Day: May 16, 2007
Blog Alert: Hate it when dogs eat your underwear?
Hey folks, it’s time to catch up with the haps at the Hangover Journals.
Asheville City Council
With six months to go before the next election cycle, Asheville City Council took a peek at two measures that would change the way municipal elections are run, shooting down an instant-runoff option but vowing to look at restoring party designations for candidates. Movin’ on up: Ridership is up almost 20 percent since last year’s … Read more
Coming around again
For decades, they roared around the blacktop oval down by the French Broad River. They might not have known it at the time, but racing legends were being born, machines were defining and redefining top speed, and the seed was being planted for what would become the nation’s fastest-growing spectator sport. At the Asheville Speedway … Read more
From Hawaii to Paradox to Haywood Road
Rainbow Mountain Children’s School in West Asheville has brought in its first “outsider” to run a school that put experiential, holistic learning on the Western North Carolina map 30 years ago. Reneé Owen was hired away from Paradox, Colo.,—but how she came to be here requires just a bit of storytelling. Learning to play, playing … Read more
A century of social change: YWCA hits the triple digits
Being ahead of the times is nothing new for Asheville’s YWCA—the organization has done it that way for almost a century. Something to smile about: Jasmine Moore, pictured here with her baby Jailyn, is a participant in the YWCA MotherLove program, which offers support for teen moms. Asheville’s YWCA was the first in the South … Read more
Community bike shop faces possible shut-down
As redevelopment projects spring up in Asheville’s River District, some current tenants—including a group of volunteer bike mechanics—are finding their present digs in peril. In recent weeks, an anonymous “concerned resident of the River Arts District” who professed to be an artist sent a letter to Asheville Mayor Terry Bellamy, the city’s Building Safety Department … Read more
