Results for statewide primary contests Designated winners appear in bold type. The first percentage number listed for each candidate is based on the unofficial statewide vote totals available from the N.C. State Board of Elections on May 8; the second figure (in parentheses) is the Buncombe County percentage. PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE Democratic primary results: • Barack … Read more
It’s all over but the yard signs—those leftover bits of red, white and blue that still speckle the landscape in the wake of North Carolina’s May 6 primary. After crisscrossing the state, tailed by the national media and closely scrutinized by hometown crowds, the presidential candidates and their entourages have moved on. And though the … Read more
Handmade crafts become hip again with the upcoming Which?Craft! fair. The event is the brainchild of Asheville artist Carley Dergins, who has been producing her own crafts under the name Mystery Hand for some time as well as visiting independent craft fairs in other towns. Rather than the confining themselves to the dusty crafts of … Read more
The Pack Square Conservancy got some good news last week: A long-awaited $7.5 million contract on the next phase of construction of Pack Square Park in downtown Asheville will likely be finalized this week. Park construction update: At their May 7 meeting, members of the Pack Square Conservancy talked about details of the next phase … Read more
Classmates Skyla Delerme, Syvanah Bennett and David Steinhoff couldn’t stop chattering as they hopped out of the Cessna four-seater. The Evergreen Community Charter School eighth-graders met their science teacher, Stuart Miles, on the tarmac. Bird’s-eye view: Evergreen Community Charter School eighthgrade teacher Stuart Miles, left, and student David Steinhoff check out the view on a … Read more
Half an hour before Asheville residents began flooding into the Civic Center for the Downtown Master Plan kickoff meeting on May 8, a rally organized by People Advocating for Real Conservancy had sprung up outside. Waving signs that read “Save the Basilica” and “Stop the High Rise,” PARC was there to protest a nine-story hotel … Read more
Mars Hill College welcomed a new rarity to its collections last month when Elfreide Ludwig Wilde, formerly of Hendersonville, donated her copy of an 1686 Martin Luther Bible to the school. The good, old book: Elfreide Wilde with the 1686 Martin Luther Bible she recently donated to Mars Hill College. Courtesy Mars Hill College Wilde … Read more
Cece Noonan, 41, says that she became aware of Asheville about four years ago. First, as she recalls, there was an ad (or maybe it was an article?) about the city in USA Today or some other newspaper. Then she read about the city and saw ads for it in Southern Living on a consistent … Read more
The mere mention of exercise can conjure up images of sadistic P.E. teachers, striped gym socks and climbing ropes—though for those of us safely out of high school it’s unlikely that any of the aforementioned figure into our fitness regimens. For that matter, Nautilus equipment, ankle weights and chest expanders may seem equally laughable. It’s … Read more
Ask Andrew McKeag, “guitbass” player for The Presidents of the United States of America, about his band’s early success, and he’s just as puzzled as everyone else. After all, he joined the band in 2004, a decade after the bands’ meteoric rise to the top of the charts. Elected to rock: The Presidents climbed to … Read more
