How do you plow through a jam-packed work-session agenda while keeping one eye fixed firmly on the clock? On Sept. 21, the Asheville City Council did it by resorting to major surgery. Faced with a full slate of widely varied topics, Council members missed their targeted 6:30 wrap-up time by a mere 15 minutes — … Read more
All around the room, people were talking feverishly. Middle-aged men in imperfectly fitting suits made awkward contortions to talk to those sitting behind them, eager to catch up on news of the most recent flood and its aimless, indiscriminate damage. “Did you hear about all those cars that got washed away?” “You’ll never guess what … Read more
Water Authority takes stock after floods Repairs to the area drinking-water-supply system will cost about $1.25 million, according to estimates presented Sept. 21 to the Regional Water Authority of Asheville, Buncombe and Henderson, at the group’s first meeting since flooding from Hurricane Frances left most of the Authority’s customers without water for several days. The … Read more
Accident prompts gratitude for Asheville I would like to thank the many people who rushed to my aid and the aid of the blocked drivers around 6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 17, when I was driving north on Merrimon Avenue by Beaver Lake and a tree crashed onto my car. Suddenly, four of my friends … Read more
