“A great effort was made, and I wish we were in a better place.” — Council Member Jan Davis After years of wrangling, Asheville has severed yet another city/county connection. At its March 28 formal session, City Council pulled out of discussions with Buncombe County concerning a possible “joint planning area.” The JPA was envisioned … Read more
She wanted a tomato sandwich with the right amount of mayonnaise which I understood just fine because I don’t like mayonnaise and knew it would have to be applied just so to be edible. She did not want salad dressing but real mayonnaise smeared even on both sides, slightly thick, not dripping off edges, soggy. … Read more
The Asheville and Hendersonville metropolitan areas are growing rapidly, and many residents are concerned about how we can maintain our quality of life while we grow. Good transportation planning is key to sensible growth and land use. But though the local road network is well established, the professional advisers who determine the highways and transit … Read more
Editor’s note: We have received a number of responses to our March 22 cover [“Don’t Say the F-Word”] and feature story “Comfortably Numb“] about the F-Word Film Festival at UNCA. Please see the replies from the writer and the cover designer at the end of the following three letters. This is no time for silence … Read more
For the birds and others There will be a number of special homes for sale this weekend, when the Bountiful Cities Project hosts its Fourth Annual Birdhouse Auction. Donated by some 50 local artists and craftspeople, the creative and/or functionally crafted abodes for feathered friends will be up for bid, with local auctioneer Noel Cost … Read more
Worried about what your teen is up to in the family sedan? Fretting over your fickle spouse’s whereabouts? A local company’s cutting-edge spy device could help provide some answers. The Cyber Tracker, developed by the Asheville-based Homeland Integrated Security Systems, puts Big Brother right on your dashboard. “It really is a revolutionary device,” says Chief … Read more
“If a minority student were to … ask me if they should come to UNCA … I would tell them to pack up and take their money somewhere else.” — UNCA junior Rachael Williams UNCA junior Rachael Williams was sitting in a humanities class when she heard the remark. “A nontraditional student who was right … Read more
Wow, it’s spring already! Where did winter go? And what happened to those cozy days of reading seed catalogs by the fire? Well it doesn’t matter now, because there’s no holding back the exuberant show: the spring greens of grass and foliage, the Easter-egg pinks and yellows of bulbs and flowering shrubs. So I guess … Read more
Style to burn • Who they are: Michelle Goni & Josh Rhinehart • What they’re wearing: On Michelle, a brown cotton henley from Minx, black jersey tank dress from Express, jeans she’s had for 10 years, boots she bought second-hand, vintage Ferragamo sunglasses and a waterfall-image pendant (also from Minx). On Josh, a vintage Levis … Read more
hurtling along in a hypoglycemic warp through cinnamon scent of south carolina pines dry grass stretches brown and the sky is white and sharp twenty minutes gone by like two U2 beats like my blood wailing cacophonous grind it’s too loud it’s just noise highway screams under the truck doing 90 in 70 and it … Read more
