The Diocese of Charlotte appears to have dealt a fatal blow to the city’s plan to build a controversial downtown parking deck next to the Battery Park Apartments in downtown Asheville. In an Oct. 25 letter, attorney Richard Lucey informed city officials that the diocese is backing away from its agreement to sell a key … Read more
Small companion leaves big heartache behind My mini-Pomeranian, Mr. Bojangles, has been missing several weeks from the place I work, Ragtime Vintage Clothing Store, on Walnut Street in downtown Asheville. I went to eat dinner, and my friend who worked after me was watching him. Mr. Bojangles snuck out when she wasn’t looking. I have … Read more
The stories about the 2008 election are starting already. Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue made headlines recently with a high-dollar fund-raiser sponsored by a long list of big Democratic donors and fund-raising heavyweights. That sent a buzz through the political world, because it appears to give Perdue a head start in what has increasingly become the … Read more
