At a forum on the controversial I-26 Connector Monday night, representatives of local groups, as well as Mayor Terry Bellamy and Buncombe County Board of Commissioners Chairman David Gantt urged residents of the Burton Street neighborhood to continue their activism and petition state officials to spare damage to their neighborhood.
Responding to complaints about predatory towing in downtown Asheville, Asheville police parked a decoy car as bait Saturday night on Lexington Avenue, then reeled in their catch. Police charged two men, 25-year-old Trevor Kyle Ballinger (pictured on left), and 32-year-old Leonard Tobias Best, of All-Safe Towing & Recovery, with obtaining property by false pretense after […]
The Asheville Police Department is seeking tips in connection with a spate of graffiti incidents that happened on March 7 in locations along Tunnel Road, most prominently the abandoned site of the Lone Star Steakhouse.
Scrutiny Hooligans blogger Gordon Smith will formally launch his campaign for Asheville City Council on Friday, with an online media event dubbed “First-Access.”
If you want a slice of life in and around Burton Street, stop by the Burton Street Recreation Center.
Developer Stewart Coleman is proceeding with a request for a construction easement for a road through Pack Square park land at tonight’s Asheville City Council meeting.
The YWCA Diabetes Wellness Program. photo by Sandra Stambaugh The public is invited to Healthy Family Day: Preventing Diabetes on Saturday, March 14, from 8 a.m. to noon at the YWCA of Asheville, 185 S. French Broad Ave. Healthy Family Day is free for anyone whose life has been touched by diabetes. This bilingual event […]
A packed church in West Asheville’s Burton Street neighborhood signaled strong interest in Asheville’s planned I-26 connector. Here is coverage as it came in via Twitter, written in real time by two reporters: one a professionally trained journalist and one an amateur journalist and dedicated citizen.
Here’s your sun-splashed video sneak preview for this week’s edition of the Mountain Xpress.
What’s being discussed in the Forums? Lots, that’s what.
The Crowne Plaza Resort is looking to expand in a big way, adding 364,700 square feet, but the level III project will require a public hearing and consideration by Asheville City Council.
The new governor of the state of North Carolina will deliver her first biennial State of the State address tonight to a joint assembly of the N.C. Legislature—and to the public via live television. Meanwhile, legislative bills have moved forward to aid the state’s food banks, including WNC’s MANNA FoodBank. Also, Perdue will speak in Asheville on Thursday.
Experts say that chores help kids learn responsibility and build self-esteem. That’s great, but I need more non-negotiable child labor around here.
A Monday-night forum in the Burton Street neighborhood will look at the I-26 project’s impact on homes in that area and other parts of West Asheville.
British singer Morrissey cancels tonight’s Orange Peel concert.
Sarah and Ruth, near City County Plaza. Sarah’s dress is from a J. Crew discount store and her boots used to belong to Ruth. Ruth got her black jumper at a clothing swap. She made both bags (see below) and sells them locally. To purchase a bag, email ruth.ingram@gmail.com
Yeesh. Slim pickings out there. We started the week off buried in snow and ended it in full-tilt spring, but in between, bloggers must have had better things to do.
A documentary film that looks at the cultural phenomena of at risk youth, is set to screen at the Asheville Pizza & Brewing Company on Saturday, March 7.
Elizabeth, photographed on Battery Park, bought her skirt at now-closed Asheville boutique Patty’s. Her satchel is from J. Crew.
The bigger picture isn’t just the lack of titles. It’s far more than that. It’s the fact that making these titles unavailable is causing a younger cineastes to have a very skewed view of the history of film. Put simply, you cannot understand the various eras of movies without having access to a broader cross-section than is now available.
Dr. Betty Young, inaugurated as president of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College in May 2008, will officially leave the college on Friday to become president of Coleman College in Houston, Texas. Her departure ends a short tenure marked by upheaval at the college.
