May 6, 2009 – mountainx.com

From the mountains to the sea: Beer

May 6, 2009 by Jason Sandford

What happens when seven guys, including four who comprise a band called Rat Jackson, hit 27 breweries and play five gigs during a two-week road trip from North Carolina’s mountains to its coast? Watch the movie Beer Y’all and find out.

Conservancy focuses on park pavilion: Should it be LEED certified?

May 6, 2009 by Jason Sandford

The director of the Pack Square Park Conservancy said the board on Wednesday wrestled with questions concerning the park’s proposed $2.46 million pavilion.

Weaverville activist: The July Fourth show will go on

May 6, 2009 by Jason Sandford

A community organizer says Weaverville will celebrate the Fourth of July this year. It just won’t be with much help from town officials.

Commissioners consider budget, order letter calling for CTS cleanup

May 6, 2009 by David Forbes

At its May 5 meeting, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners reviewed its tight budget — with $5.9 million in proposed cuts — and also asked its lawyers to draft a letter to Gov. Bev Perdue calling for action on cleaning up the contaminated CTS of Asheville site.

Pat & Alli’s Weekly Winners

May 6, 2009 by Alli Marshall

Each week Xpress reporter Alli Marshall and WOXL DJ Pat Ryan team up to bring you their entertainment suggestions.

Eats and tweets

May 6, 2009 by Hanna Rachel Raskin

Hard as it is to believe, online social networking is still relatively new. But the seeds of the current Twitter craze that’s gripped all manner of restaurants, from latter-day chuckwagons to tony white-tableclothed eateries, were sown decades ago. All the food news that fits a tweet: June Thomas puts Twitter to work for Nine Mile. … Read more

From the mountains to the sea: Beer

Conservancy focuses on park pavilion: Should it be LEED certified?

Weaverville activist: The July Fourth show will go on

Commissioners consider budget, order letter calling for CTS cleanup

Pat & Alli’s Weekly Winners

Eats and tweets

Turduckswan: Review of Honk at Haywood Arts Repertory Theatre

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This weekend on a shoestring

Souter retires

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