Here’s the press release from Diamond Brand: DIAMOND BRAND ANNOUNCES SUPPORT OF FRIENDS OF THE WNC NATURE CENTER’S MOUNTAIN SAFARI BENEFIT EVENT ASHEVILLE, N.C. – This spring, Diamond Brand Outdoors is proud to lend its support to Friends of the WNC Nature Center as they invite the community to join them for “Mountain Safari” – […]
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Asheville MakerSpace organizational meeting tonight in RAD
Do you like to make, create, tinker, invent, re-invent, hack, design, produce, construct, manufacture, fabricate, develop and collaborate? Using wood, metal, plastic, electronics, paper, clay, glass, cloth, paint, yarn, thread, atoms and your brain? Come join others who like to make stuff too. We are a diverse collection of people from the Asheville area who […]
April 4 Green Drinks gathering to focus on transit issues
Here’s the info via the Green Drinks email newsletter: April 4, 2012 Strive Not to Drive Socializing: 5:30PM Programming: 6:00PM Location: Posana Cafe, 1 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801 Join Asheville Green Drinks on Wednesday, April 4th to hear about the 2012 Strive Not to Drive Workplace Challenge (SNTD) and the City’s new bus routes […]
HandMade in America selected to participate in Starbucks grant program
HandMade in America was selected by Starbucks as a recipient of grant funds from the Starbucks Foundation from a program called Vote.Give.Grow. Starbucks is giving $4 million to non-profits all over the country and you get to chose where the money goes. HandMade in America is one of 124 non-profits chosen nationwide to participate, and […]
Industrial Executives Forum to be held April 19 at Blue Ridge Community College
Here’s the press release: Industrial Executives Forum April 19, 2012 at Blue Ridge Community College Henderson County Industrial Representatives and Members of the Partnership are invited to attend the 2012 Industrial Executives Forum scheduled for Thursday, April 19th at Blue Ridge Community College’s Technology, Education and Development Center from 8:30-11:30 am. The forum is offered […]
Patsy Keever pledges to run clean campaign, invites primary opponents to join her
Here’s the press release from the Patsy Keever campaign: Patsy Keever pledges to run clean campaign, Invites primary opponents to join her ASHEVILLE, NC—Today Patsy Keever signed a Clean Campaign Pledge and asked all the Democratic candidates in the race for the U.S. House of Representatives in North Carolina’s 10th Congressional District to join her. […]
Sylvan offers tips to help students succeed at math
Here’s the press release from Sylvan Learning: Raising An Independent Math Learner In celebration of Mathematics Awareness Month in April, Sylvan Learning located in Asheville offers tips that parents can use to help students succeed in math. Asheville, NC (Grassroots Newswire) April 2, 2012 ˆ Every student studies mathematics, and it has always been an […]
UNCA to provide free tax preparation help
UNC Asheville students, faculty and staff have provided free tax preparation help every Saturday since February at Pack Library. Photo by Perry Hebard. From the press release: With April 15 approaching, people who make $50,000 or less can get free help preparing their federal and state income returns, thanks to trained UNC Asheville faculty, staff […]
Sugar Mountain touts summer activities
Here’s the press release from Sugar Mountain Ski Resort: DANCE, SHOP, TIE THE KNOT, BIKE, HIKE, EAT AND BE MERRY ON SUGAR MOUNTAIN THIS SUMMER SUGAR MOUNTAIN SKI RESORT, NORTH CAROLINA – April 2, 2012 – This summer speed your way down narrow dirt trails on a mountain bike. The trail system which intertwines throughout […]
Lt. Governor Dalton announces more statewide endorsements, wins straw polls
Here’s the press release from the Dalton campaign: (Raleigh, N.C.) April 3rd – Lieutenant Governor Walter Dalton today expressed his appreciation for receiving the endorsements of several groups around North Carolina, including: the 8th District Black Leadership Caucus, the Henderson-Vance Black Leadership Caucus, and the Durham People’s Alliance PAC. These groups join the more than […]
Local weight-loss camp announces summer sessions
From the press release: CANTON, NC, (April 3, 2012) — Wellspring (www.wellspringweightloss.com), the nation’s leading provider of weight-loss programs, announced today the dates for the summer sessions at Wellspring Adventure Camp in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Starting May 27, June 17, July 8 and July 29, Wellspring Adventure Camp will start its sessions which range […]
Ethanol mix E15 gets EPA approval for gasoline
FROM THE EPA, FULL PRESS RELEASE The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the first applications for registration of ethanol for use in making gasoline that contains up to 15 percent ethanol – known as E15. Ethanol is a renewable fuel that can be mixed with gasoline. For over 30 years ethanol has been blended […]
Polk County commissioners pull pro-Amendment One from agenda, WLOS reports
Polk County commissioners were set to vote for a pro-Amendment One resolution at their April 2 meeting. But some commissioners said it was inappropriate and voted 3-2 to remove it from the agenda, WLOS reports.
Green River area of Henderson County gets planning attention
According to the Hendersonville Times-News, The future of the Green River area took center stage Monday during the Henderson County Board of Commissioners meeting with the launch of the county’s fourth community plan. Commissioners approved a slightly modified boundary map and a charter for the Green River, Tuxedo and Zirconia community plan, established in 2004 […]
Asheville Transit system on the verge of overhaul
According to the Asheville Citizen-Times, The city public transit system — having struggled for years to meet rising resident expectations — is set to begin a sweeping overhaul. Shorter wait times and more direct routes are planned in the first stage of upgrades to a system that gives 1.5 million rides a year, city officials […]
Henderson County Commissioners take prayer outside
According to the Hendersonville Times-News, Henderson County commissioners received support Monday in their new practice of praying outside the Historic Courthouse before meetings. About 15 members of the public and numerous county staff joined commissioners at the flagpole a few yards from the courthouse steps to pray together before filing back inside for the 5:30 […]
Modern Ink magazine writes about Blind Pig’s Women On Top dinner
From the post: On New Year’s Eve, my husband surprised me with the promise of an upcoming gastronomic getaway, a secret supper club two hours from home. So secret, in fact, that the precise destination remained shrouded in mystery until moments before we were to depart. So it was with wanderlust and a taste for […]
City government offices, bus services closed Friday, April 6
Full announcement from the city of Asheville: ASHEVILLE – Asheville city government offices will be closed Friday, Apr. 6, in observance of the holiday weekend. All Asheville Transit routes and facilities will be closed. Friday is one of eight days throughout the calendar year that Asheville Transit does not operate. For a complete list of […]
Bridge work in TN to close US 25-70 between Hot Springs and Newport, TN for 2 years
From TN DOT… The date for the closing of the Wolf Creek Bridge was originally set for April 5, 2012. The date for the closure has been changed to Tuesday, April 10 in order to accommodate travelers during the holiday weekend. The anticipated duration of the closure is 700 calendar days as was stipulated in […]
Local American Advertising Federation chapter gives out advertising awards
From the press release: (Asheville, NC) March 21, 2012 — AAF Asheville, the Western North Carolina affiliate of the American Advertising Federation (AAF), recently announced winners of the 2012 ADDY® Awards for creative excellence in advertising. Over 60 entries from WNC advertisers and agencies competed in categories ranging from annual reports to interactive media to […]
First lady honors parkway efforts
Here’s an excerpt from the Asheville Citizen-Times article: What started as a seedling of an idea on the Blue Ridge Parkway — to extricate children from TV and video screens, get them moving and connected to the woods — has mushroomed into an honor from the White House. Last week, first lady Michelle Obama and […]