November 3, 2015 – mountainx.com

Young, Haynes and Mayfield win seats on Asheville City Council

November 9, 2015November 3, 2015 by Hayley Benton

While early voting results showed candidates Julie Mayfield, Keith Young and Marc Hunt in the lead, results quickly moved all up and down the board. Ultimately, Vice Mayor Hunt lost his bid for re-election, and Young, Haynes and Mayfield (in that order) won Ashevilleans’ votes and the three City Council seats.

Letter writer: Teachers shouldn’t be charity cases

November 3, 2015 by Letters

“Our teachers should make enough money to afford a decent place to live on their own and shouldn’t be charity cases reliant upon nonprofits to make ends meet. “

Small bites: CiderFest NC

November 3, 2015 by Kat McReynolds

CiderFest brings local and regional hard ciders together for a third year. Plus, Ashley English stops into Asheville to lead a lesson on DIY dairy; The Hop West celebrates five years with free ice cream for all; and Season’s at Highland Lake welcomes executive chef Steve Boeger to the kitchen.

Local practitioners bring wellness to Buncombe’s prison population

November 9, 2015November 3, 2015 by Kate Lundquist

As mindfulness-based healing modalities with prison populations gather attention in the public eye, and research supports their effectiveness generally, more volunteers are coming forward in Western North Carolina to create wellness among incarcerated people.

The Milk Carton Kids’ contemporary take on American folk music

November 3, 2015 by Kyle Petersen

The Milk Carton Kids are really just two Los Angeles-based singer-songwriters — Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale — who figured out that they sounded good playing together. But to the rest of the Americana world, the two are magic in a bottle, blending the fraught folk weariness and preternatural guitar picking of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings with the fragile pop harmonies of Simon & Garfunkel.

Young, Haynes and Mayfield win seats on Asheville City Council

Letter writer: Teachers shouldn’t be charity cases

Small bites: CiderFest NC

Local practitioners bring wellness to Buncombe’s prison population

The Milk Carton Kids’ contemporary take on American folk music

Beer today, gone tomorrow: Asheville beer happenings Nov. 3-9

Letter writer: How to choose only three City Council candidates?

Smart bets: Rosy Kirby and John Faulkner

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