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• Civility Project? Itís too much of a ëgoodí thing

  Created: Tuesday, 08 April 2008 14:29

    John North Editor & Publisher “Be agreeable.” There, that makes you feel better about the idiot who just cut you off in traffic, doesn’t it? Maybe not. As an u...

• Letters: April 9, 2007

  Created: Tuesday, 08 April 2008 14:27

  Daily Planet praised for efforts; urged to go to daily publication My congratulations to John North and his staff at the Asheville Daily Planet for publishing the most informative weekly newspaper that I have had the pleasure of reading. As ev...

• Despite directorís intentions, ëStop-Lossí falls short of reality

  Created: Tuesday, 08 April 2008 14:23

  Decorated Iraq war hero Sgt. Brandon King (Ryan Phillippe) returns to his Texas hometown and tries to give moral support to wartime buddy Steve Shriver (Channing Tatum) in writer-director Kimberly Peirce’s film, “Stop-...

• Advice Goddess: Sometimes ëdirectnessí is a euphemism for ëpoor impulse controlí

  Created: Tuesday, 08 April 2008 14:20

  The Advice Goddess Amy Alkon In high school and college I was really overweight. I started losing weight and found a great guy online. During the year we talked, I went from size 18 to size 12, losing 80 pound...

• Bellamy removed from personnel board by fellow council members

  Created: Tuesday, 08 April 2008 14:16

  Asheville City Council voted 4-3 on March 11 to remove Mayor Terry Bellamy from a city board charged with oversight of crucial personnel decisions, replacing her with Councilman Bill Russell and making the board permanent. Opponents of the move, in...

• City panel split on Parkside condos

  Created: Tuesday, 08 April 2008 14:15

  An 11-story condominium project proposed for downtown hit a snag April 2 when the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission tied 3-3, failing to pass a motion to endorse the project. Without that endorsement, the proposed Parkside Condominiums w...

• 2 new high-rises proposed for downtown

  Created: Tuesday, 08 April 2008 14:14

  The owner of the Haywood Park complex downtown wants to build two new high-rise towers, including one modeled on the building E.W. Grove originally wanted to top the Grove Arcade. Tony Fraga, who bought the property last year, has unveiled plans th...

• Sheriff, officer debate legalization of drugs

  Created: Tuesday, 08 April 2008 14:14

  Buncombe County Sheriff Van Duncan and a retired sheriff’s deputy from South Carolina found some common ground April 2 in a debate over whether some drugs should be legalized. Duncan, who opposed legalization of drugs, debated against Earl Ba...

• Automobile set ablaze at The Asheville School

  Created: Tuesday, 08 April 2008 14:13

  Arson investigators are looking into a car fire at The Asheville School early last Saturday that may be linked to two other car fires and the burning of a mobile home. A Saab parked in a remote parking lot of the private high school was ignited by...

• Police Blotter: April 9, 2008

  Created: Tuesday, 08 April 2008 14:13

  City police arrest suspect on multiple robbery charges City police on April 1 arrested a man they say robbed a Wachovia Bank branch in Candler, as well as several other area businesses. Keith Erwin Allen, 43, a resident of Richmond Avenue i...

• Congress puts aside differences for U.S., Shuler tells forum

  Created: Tuesday, 01 April 2008 13:38

  By JIM GENARO Despite their differences, lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle care deeply about the country, Rep. Heath Shuler, D-Waynesville, told a town meeting at UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center last Wednesday night. The f...

• Whereís the lake?

  Created: Tuesday, 01 April 2008 13:36

  Even before April Fool’s Day this past Tuesday, jokes abounded around Asheville about global warming affecting the level of Beaver Lake. Actually, the North Asheville landmark is being drained so that a new valve and toe drain can be instal...

• ëRed vs. Blueí debate: Sparks fly, respectfully

  Created: Tuesday, 01 April 2008 13:36

  By JOHN NORTH Two political commentators and authors from opposite ends of the political spectrum squared off during a “Red vs. Blue” debate last Thursday night at The Asheville School. More than 300 people packed TAS’s Gra...

• Was Bill Clinton a conservative and Bush a liberal? duo asked

  Created: Tuesday, 01 April 2008 13:34

  By JOHN NORTH The question-and-answer session following the “Red vs. Blue Debate” at The Asheville School began on a highly provocative note that triggered laughter from the two debaters and the audience in Graham Theatre last Wednesd...

• UNCA coach to be offered new pact

  Created: Tuesday, 01 April 2008 13:30

  UNC Asheville reportedly will offer coach Eddie Biedenbach a contract extension after he orchestrated the best men’s basketball record in school history. Biedenbach’s Bulldogs finished 23-10 and claimed a share of the Big South Conference...

• Bulldogsí Smithson named to 2nd team by N.C. sports group

  Created: Tuesday, 01 April 2008 13:28

  HIGH POINT – UNC Asheville senior guard Bryan Smithson was named to the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association University Division All-State men’s basketball team on March 25. He becomes the first Asheville player e...

• Maybin sent to minors as his hitting sputters

  Created: Tuesday, 01 April 2008 13:27

  JUPITER, Fla. — One of baseball’s top prospects, center fielder Cameron Maybin, recently was optioned by the Florida Marlins to the Double-A Carolina Mudcats, where he will begin the season. Maybin, a former standout at Roberson High ...

• Former president Clinton stumps for Hillary during Asheville visit

  Created: Tuesday, 01 April 2008 13:26

  Former president Bill Clinton drew a packed house of about 2,000 people last Friday night when he stumped for his wife Hillary’s presidential bid in the gym at Asheville High. In the final stop of a whirlwind day in which he gave speeches in ...

• Conservative touts federalism while liberal favors eclecticism

  Created: Tuesday, 01 April 2008 13:24

  By JOHN NORTH Following the “Red vs. Blue” debate and question-and-answer period, political commentators Jonah Goldberg and Peter Beinart made the following closing statements at The Asheville School last Wednesday night: Conserv...

• Detroit mayor, former chief of staff plead not guilty to conspiracy, perjury charges

  Created: Tuesday, 01 April 2008 13:24

  DETROIT — Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former chief of staff Christine Beatty sttod mute as they were arraigned March 25 on multiple charges including perjury, conspiracy, obstruction of justice and misconduct. Pleas of not guilty w...