September 5, 2007 – mountainx.com

Nominate your favorite local blogs

September 5, 2007 by Brian Postelle

Blogger or not, you may well have opinions about Asheville’s thriving blog culture. Now is the time to weigh in and nominate your picks for the 2007 BlogAsheville Awards.

The case of the missing Clubland …

September 5, 2007 by Alli Marshall

Can’t find Clubland in the print edition of this week’s Mountain Xpress? We goofed, but our user-friendly online version is there for you.

Breaking the bathroom barrier

September 5, 2007 by Rebecca Bowe

The “safe to pee” movement comes to North Carolina.

This guy can’t catch a break: System failure forces temporary closure at Register of Deeds office

September 5, 2007 by Kent Priestley

A Labor Day weekend computer-system crash has forced the staff of the Buncombe County Register of Deeds office to do things the old-fashioned way: by hand.

Weekly Asheville Disclaimer Page: 09/05/07

September 5, 2007 by Webmaster

• If football really was religion, I’d burn you boys at the stake for heresy
• Education: Nontraditional student adjusting to dorm life
• Ron Paul’s support runs gamut from wild-eyed to sweaty and out-of-breath
• Coming Next Week…

Family Visitation Center

March 20, 2015September 5, 2007 by Webmaster

Sandy Boyd, Family Visitation Program director What was once the Family Visitation Center is now a program of the Mediation Center: the Family Visitation Program. It currently offers two child-centered services: Supervised Visitation and Monitored Exchanges. These services are offered to parents and families experiencing challenging interpersonal relationships who need a safe, supervised environment for … Read more

Listening Party: Kakistocracy, Come Before Winter and The Hellblinki Sextet

September 5, 2007 by Steve Shanafelt

With so much happening on the local music scene, it can be hard to keep up with the newest groups, latest trends and catchiest sounds. What we need is a listening party.

A friend in deed

September 5, 2007 by Cecil Bothwell

George Willis Pack (1831-1906) was a great benefactor of Asheville and Buncombe County. He and his father had made a fortune logging in Michigan, and when Pack moved to Asheville in 1885, he was determined to repay his perceived obligation to the society in which he had prospered. He would do it with public works. … Read more

Lex make a deal

September 5, 2007 by Cecil Bothwell

A handful of families control most of the property on downtown Asheville’s North Lexington Avenue, but the Lantzius name is pre-eminent. Vancouver resident John Lantzius and his kin own the lion’s share of properties on both sides of the road between College Street and the Interstate 240 overpass, along with several properties on the adjacent … Read more

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