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• Chanting to save magnolia

  Created: Tuesday, 07 August 2007 18:54

  Participants in a Wiccan ceremony led by Coven Oldenwilde chant ìbarbarous words of powerî intended to protect a large magnolia tree in front of City Hall from being cut down by a developer, last Friday evening. The tract of land the tree is pl...

• Partisan election referendum petition succeeds, barely

  Created: Tuesday, 07 August 2007 18:53

  By JIM GENARO Citizens of Asheville will get a chance to vote on whether they want municipal elections to be based on political parties or not, as election officials certified on July 31 that a petition drive calling for a referendum on the matter ...

• Wiccans use chant, drumming meant to protect magnolia

  Created: Tuesday, 07 August 2007 18:52

    By JIM GENARO About two dozen people gathered last Friday evening to chant Wiccan prayers of protection for a magnolia tree that is scheduled to be uprooted to make way for a condominium development downtown. The tree, which stands...

• Police Blotter: August 8, 2007

  Created: Tuesday, 07 August 2007 18:46

    Johnny Patterson Police involved in 2 chases during course of one night Asheville police arrested two men in separate vehicle chases the night of July 30 and the following morning. Both c...

• Sports Briefs August 8, 2008

  Created: Tuesday, 07 August 2007 18:39

  Walk-off homer in 10th fuels Shorebirds over Tourists 3-1 SALISBURY, Md. ó The Delmarva Shorebirds scored two runs off Brandon Snyderís walk-off home run in the 10th inning to top the Tourists 3-1 in front of 4,719 fans on Sunday. Taking th...

• Goombay festival will not expand in 2007, parks department rules

  Created: Tuesday, 07 August 2007 18:37

  From Staff Reports Goombay, Ashevilleís annual African-Caribbean festival, will not expand onto Biltmore Avenue as organizers had requested this year. However, a possible expansion will be considered for next summer. The YMI Cultural Center,...

• ëHairsprayí proves to be pure-fun musical with laughs

  Created: Tuesday, 07 August 2007 18:36

    Roger Ebert ìHairsprayî is just plain fun. Or maybe not so plain. Thereís a lot of craft and slyness lurking beneath the circa-1960 goofiness. The movie seems guileless and rambunctious, but i...

• Symbols shouldnít trump freedoms

  Created: Tuesday, 07 August 2007 18:34

  Symbols can hold tremendous power. The recent conflict between a sheriffís deputy and an Asheville couple over an upside-down American flag brought home just how powerful ó and divisive ó symbols can be. To Mark and Deborah Kuhn, flying the...

• A new Mr. Spock? ëStar Trekí film hurtling into unknown

  Created: Tuesday, 07 August 2007 18:33

    John North Editor & Publisher ìSpace ... the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Star Ship Enterprise. Itís five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and...

• Letís establish a coalition of conservatives, hippies

  Created: Tuesday, 07 August 2007 18:30

  I have a grim announcement to make. Cue up the ominous music. I suggest ìImperial Marchî from ìThe Empire Strikes Back.î Carl S. Milsted, Jr.   Iím going over to the Dark Side; Iím going to j...

• Advice Goddess: Trouble dating? Hostility isnít the answer

  Created: Tuesday, 07 August 2007 18:27

  Iím a 37-year-old single, never-married man. I have a decent career, own my own home, and Iím debt-free. What could possibly be the problem? Women have never asked me out, offered to buy me a drink, or even opened a door for me. The only women whoíve a...

• Top 10 fiction works of all time? Thomas Wolfe, sadly, is absent

  Created: Tuesday, 07 August 2007 18:25

  by D.G. Martin What happened to Thomas Wolfe? It was my first question for Peder Zane after reading his new book, ìThe Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books.î Zane, the long-time book editor at the Raleigh News and Observer, conta...

• Who is hurt by privatization of soldiers in U.S. military?

  Created: Tuesday, 07 August 2007 18:24

  In the past six or so years, the current administration has been moving more and more into privatization. This national agenda has affected education, health care, mental health services, and on the international front it has seriously affected the...

• 2 former sheriffís deputies charged in federal gambling investigation

  Created: Tuesday, 07 August 2007 18:19

  From Staff Reports Two former Buncombe County Sheriffís deputies are among 14 people facing federal charges for their alleged involvement in illegal video-poker casinos, federal authorities said in court documents unsealed July 31. Federal au...

• Residents, sheriffís deputy clash over upside-down flag

  Created: Tuesday, 31 July 2007 10:14

  By JIM GENARO When Mark and Deborah Kuhn flew an American flag upside down in front of their West Asheville home, they said they meant it not as a sign of disrespect, but as a sign of distress and protest against the war in Iraq. Nonetheless,...

• Mural wall inspires creativity

  Created: Tuesday, 31 July 2007 10:13

  A young girl paints on a mural wall that was set up on the corner of Coxe and Patton Avenues during Bele Chere last Saturday afternoon. Despite sometimes heavy rainfall, the annual outdoor street festival drew an estimated 300,000 people to downt...

• Proposed bike plan for Asheville area unveiled at forum

  Created: Tuesday, 31 July 2007 10:12

  By Jim Genaro Asheville bicycle enthusiasts got their first look last Thursday at a proposed plan that would create bike lanes, connections and facilities to make it easier for cyclists to navigate the city. About 150 people packed the Public ...

• Despite rains, challenges, 300,000 attend Bele Chere

  Created: Tuesday, 31 July 2007 10:10

  From Staff Reports Despite heavy rainfall and other challenges, organizers of last weekendís Bele Chere festival are calling the street party a success. An estimated 300,000 people attended the annual Asheville festival ó lower than the 375,...

• Police Blotter: August 1, 2007

  Created: Tuesday, 31 July 2007 10:05

  † Dmitry Simonovich† Man allegedly confesses after beating wife to death City police are investigating what appears to be the beating death of an immigrant from eastern Europe that took place about 2 a.m. last...

• Team brings rabid kitten home; people in 4 states may be infected

  Created: Tuesday, 31 July 2007 10:02

  A softball team from Buncombe County may have accidentally exposed people in four states to rabies by bringing home a kitten with the disease from a tournament in South Carolina. Fourteen people in Buncombe County, including team members, families ...