School daze: Charter school stumped by regs

Nov 24

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The week in review
Most shocking death: UVA student Michelle E. Collier, 20, is found dead in her city apartment November 18. Authorities report no obvious sign of trauma, and a toxicology re...

The Dish

Straight story: Keswick goes the tapas route
Misconceptions die hard. For years, Dish thought an exposed belly was called a mid-drift and that the chorus of Glen Campbell's song from Rhinestone Cowboy was "Country boy...

Essays

Say what? What we mean when we talk
"American women don't wear knickers they're not in style." I was standing on a sidewalk in London, outside our apartment, chatting with my English neighbor. Her eyes open...

Question of the Week

Where are you going for the holidays?
Greg Horridge: "Houston for Thanksgiving to see my relatives-in-law." Lela Graham: "Probably somewhere really warm– either Savannah, Georgia or Key West." Jim Cole...

Real Estate - $old

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ALBEMARLE 7/28 Joseph P. and Rebecca J. Pannazzo to Kevin J. and Danielle L. Kennedy, 0.058 acres at 4770 Blue Jay Way, Briarwood, $248,000. Bruce A. and Mary C. Wi...

Real Estate - On the Block

Look inside: Dull exterior hides gem
ADDRESS: 217 Ninth Street NW NEIGHBORHOOD: 10th Street/West Main ASKING: $279,900 CITY ASSESSMENT: $109,100 YEAR BUILT: 1925 SIZE: 2201 fin. sq. ft. LAND: 0.15 acres CURB ...

Real Estate - Update

Off the Block!
APPEARED IN THE HOOK: July 7, 2005 in issue 0427 ADDRESS: 1331 Oxford Place ASKING: $259,000 SELLING PRICE: $232,000 CITY ASSESSMENT: $133,800 DAYS TO CONTRACT: 70 SELLER'S...

Real Estate Property auctions

Property auctions
November 30 at 1:15pm at the Fluvanna County Courthouse Property: 74 Laguna Road, Knollwood, Lake Monticello Debtor: Lisa M. Bloxsom and Darrell R. Byers Amount owing: $108...

DR. HooK

Let it bleed: Seeing red over blood woes
Some people faint at the sight of blood, which I don't quite understand because we all bleed– some more than others (especially drama queens). Remember the Saturday N...

Movie Reviews

Harry's back: But magic's getting old
In addition to facing the three tasks of the Triwizard Tournament, the revived Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes), and a gossipy tabloid reporter (Miranda Richardson) who keeps...

Music Reviews

MUSIC REVIEW - Pick of the stack: Music lovers' stocking stuffers
Here's a wrap-up of current CDs for you to consider as you plan how to stuff those stockings hung by the chimney with care: Artist: Samantha Album: Square One ...;

News

Bitter fruit: Contaminated soil removed
With streets named Cling, York, and Winesap, Orchard Acres bears witness to Crozet's illustrious peach- and apple-growing history. A less savory reminder of the neighborhoo...
Fallujah: One year later, uneasy calm
FALLUJAH, IRAQ– Mixed emotions are written on Iraqi faces, as Sgt. Mindo Estrella leads a dusty foot patrol of US Marines in Fallujah. Smiles and furtive waves–...
FOIA: Richmond bloggers score award
A conversation about what's wrong with the Richmond music scene evolved into a weblog/watchdog group called Save Richmond– and netted a freedom of information award f...
Hard times: Family stories tell the tale
Normally a Charlottesville-based home inspector, Peter Drenan is on special assignment as a FEMA leader and a Hook stringer. This is the fourth in a series of dispatches fr...
Short tort: One less lawsuit in Greene
Attorney George Dygert has dropped his $750,000 libel suit against Dogwood Valley resident Grant Colby– for now. Dygert non-suited his claim that a letter by Colby ca...

On Architecture

Childless city: Seeing N'awlins as a phoenix
"Imagine a city without children," says New Orleans based architect Stephen Bingler, conjuring an image out of The Twilight Zone. "Recently I drove around New Orlean...

The Brazen Careerist

Bad advice: Don't let it stop you
Entrepreneurship used to be an inclination that festered until a midlife crisis. But the entrepreneurship bug isn't something that hits only in middle age, so why wait that...

Strange But True

Up and down: Plankton check out the surface
DRAWING BY DEBORAH DERR McCLINTOCK Q. It was World War II, and the sonar-operating submarine searchers detected a "false bottom" of the sea that rose toward the surface e...

Facetime

Optimist's club: Bailey tackles touchy subjects
If you're like most people, you probably avoid talking about politics and religion. Well, Charlottesville journalist Ron Bailey isn't most people. In fact, he relishes biot...

Hotseat

Designing woman: Katie Swenson's big ideas
Katie Swenson wanted to be a dancer. She spent six years auditioning (and waitressing) in the Big Apple, where she collaborated with the Blue Man Group and Twyla Tharp's da...

Letters

Writer ignored facts
In response to Judy Coughlin McDavid's letter [November 10: "Peace requires responsibility"] regarding the October 27 story, "Slap happy: Lawsuits bloom in Dogwood Valley,"...

Cultural preview

Uncategorized

Let there be light! Norford's vision realized
Jeff Norford, circa 2004 PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER If the Perkins are Ruckersville royalty when it comes to holiday lights, then Jeff Norford is their Charlottesville equival...
Light your way safely
You have the giant Santa, Rudolph, and 400 strings of lights. But before you go transforming your house into a winter wonderland, take a minute to make sure you set it abla...

Full Stories List for November 24th, 2005 issue #0447

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