Caulking your windows never looked so fun. WNC Green Building Council’s video puts the dance moves into caulking, sealing and insulating.
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One year after: Celebrating Asheville’s Haiti connection
Asheville’s connection to Haiti is built on the ongoing passions of locals. Here’s a look at what a few of those individuals are up to.
WNC air-pollution-control agency meets Jan. 10 to consider Progress Energy permit modification
Progress Energy says it can more closely monitor emissions at its Arden power plant with a new system. On Monday, Jan. 10, the board of the WNC Regional Air Quality Agency will consider the company’s request, among other items on the agenda.
Ashevilleans in Haiti: Kurt Mann and AMURTEL members
A report from two sets of Ashevilleans helping in Haiti, one fighting the cholera epidemic, the other bringing appropriate technologies to an orphanage.
East Fork Headwaters Tract purchased by Conservation Fund
The Conservation Fund has announced the $5.5 million purchase of a 786-acre tract, formerly owned by Congressman Charles Taylor, which represents the last, unprotected section of the storied Foothills Trail that winds along the border between North and South Carolina.
Congress OKs Local Community Radio Act; WPVM hopes FCC will now lift power restrictions
“This is a day we have dreamed of since 2003 when MAIN launched its low-power FM station for Asheville and Buncombe County,” declared Wally Bowen, executive director of MAIN FM (WPVM), after the passage by Congress this weekend of the Local Community Radio Act, which gives FCC the ability to allow low-power stations such as MAIN’s to broadcast at 100 watts, instead of at its current 2 watt level.
Removal to begin of contaminated soil at Barber’s Orchard in Haywood County, EPA says
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its contractor, Environmental Restoration (ER), announce the contractor will begin removal of contaminated soil from Barber’s Orchard, with removal scheduled to be completed in September 2011.
Transylvania County to hold hearing on whether to support 8,000-acre East Fork Headwaters purchase
The Transylvania County commissioners will hold a public hearing on Nov. 22 at 7 p.m. to consider submitting a letter to WRC expressing County support for creating the East Fork Headwaters on 8,000 acres of wilderness. The land is still privately owned by former Congressman Charles Taylor, but is under contract to be purchased as a publicly managed preserve.
NC organic bread flour project moves one step closer to fruition
Artisan bread lovers take note: The long-fought effort to grow and mill hard wheat for discerning area bakers has resulted in the creation of a hybrid company that puts the love of organic flour on an equal footing with the need to earn a profit.
Protest & resignations follow Hendersonville group’s threat to defund Baptist newspaper
According to an article in the Associated Baptist Press, two resignations have emerged in the wake of a letter threatening to defund the N.C. Baptist State Convention’s newspaper, the Biblical Reporter. The threatening letter — which was written by Sandy Beck, the director of missions in the Hendersonville-based Carolina Baptist Association — took the newspaper’s editor to task for not knowing “the mindset of this predominantly biblically conservative state.”
Google announces first community where it will build an ultra-high speed fiber net: Stanford
Google announced today that it will build an ultra-high speed broadband data network in its neighboring community of Stanford, Calif. The announcement noted that this first choice is separate from its main community selection process, adding, “…we still plan to announce our selected community or communities by the end of the year.”
Diary of a journey: Asheville’s Mission Manna team in Haiti (with ongoing coverage via Twitter)
“Arrived Montrouis late last night after dark drive from Port au Prince. Good to be here!” was the word Saturday night from a group of Asheville doctors, nurses and volunteers from Mission Manna who fly regularly to Haiti to provide health services.
We see a lot of extremes in Haiti. Beautiful kids living in dire poverty, for example. Last night we saw a rainbow on one side of the mountain, and a breath-taking sunset on the other.
Pack Library will reopen Monday, Oct. 18
From Pack Library’s Facebook page: “We are opening this Monday!!! Come in, take a look at our schematic map on the kiosk inside the doors and then explore. We’re so glad to be back …”
Two WNC journalists launch hyperlocal website,Tuckasegee Reader, serving Cashiers/Nantahala
SYLVA—Southern Highland Reader author Bill Graham and former Smoky Mountain News reporter Giles Morris have teamed up to start the Tuckasegee Reader, an online journal of culture, outdoors and community news serving the area from Cashiers to the Nantahala Gorge.
Mickey Mahaffey’s first book celebrates the traveler (book-signing tonight at Malaprop’s)
While vagabonding and living outdoors, Asheville’s Mickey Mahaffey wrote and wrote — of madness, of abusing and being abused, of leaving home, wandering in wilds, and finally finding home in the whispers of his blood. He’ll read from and sign copies of his new book, Whispers of My Blood at Malaprop’s this Friday, Sept. 10, at 7 p.m.
Buncombe government posts warning of gangs using car seats as lures; Snopes.com calls it “false”
Buncombe County is warning motorists against a gang-related trick of placing a car seat with a fake baby on the side of the road — but rumor-busting snopes.com says the story is false.
City of Asheville offers video coverage of City Council’s Aug. 31 neighborhood meeting on sidewalks
Staff with the city of Asheville have provided videos and downloadable PDF documents covering City Council’s Aug. 31 neighborhood meeting in East Asheville, which focused on the condition of the city’s sidewalks, the city’s sidewalk program, and the sort of sidewalks residents would like to have built.
Blessings on the river: Asheville and its sister city Osogbo, Nigeria, celebrate Osun (WITH VIDEOS)
With spiritual hands across the ocean, two cultures blessed their rivers and the goddess Osun, drawing Asheville a little closer to its sister city Osogbo, Nigeria, on Aug. 27, at Woodfin Riverside Park.
Lake Powhatan closed to swimming and fishing after 3 cases of crypto diagnosed
The Centers for Disease Control recommended that Lake Powhatan be temporarily closed to prevent the spread of cryptosporidium (crypto), according to a Buncombe County Health Department notice on Friday, Aug. 28. The Forest Service is fully cooperating and has closed Lake Powhatan to swimming and fishing.
Tim Smith and “Drinks & Dialogue” attendees ponder “Why is Asheville so segregated?” (VIDEO)
“Why is Asheville so segregated?” was the topic at a Drinks and Dialogue event in held on Aug. 21 at the Haywood Lounge in West Asheville. This brief video is by AskAsheville.
Asheville city bus drivers reportedly on verge of striking
Asheville city transit drivers are on the verge of striking against their employer, according to a report from Steve Rasmussen, a citizen activist with interests in transit and other local issues. Xpress is investigating; the information is as yet unconfirmed: