Biscuit Run bonanza: How Hunter Craig turned a donation into a windfall
Hunter Craig has a way of snatching victory from defeat. Craig's masterstrokes in the field and in the courtroom follow a tumultuous year for the now 52-year-old media-shy banker, developer, and UVA Board of Visitors member. In May 2012, he withstood a publicized effort to remove him from the bank he helped launch. Two months earlier, one of his children was diagnosed with cancer. While arranging for the girl's treatment, Craig suddenly found himself near the center of what became known as "UVA June."
May 2nd, 2013 issue #1218
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'Admitted' behavior: Judge denies Dumler motion
Unlike his last appearance in court as a defendant, a freshly shaved Chris Dumler came before a judge April 29 seeking to have the petition for his removal from the Albemar...
Appeal granted: Huguely gets hearing on possible trial errors
Three years ago, lacrosse players George W. Huguely V and Yeardley Love were getting ready to graduate from the University of Virginia. That plan changed early May 3, 2010,...
Charged up: UVA unveils C'ville's first electric station
A little over two years ago, UVA student Kyle Smalkowski founded the student organization START, Sustainable Transportation Advancement and Research Team, with hopes that t...
Garden week on Hartman's Mill Road
Historic Garden Week is in full swing, and there are plenty of lush gardens all over town that are not on the official tour. Asher Conn's profusion of tulips and creeping p...
Hip-hope: Annex fighting perceptions
The recent shooting outside the Elks Lodge on the Downtown Mall, which holds regular Friday night dance parties that cater to the African-American community, left two party...
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Gameday: Former Cav to open sports bar
As a 6-foot-one, 248-pound linebacker for UVA, Merrill Robertson played alongside Angelo Crowell between 1999 and 2001, and according to his UVA bio, made an "immediate imp...
Sweet addition: Pearl's comes to West Main
Cupcakes, cookies, macaroons, muffins, tarts, croissants…you can't swing a rolling pin these days without hitting a sweet shop somewhere in town. Come May 6, you'll...
Lefties take aim: How locavores are the new gun nuts
By Andrew Potter
