Rect-urrection: How will Dragas foes cope with her victory?
Has there ever been a University of Virginia rector as reviled as Helen Dragas, the woman who united students, faculty, and alums in calling for her head following her failed ouster of President Teresa Sullivan last June? And yet, on January 30, the reappointment of this seemingly Teflon-coated Virginia Beach businesswoman sailed through confirmation in the General Assembly with a final 63-33 House of Delegates seal of approval.
February 7th, 2013 issue #1206
News
California leavin'? Baldi gets hearing
A month after his San Francisco arrest on embezzlement charges stemming from Charlottesville accounting work, former Bel Rio owner Jim Baldi will appear in a California cou...
Dead or alive: The Hook's legislative watch
During Week 4 of the General Assembly, crossover day looms and both houses work to get their bills passed– or not– while Supreme Court Justice Harry Lee Carrico...
Dumler pleads: Supe gets 30 days for sexual battery
Albemarle County Supervisor Christopher Dumler pleaded guilty to misdemeanor sexual battery in Albemarle County General District Court on Thursday morning January 31. He wi...
Innovation boom: Batten Institute gives local entrepreneurs a boost
Last year, the first-ever Tom Tom Founders Festival kicked off with a community pitch night that brought $1,000 to the audience's favorite business proposal. This year, the...
Kroger gun-toter: Misguided stunt, says mom
The identity of the 22-year old man who walked into the Kroger grocery store on Emmet Street carrying a loaded AR-15 rifle was withheld by police, given that he broke no la...
Ram tough: Allard made a Super Bowl commercial
Out of nowhere, longtime National Geographic photographer and Afton resident William Albert Allard got a phone call from California about a month ago– about making a ...
It's become something of a tradition for the Hook to snag a photo of the winter jasmine in bloom below Carr's Hill on University Avenue as a bellwether of Spring, sort of o...
The Dish
Food trucks: Are more regs needed?
For some time now, mobile food trucks have been a part of our culinary landscape, rolling up at various and varied private locations, offering everything from organic dough...
Essays
Road to nowhere: Western Bypass must be stopped
By James E. Rich The General Assembly is currently considering proposals to raise significant new revenues for transportation in the Commonwealth. Many hardworking Virginia...
Up and armed: A day at the gun show
By Wick Hunt I anticipate that a trip to the Fishersville Gun and Knife show on January 27 at the Augusta Expo will be a visual, and therefore photographic, cornucopia so I...
