Day: March 14, 2008
Rep. Fisher letter opposing north Buncombe concrete plant
A concrete plant proposed for Murphy Hill Road in the northern part of Buncombe County has stirred community outcry from neighbors who maintain the property is not suitable for that use. And a March 12, 2008, hearing about the proposal before the Board of Adjustment was cut short — after testimony from representatives of the … Read more
Code-violation notice to Zacchaeus House
This Feb. 13, 2008, notice from the city of Asheville’s Planning and Zoning Department informs the owners of a house on South French Broad Avenue that tenants of the home are violating a city code. “The nature of the violation is operating a house of worship,” it states. The Rev. Amy Cantrell and the Rev. … Read more
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: Fickle fashions in film
Works of art shouldn’t be given a free pass just because they’re old, or because someone somewhere once wrote about how great they were. What worries me is whether or not many of these films and filmmakers are being re-evaluated, or if they’ve simply been shunted to the side to make way for the flavor of the week. All too often, that seems to be the case.
A page from Thomas Wolfe’s FBI file
This is a page from Asheville author Thomas Wolfe’s FBI file, which was compiled after his death. The 42-page file was obtained by author Herbert Mitgang, who reviewed the file in his 1988 book, Dangerous Dossiers: Exposing the Secret War Against America’s Greatest Authors. The case file for this 1957 document is marked “Espionage,” according … Read more
