sergeant Scott Cox escorted media over to the nearby Moose Lodge and revealed that the two things found around 7:15 this morning were an envelope and a cylinder.
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‘Suspicious circumstances’ close two schools
Mar 27th 9:10am
by Hawes Spencer
The Crozet area is in an uproar this morning, as two county schools have been closed and their students "diverted" after reports of suspicious packages found at both Henley Middle and Brownsville Elementary.
Traffic is snarled, and County spokesperson Lee Catlin confirms that the side-by-side schools along Route 250 have been "sealed off" behind a "perimeter" due to what Catlin would describe only as "suspicious circumstances."
More as it develops from the Hook's reporter on the scene.
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Cardinals to Final Four
Mar 26th 5:08pm
by Courteney Stuart
Charlottesville's best known basketball team might have been knocked out of the running for a national title, but our city still has a chance at hoops glory thanks to the Cardinals, Charlottesville's wheelchair basketball champs.
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Whitehead gives Moran some Constitutional advice
Mar 26th 4:55pm
by Lisa Provence
Rutherford Institute founder John Whitehead has gotten phone calls from parents concerned that Albemarle County schools combat underage drinking by forcing parents to promise to snitch on their kids if they want to play athletics.
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Grand opening for downtown transit center
Mar 26th 3:17pm
by sgilliam
Despite sounds of construction and yellow caution tape, the downtown Charlottesville Transit Center is celebrated its grand opening today.
The $6.5 million facility was initiated in February 2003 as part of the East End Downtown Mall Improvemen
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Stewart brings stand-up to JPJ
Mar 26th 11:28am
by lindsay
In 2004, "Thomas Jefferson" did Jon Stewart the favor of writing the foreword to America (The Book), a spoof of high school civics textbooks as written by Stewart and his cohorts at The Daily Show. Now, Stewart will return the favor when he comes to Mr.
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Hook, T-D take top journo prizes
Mar 25th 7:10am
by Hawes Spencer
The Hook and the Richmond Times-Dispatch are the winners of the Virginia Press Association's highest honor, the VPA Award for Journalistic Integrity and Community Service, awarded last night at the Association's annual meeting in Norfolk.
The Times-Dispatch won for stories about a hurricane, local jail conditions, and the aftermath of war.
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O’Connor’s team soars in 1st ACC test at home
Mar 23rd 10:08pm
by Eric
Friday evenings at Davenport field this season have been a relaxing, calm atmosphere to watch Virginia baseball. Not tonight. The first ACC series of the season brought an intense anticipation to the stadium that fans haven�t seen yet this year, and the Cavaliers delivered by defeating Miami 4-1.
ââ?¬Å?Our players are playing very aggressively in all facets of the game ââ?¬â??
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Jaberwoke undresses
Mar 22nd 4:26pm
by Courteney Stuart
A week after Corner-area eatery Jaberwoke was accused of racism for its new dress code, its customers are free once more to dress as they please.
"The dress code is gone," Jaberwoke restaurant co-owner Anderson McClure declared yesterday afternoon during an at times contentious public meeting on the issue at the restaurant.
This follows a
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HookCast for March 22, 2007
Mar 21st 3:38pm
by lindsay
Is America ready for Trevor Moore?, Short story contest winner, Turn in your kid?
ON THIS WEEK�S COVER:
Is America ready for Moore? Trevor sure hopes so
A decade ago, Trevor Moore was a wisecracking teenager with a popular sketch comedy show on Charlottesville public access that towed the line between good and bad taste.
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Camblos seeks 5th term
Mar 21st 3:05pm
Gillen to coach South Florida?
Mar 20th 3:31pm
by lindsay
Two years after he resigned as UVA men's basketball coach– and days after he crossed paths with his former team at the NCAA Tournament in Columbus, Ohio, where he was broadcasting the games for radio network Wes
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Trevor Moore goes nationwide with Whitest Kids
Mar 20th 9:27am
by lindsay
Remember the Charlottesville public access cult hit sketch comedy program The Trevor Moore Show? The one that featured a plucky teenager doing everything from paling around with a "Giant Walkin' Talkin' Box" to reenacting scenes from Hamlet with roadkill?
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Williams vacates WINA’s “Best Seat”
Mar 19th 5:55pm
by lindsay
After a nine-year career that began when he was a student at UVA, WINA sportscaster and talk show host Jed Williams will vacate his "Best Seat in the House" Monday, March 26 to start a new gig on WNSP 105.5, a Mobile, Alabama, affiliate of ESPN Radio.
Williams says that while he's reluctant to leave Charlotte
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Scam takes UVA student for $3,660
Mar 19th 7:00am
by Hawes Spencer
The Cavalier Daily is reporting this morning that another Virginia college student has fallen prey to the "overpaid apartment scam," which the Hook's Fearless Consumer wrote about last week.
Here's how it works.
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UVA loses a heartbreaker to Tennessee
Mar 18th 1:43pm
by lindsay
This year's NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament has had no shortage of close finishes and today's second round match up between UVA and Tennessee proved no exception, as the Volunteers beat the Cavaliers by a score of 77-74.
In what was a constant back and forth affair, Sean Singletary sunk two free throws to bring the Cavaliers within two p
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CARS not budget beneficiary
Mar 16th 4:43pm
by Lisa Provence
When Charlottesville announced its biggest-ever budget, the city pointed out that close to $1 million would be used to supplement the Charlottesville Albemarle Rescue Squad with an ambulance and staff.
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UVA stomps Albany in first round of NCAA Tourney
Mar 16th 2:00pm
by lindsay
In an impressive show of dominance where other teams of its caliber have failed, the UVA men's basketball team impounded the Great Danes of the University of Albany, 84-57, in their first-round game of the NCAA tournament.
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Beebe gets 18 months in 1984 battery
Mar 15th 6:27pm
by Courteney Stuart
Before he was led away in handcuffs, a new image of William N. Beebe emerged this afternoon at the Charlottesville Circuit Courthouse as friends described a man recovering from addiction and working tirelessly to help others do the same. The 43-year old, who pleaded guilty last year to felony sexual battery, was sentenced today to spend 18 months behind bars for an attack at a UVA fraternity house nearly 23 years ago.
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HookCast for March 15, 2007
Mar 15th 9:33am
by lindsay
Lit-a-palooza, Fit in four minutes?, Bella Morte singer quits
ON THIS WEEK�S COVER:
Lit-a-palooza: Top picks from the other March Madness
It's that time of year: spring is in the air, and book lovers cram into every inch of available meeting space in town.
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The Code Pink arrests, week 4
Mar 14th 5:06pm
by Lisa Provence
For the fourth Wednesday in a row, demonstrators gathered inside and out of U.S. Representative Virgil Goode's Charlottesville office to protest increased funding for the war in Iraq.
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U-Hall still thrills
Mar 14th 4:29pm
by Dave McNair
After the Harlem Globetrotters dazzle the crowd at JPJ on Friday night, not forgotten U-Hall will be dazzling local teens as it serves as the venue for "More ball at U-Hall," a 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament hosted by the
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Pavilion shows cards: Raitt, Randolph, O.A.R., Gill & Grant
Mar 13th 2:15pm
by Vijith Assar
There may be a pearl or two inside that giant white clamshell: on Tuesday morning, the Charlottesville Pavilion announced part of its schedule for the 2007 season.
The first scheduled show is a free performance by pedal steel guitar phenom Robert Randolph (who did an extensive interview with The Hook last April in antici
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Lunsford to challenge Camblos
Mar 13th 2:00pm
by Courteney Stuart
For the first time in two elections, Albemarle Commonwealth's attorney Jim Camblos, a Republican, may have competition on the ballot, if he decides to run for reelection in November.
At noon, in front of the Albemarle County Courthouse, defense attorney Denise Lunsford, a Democrat and mother of three children, officially tossed her hat into the ring, revealing that she has personally dealt with a violent crime and pro
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It’s official…Dave Matthews is a somebody
Mar 13th 1:58pm
by Dave McNair
And you can be one, too, if you read The Nation. As the image at left shows, Matthews has lent his visage to the lefty mag's new subscription efforts, which feature various "somebodies" reading the magazine.
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Earlysville farmer challenges NFL ref for BOS
Mar 13th 10:59am
by Lisa Provence
Tis the season for candidates to toss their hats into local races, and Earlysville cattle farmer/teacher Ann Mallek officially kicked off her campaign today for the White Hall seat on the Albemarle Board of Supervisors currently held by David Wyant.
Mallek, 56, mentioned
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UVA gets Albany in first round of NCAA Tourney
Mar 11th 5:41pm
by lindsay
Despite losing its last two games, a 20-win regular season was more than enough to secure the UVA men's basketball team a bid in this year's NCAA Tournament. As revealed this evening, the Cavaliers are the #4 seed in the South region and will face the Albany Great Danes in the first round in Columbus, Ohio on Friday.
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What you missed last night…
Mar 10th 2:29pm
by Hawes Spencer
For those unaccustomed to the sights, sounds, and even the smells of monster truck competition, last night was a moment of Charlottesville history.
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