Day: January 23, 2012
District Attorney Ron Moore keeping evidence room audit results under wraps
The audit of the Asheville Police Department evidence room was completed Jan. 9, but don’t expect the details to go public soon. While Buncombe County District Attorney Ron Moore has told some media that the audit showed that around 200 drug parcels might be missing, the Buncombe County District Attorney’s keeping the results secret, even from city government.
Turning Japanese, part 1: A conversation with Drew Maykuth, Brian Canipelli and Alex Bryanton
On Sunday, Jan. 22, the Blind Pig — a not-for-profit dinner club held in various “secret” locations around Asheville — hosted the Rising Sun dinner, a 12-course Japanese meal prepared by chefs from the Admiral and Cucina 24. The event raised funds for the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project. This blogpost covers the preliminary discussion of the dinner menu between the cooks, and first appeared in a newsletter emailed to ticketholders of the Rising Sun dinner. Turning Japanese, part 2 will report details of the event itself. (Photo by Justin Belleme)
