Day: July 11, 2007

The Asheville Postcard Company, founded in downtown’s Carolina Lane in 1910, helped put its hometown on the map with small depictions that delivered big impressions. Now a collector has helped historic N.C. postcards enter the digital era and taken Asheville along for the ride. Wish you were here: One of the Asheville-related items in a … Read more

“This was a dream for me for years and years,” says Maria Fore, a board member with Nuestro Centro, the new Hispanic community center in West Asheville. Fore worked as an interpreter at Mission Hospitals. “My cell phone was full of contact numbers for all sorts of services and organizations,” she explains, “and I found … Read more

So you’ve mastered everything from arpeggios to ostinatos. You’ve got the rock-star pose down cold. Not to mention that you’re smoking hot and can sling a mean axe as well as the next golden-tressed poseur. Problem is, unless you’ve got some business smarts and a good dose of entrepreneurial drive, you might well spend the … Read more

For more than 30 years, people have used the Consumer Credit Counseling Service of WNC to help untangle their finances and deal with pesky creditors. But with an array of additional services now being offered, the nonprofit’s moniker no longer fits. So, on July 13 at 9 a.m., at the local United Way’s headquarters on … Read more

The going price for the airspace off of the First Union building on Patton Avenue now stands at $4,775. That’s the bid placed July 2 by People Advocating Real Conservancy, the group trying to put an end to the city’s policy of selling air rights to the highest bidder. A bidding war for this particular … Read more