The Liar's Club: Keeping the wild history of White Hall alive
Nazi POWs picking peaches in Crozet? Check. An Albemarle County farm boy surrounded by Ethiopian tribesmen carrying spears? Believe it. The Albemarle County area called White Hall might not look like much more than bucolic countryside for those just driving through, but folks stopping at historic Wyant's Store any weekday morning may learn that things aren't always as they appear– and, if they listen up, they'll hear some wild stories being told by a group of men who call themselves the Liar's Club.
January 31st, 2013 issue #1205
News
Hey, we thought they flocked together, but this juvenile swan joining Canada geese at Beaver Creek Reservoir in Crozet apparently didn't get that memo. The Wildlife Center ...
Dead or alive: The Hook's legislative watch
Week 3 of the General Assembly and suddenly redistricting is a hot topic, putting Virginia on the national map– and on the Colbert Report– with the Senate Repub...
Flu season: 3 deaths reported at UVA Medical Center
An already bad flu season has turned worse with three flu-related deaths reported at UVA Medical Center. One of those was well-regarded architectural photographer Philip Be...
Rare openings: Treasurer, commissioner of revenue up for grabs
Commonwealth's attorney and sheriff are the better known constitutional officers; treasurer and commissioner of revenue– not so much. In the next year, each of these ...
Surprise redistricting: Local GOP delegates mum about controversy
Business for the day had already concluded in Richmond on January 21– Martin Luther King, Jr. Day– when Republican senators took advantage of the absence of a D...
The Dish
Groceryland: Albemarle Square gets fresh
Yes, Charlottesville, you will soon have yet another grocery store option, as the North Carolina-based gourmet grocery store chain The Fresh Market is set to open on Februa..
Essays
Blogger Waldo Jaquith was at the Virginia State Capitol on Monday, January 21, when Republican senators passed a controversial redistricting bill. This is his account of th...
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