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• Say it ainít so, Roger, and Barry and ...

  Created: Tuesday, 01 January 2008 13:01

  EDITOR’S NOTE: The following editorial is reprinted from the Dec 14 edition of The New York Times. •  Yesterday’s report from the former Senator George Mitchell makes it inescapably clear that major league baseball is permeated w...

• Tim Burtonís ëSweeney Toddí proves a feast for eyes, ears

  Created: Tuesday, 01 January 2008 12:45

  Roger Ebert “For many a poor orphan lad, the first square meal he ever had was a hot meat pie made out of his dad.” — From “Sweeney Todd the Barber.” • Tim Burton’s film a...

• Advice Goddess: Skepticism is a girlís best friend

  Created: Tuesday, 01 January 2008 12:37

  The Advice Goddess Amy Alkon I’m 25, my boyfriend’s 28. Our three-year relationship has been near-perfect, and he’s given every indication he plans to marry me. I was secretly (albeit prematu...

• New year marks time to change successfully, positively

  Created: Tuesday, 01 January 2008 12:24

  Janese Johnson With the new year upon us, many look at their life in terms of desired change. What do we want to see different in our life this next year? New Year’s resolutions are made with such certa...

• Weaverville moves forward with plans to protect wildlife

  Created: Tuesday, 25 December 2007 16:21

  By JIM GENARO WEAVERVILLE ó Preservation of natural habitats was the subject of much discussion at the Weaveville Town Council meeting last Tuesday night, as council heard an update on the townís efforts to be certified by the National Wildlife Fed...

• ëHeís making his list....í

  Created: Tuesday, 25 December 2007 16:20

  Santa Claus (aka Charles James, an associate professor of chemistry at UNC Asheville) listens to the wish lists of students from Pisgah View and Barnardsville Head Start Programs on Dec. 4 at UNCAís 12th annual Head Start Holiday Party. More tha...

• Police Blotter: Dec. 23, 2007

  Created: Tuesday, 25 December 2007 16:19

  Henderson County deputies seize 220 pot plants in raid HENDERSONVILLE ó Deputies on Dec. 10 raided what Henderson County Sheriff Rick Davis said was the countyís ìlargest and most sophisticatedî marijuana-growing operation. The operatio...

• EDITORíS NOTE: The following is the text of Gene Robertsí Dec. 14 address to the Mars Hill College G

  Created: Tuesday, 25 December 2007 16:17

  EDITORíS NOTE: The following is the text of Gene Robertsí Dec. 14 address to the Mars Hill College Graduating Class of December 2007. Roberts won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for History. Following a distinguished career as newspaper reporter and editor, he ...

• Sports Briefs: Dec. 23, 2007

  Created: Tuesday, 25 December 2007 16:15

  Bulldogs sign five players to bolster squad next year The UNC Asheville menís basketball team recently announced the signing of five high-school players for next season. They include 6-foot-1 guard Matt Dickey, 6-6 forward Quinard Jackson, 6-2 g...

• No. 12 Tennessee survives late UNCA rally for 86-73 win

  Created: Tuesday, 25 December 2007 16:11

  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. ó No. 12 Tennessee held off a frantic UNC Asheville rally in the second half to record an 86-73 win in menís basketball before a crowd of 21,001 fans at Thompson-Boling Arena last Wednesday night. Senior guard K.J. Garland led As...

• UNCA uses team effort to top S.C. State 82-73

  Created: Tuesday, 25 December 2007 16:11

  UNC Asheville placed five players in double figures as the Bulldogs defeated South Carolina State, 82-73, in menís basketball at Justice Center on Dec 17. The win was the 151st for Asheville head coach Eddie Biedenbach and moved him into second pl...

• ëI Am Legendí strains reason, but keeps viewer engaged

  Created: Tuesday, 25 December 2007 16:10

  Roger Ebert The opening scenes of ìI Am Legendî have special effects so good that they just about compensate for some later special effects that are dicey. We see Manhattan three years after a deadly virus has k...

• Advice Goddess: Single dad? Out of the dating pool!

  Created: Tuesday, 25 December 2007 16:07

  The Advice Goddess Amy Alkon Your advice for the 25-year-old woman who didnít want to get involved with a guy with a daughter was disgustingly shallow. In supporting her not wanting to date single dads youír...

• Is there a Santa Claus?

  Created: Tuesday, 25 December 2007 16:05

  EDITORíS NOTE: The following, which first appeared on the editorial page of† The New York Sun, was written by Francis P. Church, September 21, 1897. ï We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same tim...

• Ashevilleís good, bad and ugly always intertwined, new book reveals

  Created: Tuesday, 25 December 2007 16:04

  John North Editor & Publisher Asheville, the highly touted ìParis of the South,î constantly amazes me with its paradoxes past and present. Like Paris, indeed, it has a dark underbelly that is rarely appare...

• Santa? Get real, kid; truth will set you free

  Created: Tuesday, 25 December 2007 16:03

  EDITORíS NOTE: The following was written by Greg Perkins in response to the ìYes, Virginia, there is a Santa Clausî editorial. ï Dear Virginia, Your eagerness to know is wonderful! Have you ever scooped up a lost nickel, only to discover that...

• This holiday season, give the greatest gift of all ... self-love

  Created: Tuesday, 25 December 2007 15:56

    Janese Johnson With the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, many are moving at a faster pace in their life than usual. Even those who are not celebrating Christmas find they are standing in l...

• Jan Davis elected vice mayor of city; Russell takes seat

  Created: Tuesday, 18 December 2007 15:32

  From Staff Reports Councilman Jan Davis replaced Holly Jones as vice mayor on Dec. 11 after City Council unanimously voted to appoint him to the cityís second-highest public office. An incumbent, Davis was the highest vote-getter in the Nov. ...

• Making Christmas merry

  Created: Tuesday, 18 December 2007 15:31

  UNC Asheville freshman Tonya Green gives Aysia Drayton, 4, a box of crayons at UNC Ashevilleís 12th annual Head Start Holiday Party on Dec. 4. More than 100 UNCA student volunteers spent time with 100 students from the Pisgah View and Barnardsvi...

• Ex-sheriff Medford, two ex-deputies plead not guilty to federal charges; bond denied

  Created: Tuesday, 18 December 2007 15:30

  From Staff Reports Former Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford and two of his ex-deputies pleaded not guilty to extortion and other federal charges last Monday, but will stay in prison while they await trial. Despite the pleas, federal Magi...