Greenwood: EPA leaves Superfund site 27 years after fatal disaster
The most obvious disturbance to the bucolic setting of Mt. Zion Baptist Church is the sound of constant traffic zooming from Interstate 64. Less obvious, but way more disturbing about the location of the little country church: Its next door neighbor is Albemarle's only Superfund site, the designation the Environmental Protection Agency gives the most polluted, most toxic places in America.
October 11th, 2012 issue #1141
Less hazardous: Acme Visible Records gets cleaned
For more than 10 years, a prime commercial/light industrial site in designated-growth-area Crozet has been empty. It turns out there's a reason for that: it's polluted. Related: Greenwood: EPA leaves Superfund site 27 years after fatal disaster
News
Huguely moves: Same day he appeals murder conviction
George Huguely has left the building. On the same day that he filed notice that he would appeal his murder conviction, the state took custody of the 24-year-old inmate. Re...
In Fishersville: Romney rallies troops after debate victory
Fewer than 24 hours after what was widely hailed as a decisive victory over Barack Obama at a nationally televised debate, White House contender Mitt Romney rallied in Fish...
Mead Money: 'Boots' fans push all profs to sup with students
The former students of Ernest "Boots" Mead are a determined lot. They were so enchanted by their time with music professor emeritus Mead outside the classroom that they cre...
No answers: Fatal Augusta fire accidental, cause unknown
A morning fire on Sunday, September 30 that swept through a house in the Augusta County town of Dooms, killing an 11-year-old boy as he slept upstairs, was accidental and s...
Not fade away: Virginia Film Fest announces 25th line-up
Lots of new films are on the bill for the 25th Virginia Film Festival among the 100-plus scheduled, but there's still more to come. Four other headliners for this year's No...
Not practice: Roof of unfinished UVA football center burns
It was the fire that could be seen across town. For a little over an hour Monday, thick black smoke filled the autumn sky over Charlottesville, as the roof of what is to be...
Rape myth: Critics say UVA police sent the wrong message
The fall semester kicked off at UVA with troubling news: two rapes reported in the same week in late September. But additionally disturbing to some sexual assault survivors..
The Dish
Blackballed Moto: Did 'biker bar' hunches doom Saloon?
Across the street from one of the more quiet businesses in town, tombstone retailer W. A. Hartman Memorials on East Market Street, a neighborhood kerfuffle over music came ...
Essays
Power viewing: The 10 best political movies
By Nathan Spicer Note: We picked this week's essay because Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein are coming to the Virginia Film Festival to introduce the film of their Watergat...
Real Estate - On the Block
Broken condos: Barracks West complex sold short
Facetime
Revolutionary: How to film upheaval-- and pick up girls
The filmmaker was living in Argentina in the 1970s, a tumultuous and dangerous place that saw the return of General Juan Perón in 1973, the reign of his widow Isabel Peró...
Letters
The Hook needs colorful, friendly tweaks
Most of your covers and featured articles seem to be about some tragedy or controversy. I'm sure that sells, but there is a lot more going on than those stories. Something ...
UVA BOV-watchers should learn about Kochs
You did an outstanding job on the September 27 issue in your article entitled “Big Pie: Two key Sullivan foes make Forbes billionaire list” for calling out the Koch Bro...
