October 25th, 2012 issue #1143
October 25th, 2012
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Living in the shadow: As Samantha Clarke's family mourns, a suspect claims police harassment
Every day brings fresh torment for Barbara Tinder. "I keep expecting her to walk in the door," says the 37-year-old town of Orange resident, who has spent the last two years anguished over the disappearance of her teenaged daughter, Samantha Clarke, who was last seen in September 2010.
4Better Or Worse
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The week in review
Biggest bombshell: Albemarle Supervisor Christopher Dumler, who represents the Scottsville district, is arrested for forcible sodomy October 18.
The Dish
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From Russia with love: New restaurant/nightclub comes to Preston
Attempts to revive the former Outback Lodge location on Preston Avenue seem to have been going on ever since the former roadhouse/restaurant closed in 2009. For a brief tim... -
Separate checks? UVA students create Foodio app
Okay, so maybe this new food ordering app that a couple of twenty-something UVA students came up with doesn't address a major issue, but it does eliminate one annoying thin...
Essays
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25th time's the charm: An exuberant eye for the Film Festival
The 25th annual Virginia Film Festival will take place November 1-4. I have been blessed to watch it from the beginning. On October 27th, 1988, The Virginia Festival ...
Question of the Week
Real Estate - $old
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Cool quotient factor in Fry's Spring sale
7/13/12 Albemarle Shiflett Farm LLC to NVR, Inc., 517 Jonna Street, $100,000 ...
Real Estate Property auctions
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Property auctions
October 30 at noon at the Albemarle Courthouse Property: 9099 Dick Woods Road, Afton Debtor: Ashton R. Critzer Original amount owing: $309,600 Bidder brings: $21,600...
Movie Reviews
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Nursing robot: Futuristic companion not quite the real thing
Robot & Frank tells the story of relationship between a retired burglar and a household appliance more relentless than an alarm clock. Frank is a man who lives alone ...
Music Features
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Avett Brothers: Young and not in the way
Just a little over a year after they last performed for a sellout crowd, the Avett Brothers returned to Charlottesville's nTelos Wireless Pavilion on a perfect fall night, ... -
Counting platinum: After a decade, Crows return to town
“You owe your audience a really passionate concert every night, so I want to come out and play my a— off,” says Adam Duritz, front man for Counting Crows, a fixture i...
Contents
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Table of contents
COVERGrief and suspicionTwo years after Orange teen Samantha Clarke disappeared, her family still desperately wants answers, and they think Randy Taylor may have them. Poli...
News
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103 strong: Scottsville's Thacker celebrates 103rd birthday
By Bill Tucker Two hundred and sixty-seven years ago, before there was a Charlottesville or a Washington, DC, there was a Scottsville, Virginia. Through the years, the town... -
Bail set: Dumler must raise $50K and forfeit alcohol
As he did a day earlier, County Supervisor-turned-felony arrestee Christopher Dumler shifted uneasily in his chair and mustered an approximation of a smile as he stared int... -
Dumler arrested: County Supervisor charged with forcible sodomy
Self-employed lawyer and Albemarle County supervisor Christopher J. Dumler has been jailed and charged with sexual assault and felony forcible sodomy over an allegation tha... -
Fall on the Lawn
A recent misty morning gave the UVA Lawn a chance to shine. -
Free Springsteen: Boss rocks Obama vote with free concert
A music superstar already in town for an arena show decided to rock the Central Virginia electorate by giving a free Tuesday afternoon solo acoustic concert in the nTelos W... -
Hogan's a hero? President Sullivan and BOV name new COO
A business executive with longtime ties to Charlottesville and the University of Virginia has been tapped as the University's new chief operating officer. The announcement ... -
Martin's marker: UVA heralds its most celebrated former slave
A new book may be calling out the cruelty of the plantation masters, but one former Monticello resident is getting some decidedly positive publicity this fall. -
No trespassing: Local angler loses fight for Virginia river rights
After over two years and tens of thousands of dollars, Charlottesville citizen Dargan Coggeshall's legal fight to preserve fishing rights for Virginia anglers came to an en... -
Pretty Keen: Huguely gets Level 4 prison in southwest VA
Convicted girlfriend-killer George Wesley Huguely V has been transferred to a high-security state prison in the far southwestern corner of the state. According to state Cor...
Online only
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Busted: after area-wide search, police track down Currier
Last Wednesday, October 17, The Albemarle County Police Department called on the public to aid in the search for a criminal wanted on four felony counts, including burglary... -
Jefferson Street at 8:29am
This is how the street in front of the Albemarle County Courthouse looked at 8:29 this morning, as a reporter waited for the clerk's office to open (to examine a high-profi...
CultureVulture
Black and White
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Smoky welcome
No shortage of incense amidst the crowd awaiting the October 11 arrival of His Holiness the Dalai Lama along Market Street.~Commentator Bill Emory puts up a new photo nearl...
Cultural preview
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FunStuff: Charlottesville events October 25 and beyond
Counting Crows