Meggie spends 10 minutes to get ready each day. She owns 7-10 pairs of shoes. She has recently gone through a style change and is influenced by music and high-fashion. She works as a cashier at a gas station in East Asheville. Her favorite wardrobe item is her new pair of Minnetonka Moccasins, purchased for […]
Year: 2009
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New offices for county government?
At a retreat yesterday, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners instructed county staff to investigate moving offices for all or most county services into a single location, a move that could cost from $30-60 million, depending on whether the county buys or builds the facility.
End of the commissioners public-comment blackout?
At their annual retreat today, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners broached the idea of changing their public-comment period: televising it for the first time in years and shifting it to the end of the meeting. The board will vote on the proposed changes Jan. 20.
Battery Park Ave., Jan. 9
Recording artists Snugz (left) and Solo Exnihilo who recently collaborated on the song “Busted Window.”
Richest counties get lion’s share of corporate incentives from the state
A new study shows that N.C. incentives programs have sparked job creation in better-off counties to a noticeably greater degree than in areas of the state needing the most help.
Beauty of Appalachia on display in PBS series
A PBS miniseries highlighting the people and the environmental history of Appalachia will have its North Carolina premiere in Asheville on Friday, Jan. 16.
Master plan may drastically reduce City Council’s development authority
The recently-released draft of the Downtown Master plan, if approved, would drastically reduce Asheville City Council’s authority over the development process, with only the most massive projects coming up for a vote before Council.
Fake cops stage robbery in Asheville
Police warn of pair of law-enforcement impersonators
Asheville Police Department warns of police impersonators
On Jan. 9, 2009, the Asheville Police Department issued a warning about two men impersonating police officers. Click here to read the Police Department’s press release. Click here to see the accompanying police report describing a Jan. 8 incident in which two suspects pretended to be officers and then robbed a couple.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: Film criticism, from nostalgia to serious and back again
Film criticism, film theory and film history — all inextricably related — are by necessity voracious animals. The problem is that there’s only so much to work from — even though there’s more of it all the time. This can result in some pretty curious notions.
WCU faculty versus Ayn Rand
Smoky Mountain News offers details on how Western Carolina University faculty looked a BB&T million-dollar gift horse in the mouth and turned it around.
Just bead it
Madeline and Jamie, on Lexington Ave., Jan. 2009. Madeline bought the beads for her earrings (see below) at Asheville’s Chevron Trading Post & Bead Company.
Asheville Street Style launches
You should be in pictures. Maybe you already are. Xpress launches a new street fashion blog.
¡Viva Rodriguez!
Who is Sixto Rodriguez? Find out before his Saturday show at the Grey Eagle with this multimedia review.
Planning prof: Shuford report on I-26 alternatives “incomplete”
A report on the options for I-26 alternatives by former Asheville Planning Director Scott Shuford is “incomplete” and leaves out several key factors, according to a critique by Dr. David Johnson, a longtime professional planner and professor emeritus of planning at the University of Tennessee.
Phish coming to Asheville—It’s official
The much-anticipated Phish reunion tour will be coming to the Civic Center June 9.
Graffitist expelled from UNCA ***UPDATE***
A UNC Asheville student caught in an Asheville Police Department graffiti investigation has been expelled, police report.
Book Report: American Thighs
The Sweet Potato Queen returns with a new book of essays dealing with women, the aging process and “preserving your assets.” Jill Conner Browne — the Queen herself — makes an Asheville stop next week.
A-B Tech begins planning for new college president
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College has begun planning for a new college president in the wake of last month’s announcement that current President Dr. Betty Young would resign.
N.C. colleges looking good in Kiplinger’s latest rankings
UNC Chapel Hill took first place for in-state public universities and Davidson College ranked fourth for private colleges in the latest Kiplinger ratings.
Pack Square Park design
• The latest round of work began in the summer of 2008 on Pack Square Park. Construction fencing, which surrounds the park, will be used as “a big palate, a big canvas,” according to conservancy spokeswoman Donna Clark. To see what some of the signs on the fencing will look like, click here to download […]