Tuesday’s 6-1 vote in favor of The Ellington is done, but some Asheville City Council members are still scrapping over how the meeting went.
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Crunch time
A new state recycling law has local bar, restaurant and club owners concerned about how they can comply, what it will cost—and what might happen if they don’t. The law, which takes effect Jan. 1, requires all businesses licensed to sell alcohol to recycle the bottles, cans or other containers used to serve it. Photo […]
Hoodoo Brew-do
Alex Buerckholtz was living in West Asheville at the start of that community’s reawakening a few years ago, when new pubs and restaurants were emerging along Haywood Road. Ever since, he’s hung onto the notion that what the corridor really lacks is a beer-and-wine shop. The whole package: Craft beer has a new home at […]
Blog Log: The week in local blogging
Tuesday’s Asheville City Council primary election sent ripples through the local blogosphere (with a 13 percent voter turnout, waves may be too much to expect).
Primary time!
Tuesday, Oct. 9, is the primary election for the Asheville City Council election, and with a field of candidates this large, it could be a dramatic one. Polls open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m.
Blog Log: The week in local blogging
Emboldened by beer and camaraderie, last Saturday night Asheville bloggers crawled out from behind their monitors and partied at the annual Extravablogiversapaloozathon, held at a not-so-secret West Asheville location. The celebration reached a fever pitch with the announcement of the BlogAsheville Awards.
Pumpkins for Moog
The archives of the late electronic-music pioneer Bob Moog were recently uncovered in a shed on his property outside of Asheville. This week, Smashing Pumpkins front man Billy Corgan stepped forward with an appeal to musicians and fans to help preserve the materials.
Fresh Picked: Ménage tapped for tomato commercials
Hunt’s, the well-known producer of ketchup and other tomato products, has picked up the song “Tomatoes,” by local stalwart songwriters Ménage for a national television advertising campaign. Sarah McDonald, who wrote the playful tune, said she recently caught the 15-second version on daytime television. “I saw it during a soap opera,” she says, offering up the caveat that she was tuned in because, “I’ve been glued to the TV trying to see it.”
Asheville City Council
With little commotion, the Asheville City Council rezoned Montford Commons on Sept. 25. The roughly 10-acre, 220-unit residential and commercial development on the edge of the historic district will now fall under the “urban village” designation, which allows for higher-density residential areas. Signing up: As its stores grow larger, Ingles argues it warrants more signage. […]
Mining Moog
In January, on a mountainside outside Asheville, Michelle Moog-Koussa opened a storage shed on the property of her late father, electronic-music pioneer Robert Moog, and stumbled onto what may prove to be the synthesizer legend’s greatest legacy: his archives. Treasure trove: The last of the original Minimoogs — wrapped in a trash bag and covered […]
What’s up at the Capital Center?
Work is underway on the front of the Capital Center on Patton Avenue in Asheville, formerly the First Union Building. As previously reported, the building will contain office condos along with street-level and rooftop restaurants. Construction should be complete in December or January, says developer Chuck Tessier.
Classical art gets new digs
Depot Street in the River District, already swimming with some of Asheville’s cutting-edge art studios, has a new neighbor with the arrival of the Fine Arts League school and galleries. Home is where the art is: The Fine Arts League has opened its new home on Depot Street. photos by jonathan welch The nonprofit, which […]
City Council preview: Sept. 25 meeting
A rezoning near Montford and new airport competition are on the agenda.
Register and vote in one stop
Early voting — and the last chance to register — for the Asheville City Council primary is taking place at the Buncombe County Board of Elections through Saturday, Oct. 6.
Forensics sleuth goes to school
The Asheville Police Department’s Steve Branson teaches local students that there’s more to crime-fighting forensics than they see on TV.
Asheville City Council
It was probably a long shot. After four months of controversy, it may have been too much to expect the Asheville City Council to approve The Ellington in one fell swoop. Despite several hours of presentations, public comment and deliberation at Council’s Sept. 11 meeting, the developers of the 300-foot-tall boutique hotel proposed for Biltmore […]
Blog wild
All it takes to start a blog is a computer, an Internet connection and some free software. But unless you want your digital diary or online soapbox to languish unread, you also need to have something to say. That is clearly not a problem for Asheville’s bloggers: The area’s bustling blogosphere accommodates a dizzying range […]
Asheville City Council delays Ellington vote
A team of developers and designers asked Council to postpone their vote on the 23-story Ellington after Council members raised concerns about the boutique hotel’s size. The Sept. 11 presentation was the project’s first appearance before Council.
Who let the blogs out?
“Remember—it’s not about me. It’s about them,” says local blogger “Ashvegas” on his Web site. But after two years of pontificating incognito, the revelation of just who this blogger is has in fact made it about him, at least for now. Reading my journal to the world: Felicity Green, author of the blog Hangover Journals. […]
Neighbors question cement plant
A proposed cement plant in a bucolic area of north Buncombe has neighbors there rallying to stop its construction—and waiting to see what comes next. The proposed site, near the intersection of Murphy Hill Road and Old Mars Hill Highway, is mostly surrounded by residential areas and farmland. Concrete plans?: A cement-manufacturing company has its […]
Police report a “betrayal of trust,” says Asheville city manager
An outside consultant’s report on race relations within the Asheville Police Department is being called “amateurish” by a City Council member and a “betrayal of trust” by City Manager Gary Jackson. And a Virginia-based consulting firm is separating itself from the report as well.