April 18th, 2013 issue #1216

April 18th, 2013

Under fire: Is the Elks Lodge getting a bad rap?

After working a long shift as a chef at the Main Street Arena on Friday, March 15, Kenny Jenkins headed over to the Elks Lodge on Second Street NW for a drink and a dance with his fiancée. A longtime Charlottesville resident, Jenkins has been going to the Elks Lodge, a historic African-American fraternal organization with deep roots in the community, for over 30 years.

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The week in review

Latest Albemarle traffic fatalities: An 88-year-woman driving a 2002 Buick LeSabre plows into the median and a tree on U.S. 29 south of Hollymead Town Center April 10, kill...

More kebabs: Spice makes the difference

Dish has counted at least three new kebab shops that have opened in Charlottesville recently, and we got to wondering: how do they differ?
Postcard mystery: The woman who loves Smithwick's

When the Shebeen restaurant discontinued Smithwick's beer on tap, owner Walter Slawski didn't expect there to be much of a fuss over the disappearance of the historic Irish...

What the frack? What happens in West Virginia can happen here

I have a furnace that runs on natural gas, a gas stove, a gas dryer, and a gas hot water heater. I am happy with these, especially the stove. Gas is great for cooking. It n...

Spotlight on Belmont

Area: BelmontPrice range: $155,000-$415,000Schools: Clark, Walker & Buford, CharlottesvillePros: affordability, proximity to amenities, sense of communityCons...

Property auctions

April 19 at 11am at the Albemarle Courthouse Property: 381 Minor Ridge Road Debtor: Bart C. Neumann Original amount owing: $192,000 Bidder brings: $11,000 or 10 percen...

Going beyond: Gosling excels as daredevil

by Richard Roeper We begin the movie by following a tattoo-spangled man as he makes his way through a carnival crowd, arriving in a tent containing a few hundred cheering...

Table of contents

COVERUnder fireA month after a shooting incident outside the Elk's Lodge on the Downtown Mall, cries for a crackdown continue, but is it justified? One longtime Elk's Lodge...

9 days: Dumler goes in for chunk of jail time

If you're a county supervisor trying to put a dent in a 30-day jail sentence, Friday, April 12, might seem like a good time to knock off nine days because the Board of Supe...
Boston horror: 'Sore in my legs, sad in my heart'

Free Union resident Harry Landers finished his fifth Boston Marathon in three hours and 39 minutes. He was showering in his hotel room at around 4:10 into the race when the...
Flash dancers

If dancers seem to be spontaneously making the Downtown Mall their stage on April 12, odds are good that it was part of the Tom Tom Founders Festival. Veronica Hart and Kat...
Kluge v. Trump: Lawsuit alleges land-deal fraud

John Kluge, Jr. wants his land back. That would be the 217-acre front yard of Albemarle House, the mansion his mother, winemaker Patricia Kluge, lived in until the bank for...
Mystery suspension: Bellamy no-show, no-license cases continued

City Council candidate Wes Bellamy was in court April 11 long enough to reschedule a hearing on two charges: driving on a suspended license and failure to appear in court. ...
Snow challenger: Liz Palmer runs, er, walks for supe seat

Her campaign manager is the former Albemarle supervisor who represented the Samuel Miller district for 16 years, and veterinarian Liz Palmer hopes to reclaim that seat in N...

Stone by Stone

Rashard and Myrle of Masonry Structures repair a 90-year-old wall on the west side of Franklin Street in Woolen Mills. Over the years, the wall has sustained damage from ...

Get Out! events, shows, things to do

"Music has to breathe and sweat. You have to play it live." - James Brown FAF finally here!