In a prominent local crime case, a young woman [Mary Elizabeth Judd] was raped and murdered and two young men were held in jail for two years without arraignment, then released. Another young man, already in jail on a rape charge, is supposed to have confessed to the rape and murder. The deputies investigating this … Read more
I’ve been baffled for years now by certain Xpress covers, but one recent issue takes the cake: drawing parallels between the lyrics of British MySpace starlet Lily Allen and the writing of English novelist Jane Austen [Lily Allen: Reflections of Jane Austen?”, June 13]. At first, the cover didn’t shock me, as I assumed Allen … Read more
Lily Allen a modern-day Jane Austen? [“Lily Allen Gets the Last Laugh,” June 13] Sure, and Liz Phair is Joyce Carol Oates. Maybe next week’s cover story could be a comparative study of Franz Kafka and Ol’ Dirty Bastard. I read the list of Allen/Austen parallels, and it was a major stretch. And even if … Read more
I was thoroughly entertained (and not for the first time) by the well-crafted and insightful piece by Melanie M. Bianchi entitled “Lily Allen Gets the Last Laugh” [June 13]. Lest she be accused of being either too “blithely potty-mouthed” like Lily Allen, or of having her own social commentary too deeply “embedded” like Jane Austen’s … Read more
Regarding the percentage of Smashing Pumpkins tickets sold to Ashevilleans: 20 percent is a generous number from club manager Liz Whalen and The Orange Peel —especially when myself and Larry, Darryl and Darryl didn’t get tickets. We’ll see how many people next week ask what grits are. — Paul Choi Asheville
The Asheville Orthopedic Hospital was already nearly 10 years old when Dorothy Holland came to town in 1947. The stone mansion near Biltmore Estate had been converted into a hospital for children with developmental disabilities, and after a short stint in Mission Hospital’s neurology ward, the 26-year-old nurse became one of three RNs at Asheville … Read more
The Asheville-Mountain Area Chapter of the American Red Cross does more than draw blood. From assisting military families to emergency response to CPR and First Aid classes, the Red Cross offers a lifeline to those in need. But blood is the goal of the 20th Annual Operation Blood Drive, the largest local blood drive … Read more
