Day: May 22, 2010
Scenes from the “Sidewalks for Safety” march
On Saturday, May 22, over 200 people marched Tunnel Road’s “Goat Trail” in a demonstration intended to rally city leaders to build more sidewalks in east Asheville. The march highlighted a mile-long stretch of worn grass and rocky paths along the road where many veterans walk each day between the Veterans Restoration Quarters and the VA Medical Center.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: As promised—more on the Asheville Film Society
I don’t know when the idea first came up, or if it came to me in a passing hallucination or what. I do know that for years I’ve posed the question, “Why doesn’t Ashevile have a film society?” The response has always been the same: it won’t work, it’s been tried, it’s bound to end in tears, etc. Being stubborn by nature I never quite bought that answer.
Asheville vies with Portland for ‘BeerCity USA’ title in poll’s final hours
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CORRECTION: Voting closes Monday morning at 1:59 a.m. (Mountain time Sunday 11:59 p.m.)
SATURDAY, May 22 — Asheville pulled into the lead in the national poll when it opened early this week. But today, the more populous Portland began to pull ahead in the Examiner.com poll.
