Day: May 27, 2009
URTV board will meet tomorrow to vote on new bylaws
In violation of its own bylaws — which require at least seven days’ notice — the URTV Board of Directors will hold a special meeting tomorrow to vote on a new set of bylaws that would eliminate the current membership structure and place more power in the board’s hands.
What’s hatching in WNC – June
Insect Time of month Patterns to Match type Eastern Green Drake Early Eastern Green Drake, Green Drake Biot Thorax, Coffin Fly, White Wulff, Corey’s Calftail sizes 8-12 Green Drake Emerger Nymph, Green Drake Cripple, Crow fly sizes 8-12 dry subsurface Olive Caddis Early Olive Elk Hair Caddis, Olive Egg layer Caddis Braid Pupae (olive) 14-18 … Read more
Buncombe Commissioners: To cut or not to cut?
No tax cut in budget, “non-core” services a lower priority Commissioners extend development moratorium Health Department responding to H1N1 flu threat Hard times are here. That was the feeling that pervaded the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners’ May 19 meeting, as both members of the public and some commissioners weighed in on the proposed budget … Read more
A Firestorm of cooperation
The past year has been inhospitable to most new small businesses; even many of those that got off to a strong start before the recession kicked in have now found themselves ailing. One local business that’s bucked the trend is Firestorm Café & Books, and to hear the owners tell it, that success is due … Read more
Building opposition
The irregular patch of pavement at the corner of Haywood Street and Page Avenue in downtown Asheville is heating up again, and it’s not just the warmer weather. The city-owned parcel, adjacent to the Civic Center and the Basilica of St. Lawrence, was once earmarked for a parking deck that proved highly controversial and was … Read more
