Day: October 15, 2003

In the process of researching this article, Mountain Xpress discovered that even staffers at local water departments seemed confused (or at least uncertain) about the lead content of their water-service parts. Several water-department staffers in key positions were adamant that they were using no-lead service parts — but when Xpress researched the model numbers and … Read more

Asheville is home to more than 50,000 registered voters; 16 percent of them expressed their preferences in the Oct. 7 City Council primary. In other words, less than 12 percent of the city’s 69,000 people decided which Council candidates will be on the ballot on Nov. 4. And unless those numbers significantly shift, an equally … Read more

“There’s a lot of good opportunity for negotiation.” — Planning and Development Director Scott Shuford Imagine neighborhood residents and developers routinely sitting down together in good faith to try to work out their differences. It might sound like fantasy in light of the increasingly contentious battles among the city, developers and neighborhoods, but a proposal … Read more

A doggone good time Make no bones about it — whether you’ve got a Max or a Maggie, a Pooky or a Pepe, the Asheville Humane Society’s third annual Doggie Carnival will give him or her something to chew on. The event happens Saturday, Oct. 11, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Phase IV of the French … Read more

All told, the new legislative measures will cost the county an estimated $80,000 to $100,000 per year. A wave of unfunded state mandates is putting more pressure on Buncombe County’s already-strained budget, County Manager Wanda Greene told the commissioners at their Oct. 7 session. Since Aug. 26 of this year, reported Greene, the state has … Read more