Here's why I think eating out is more economical and more environmentally friendly than eating in: packaging. When you buy food from a grocery store, you are paying for a lot of packaging that you also have to pay to have taken to a dump. Restaurants buy their food in bulk, so there is less […]
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Local options for disc golf are many — and there’s more to come at Richmond Hill
The author of a recent [March 3] letter to Xpress supporting a second 18-hole disc-golf course at Richmond Hill Park made the following statement: "Bikers and hikers have many other places for recreation near Asheville. Disc golfers do not." As the coordinator of trail development at Richmond Hill Park, I 'd like to provide some […]
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Remembering Amber [originally published July 2, 1997]
When Amber Lundgren was murdered in the early hours of June 7, 1997 it was as if a rainbow had been busted into tiny shards.
Patsy Keever shares her views on how Asheville might use Google’s 1-gig/sec Internet service
Photo by Zen Sutherland.
Sunset over Asheville, Friday, March 5
Photo by Derek Olson / Peak Definition www.peakdefinition.com
The Green Scene: Know your beans
Every morning, an estimated 112 million to 115 million people in America consume at least one cup of coffee. Trailing only oil, coffee is the second-most-traded commodity in the world. With terms such as "fair trade," "shade-grown," "direct trade" and "organic," it's a wonder how a consumer chooses what kind of bean to brew in […]
New York’s most famous unknown artist
"His stuff looks like something I could make," remarked a young man in a sarcastic tone to his friends as they were exiting the Ray Johnson exhibit currently on display at Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. James Dean/Rimbaud, ca. 1956-58, collage on cardboard, private collection. Now, in my opinion, dismissing a Ray Johnson […]
Coal power or brain power?
It was day three without electricity in the Cowee Valley, my Macon County home, but thanks to my Duke Energy-conditioned mind, I continued uselessly flipping light switches. Still, it was beginning to dawn on me what a slave I am to coal and cheap electricity, and I didn't like it. With candles, lamp oil, a […]
Equal protections are not "special interests"
I must take exception to Carl Mumpower's commentary in your Feb. 17 issue concerning domestic-partnership agreements for city employees. It was a predictable conservative response filled with sound bites we have all heard on the subject of conservatism and special interests. The inclusion of the military officers and the local firefighters association as having special […]
Outdoors: Get your kicks
On any given Sunday, hundreds of players can be found playing in Asheville's booming adult-soccer league. Since 2002, the league has exploded, from eight to nearly 50 teams. The Asheville-Buncombe Adult Soccer Association is broken into six divisions: Men's Open, Women's Open, Men's Over 30 (first and second), Men's Over 40 (Tuesdays) and the ever-popular […]
Return of The Dirt
Editor's note: This column marks the return of our gardening and agriculture feature, The Dirt, which was hibernating during the winter. But we'd like to plant a new seed: The section could use a new, short and catchy, but descriptive name. Got ideas? Eat Your Yard! I miss fresh figs. Sure, sometimes you can snag […]
Don’t paint African-Americans with a monochromatic brush
As an African-American female who was born and raised in Asheville, and who not only supports domestic-partner benefits for same-sex couples, but legalized same-sex marriage as well, I was very disturbed to read the comments submitted to the letters to the editor section of the Feb. 17 Mountain Xpress. While it is unfortunate that many […]
Mountain Housing’s plan for Merrimon development out of scale with neighborhood
With this letter, we join more than 250 residents of the Gracelyn subdivision and surrounding neighborhoods in north Asheville to protest the proposed rezoning of the Naval Reserve site behind the Grace Post Office on Merrimon Avenue. This rezoning would be necessary in order for Mountain Housing Opportunities to build the 60-unit, high-density affordable-housing complex […]
Appalled by Ogden’s and Mumpower’s take on homosexuality
It's difficult to determine in the Feb 17 issue of Mountain Xpress whose comments were more appalling: Rev. Keith A. Ogden's or Carl Mumpower's. Rev. Ogden is spouting medieval ideas that homosexuality is a choice and that people wanting employee benefits should marry someone of the opposite sex. Let me ask you, Rev. Ogden, if […]
Volunteers stand ready to expand Richmond Hill Park disc golf
I would like to urge the city to support an additional 18 disc-golf holes at Richmond Hill Park. This would be an educational course as well. My understanding is that grant money and fundraising has been secured for this to happen, at no cost to the city. A partnership of this sort is exactly what […]
History will be the judge on same-sex domestic-partner vote
Disgusting — that's the word that leaps to mind to describe Mayor Bellamy's vote on the same-sex domestic-partnership benefits measure before City Council and her subsequent rationalizations reported in Mountain Xpress. Who would have thought that less than 50 years after the civil-rights struggles and the women's-equality struggles — which allowed this politician to even […]
Employment Security Commission penalizes those who try
State-unemployment services punish those who are honestly trying to return to the workforce. I speak from experience. To make a long story short, I recently had my unemployment benefits cut because [last year] I worked a couple of temporary jobs, which did not pay that well. I had hoped they might turn into permanent positions […]
This year, vote only for candidates with integrity
The definition of integrity comes from the word integral, which means wholeness or soundness. In its broader application, it refers to 1) adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty; 2) the state of being whole, entire or undiminished: to preserve the integrity of the empire; and 3) a sound, unimpaired or […]
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Organic Growers School comes to Asheville March 6, 7
Sign up now for the upcoming Organic Growers School Spring Conference that will be held at UNCA on Saturday and Sunday, March 5 and 6. This year, the OGS is offering over 100 classes and workshops. More than 1,300 farmers, gardeners, activists and consumers are expected to gather for the southeast’s largest sustainable living conference.