Blenheim brouhaha: She Sherwood like her name back

Dec 16

Making a stink and taking names: Millionaire develops farmettes... and pigpen A Wall Street Journal ad announcing the sale of a "4,000 acre planned equestrian plantation" caught JoAnn McGrath's eye. The ad, offering tracts ranging from 22 to 400+ acres, seemed to answer the burning question in her Scottsville-area neighborhood: Why has telecom magnate Thomas Sullivan– despite a 150-signature petition against it– been so determined to widen and pave historic Blenheim Road?

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The week in review

The Dish

Corks poppin': Fellini's #9 reinvents history
Barring unexpected construction delays, the new and much-anticipated Fellini's No. 9 should be open for dinner at 5pm on Friday, December 17. Restaurant owner Jackie Dunkle...

Essays

Get it over with: Abolish our rights sooner, not later
Go ahead– overturn Roe v. Wade, take away emergency contraception, take away our birth control pills. Do it now, because I can't stand it anymore– can't stand t...

Question of the Week

Do you plan to attend The Paramount this season?
INTERVIEWS AND PHOTOS BY JEN FARIELLO Caroline Benzing: "Yes. I'm looking forward to classic Hollywood cinema and foreign and independent films being showcased in ...

Real Estate - $old

$old
10/27 John R. and Sally H. Lineweaver to Frank J. and Ann B. Messina, 3966 Red Hill School Road, Red Hill, J. M. Estes Estates, North Garden, $180,000. Grayrock LLC ...

Real Estate - Commercial Construction Permits

Commercial construction permits
ALBEMARLE 12/01/04 Albemarle Housing Associates LT, free standing sign 30 sq. ft., $600. James P. and Rebecca T. Craig, mobile office trailer, no cost. PJP Building...

Real Estate - On the Block

Easy riders: Convenient condos curb commute
ADDRESS: 1105-W Druid Avenue ASKING: $ 239,500 BUILDING: 1787 fin. sq. ft, 284 sq. ft. unfin. (garage) LAND: 0.0 acres YEAR BUILT: 2004 NEIGHBORHOOD: Belmont CURB APPEAL: 6...

Real Estate - Update

Update- Still Available
What happened to "on the blocks" of the past? APPEARED IN THE HOOK : February 19, 2004 in issue 0307 ADDRESS: 500 Rookwood Place, Ednam Forest ASKING: Price reduced to...

Real Estate Property auctions

Property Auctions
December 20, at 8am, at the Albemarle County Courthouse Property: 2033 Commonwealth Drive Debtor: Clifford and Wanda B. Strother Amount owing: unknown Bidder brings: 10 pe...

DR. HooK

Thoughtless: The plague of second-hand smoke
Grandma Walton said something like, "If God intended people to smoke, He would have put chimney tops on our heads." I don't remember much about The Waltons, but I do rememb...

Movie Reviews

2004 in REVIEW- Reality takes a big bite
If a trend could be seen in this year's movies– and the first thing they teach in journalism school is trend-spotting– it was toward documentary and biographica...
Delightful: 'Lemony' keeps its pledge
While the debate rages about how young a child can be to watch Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events without being traumatized for life, the real question should ...

Music Reviews

Ain't gonna fall: A low-key sort of evening
Hard Rainat Dürty Nelly'sSaturday, December 11 Saturday night, December 11, was a bleak one, where even the usual drunken revelers who lunge by my car window as I make my...
Worldly: Zap Mama does it right
>>Zap Mama: Ancestry In Progress (Luaka Bop) In a strange twist on the spirit of the season, I ran into a friend last week who invited me to boycott big spendi...

News

Capshaw's makeover: Old SNL building gets facelift
PHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO Developer Coran Capshaw's renovation of the SNL building at the corner of Fourth and West Main streets on the Downtown Mall was well under way...
Cross our heart: New Mall route raises concerns
In the mid-'90s it took two years and several fiery public hearings for Lee Danielson to win approval of a Mall crossing on Second Street in front of his Regal Cinema. But ...
Fashion police: Robb now mum on new uniforms
Several state sheriffs' departments are ditching their traditional brown shirt and tan trousers for more fashionable, less polyester attire. According to the December 8 Was...
Gay bashing? Hedge fund manager to appeal
The complainant said he was the victim of a hate crime against gays. The defense called it a case of mistaken identity. And the judge ordered children to leave the courtroo...
Kid fun: New biz offers indoor options
Just in time for the holidays, a new business hopes to turn Water Street to whines. That's actually good news for parents who are looking for indoor– but out-of-the-h...
One-stop shop: Paramount to sell others' tickets
Although Tony Bennett grabbed the big headlines, one silent piece of the Paramount puzzle holds the promise of one-stop shopping for Charlottesville show-goers. Right now i...

The Brazen Careerist

Summer internships: Start your search now
Students who want a job or internship in June need to start looking in the winter. Those who wait until spring to search set themselves up to be bottom feeders in the job m...

Sports Doctor

SPORTS WRAP
Best Hollywood Performance: Tandem Friends round-baller Matt Meriwether has a storybook night in the December 11 contest against Trinity High, scoring 36 points– half...

Strange But True

Sleep on it: Watery messages come at night
DRAWING BY DEBORAH DERR McCLINTOCK Q. Tease your brain with this one: What one word does the following sequence represent? H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O. Clue: Think out o...

Facetime

Robot parade: Rat to cat to elephant size
The Jetsons were lucky enough to be able to palm off their housekeeping tasks on Rosie the Robot. We're not yet that technically advanced, but Paul Perrone wants to close t...

Hotseat

Siren call: Julian Taliaferro fired up by job
Striding past gleaming red fire trucks toward his office at department headquarters on Ridge Street, Charlottesville Fire Chief Julian Taliaferro exudes a certain, well, ch...

Letters

Brazen's right to X xmas
Thank you for having the nerve to print the Brazen Careerist piece on Skipping Christmas [December 9, 2004]. I'm sure you will receive 101 comments against the article. As ...
Fearless omitted facts
I have always felt that the Fearless Consumer column portrayed a fair and impartial view of consumer problems. However, in her November 25, 2004 column, "Taking the heat: T...
Sobel deserves riches
I loved Eliezer Sobel's "Making the Leap" piece [Essay, November 25, 2004] in the Hook. Thanks for running it, and please thank Mr. Sobel. You could also give him more work...
Trunk's idea extreme
In her December 9 column entitled "Skipping Christmas: Erase holiday from the office," Penelope Trunk urges employers to do away with all holiday-related celebration. Appar...

Cultural preview

Cultural calendar, December 16-22, 2004
THURSDAY, December 16 WALKABOUT Sing-a-Round: Do-re-mi for the holidays at the annual caroling night at Central Place on the Downtown Mall. Meet ...

Full Stories List for December 16th, 2004 issue #0350

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