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• Vote shows Panamaës progress

  Created: Tuesday, 31 October 2006 16:20

  The Panama Canal is one of the engineering marvels of the world ÇƒÓ and over the next eight years, itës going to be getting a lot larger, as Panamanian citizens voted overwhelmingly on Oct. 22 to expand and modernize the canal.This is, on the whole, a...

• Democratic Party should pay for failure to support blacks

  Created: Tuesday, 31 October 2006 16:19

  Roland MartinChicago ÇƒÓ When former Congressman Kweisi Mfume decided to run for the U.S. Sena...

• Want to start your own God-optional religion? Hey, letës get that on film

  Created: Tuesday, 31 October 2006 16:16

  John NorthEditor & Publisher"Documentary will pay you $5,000 to start your own religi...

• Letters to the Editor - November 1, 2006

  Created: Tuesday, 31 October 2006 16:13

  Columnist termed wrongin view on debate no-showIn a recent commentary (headlined "Citizen-Times shows disheartening lack of non-partisanship" in the Daily Planet on Oct. 24), Janese Johnson inaccurately asserted that Rep. Charles Taylor, R-Brevard, was a ...

• Itës time for us to get smart about carbon consumption

  Created: Tuesday, 31 October 2006 16:11

  Carl S. Milsted, Jr.There is something about energy that brings out the sillies in politicians. Everywhere you look you can find...

• Open-source computing model offers alternative to capitalism

  Created: Tuesday, 31 October 2006 16:09

  Mark WestMargaret Thatcher, in the long-ago 1980s, was fond of responding to questions about vari...

• Readers invited to submit books to be reviewed in column

  Created: Tuesday, 31 October 2006 16:07

  David Forbes"I am human, nothing human is alien to me."ÇƒÓ TerenceïWell, dear reader, this week there is no book review. Donët worry, theyëll reappear in this space soon enough.What youëre reading right now is instead a s...

• Advice Goddess: Time to move on from anger

  Created: Tuesday, 31 October 2006 16:05

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• The quieting of individual conscience affects a whole nation

  Created: Tuesday, 31 October 2006 16:02

  Janese JohnsonA recent survey that was ...

• An open letter to my readers, especially my critics

  Created: Tuesday, 31 October 2006 16:00

  Marc Mullinax"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who h...

• Woodfin votes to annex area northwest of town

  Created: Tuesday, 24 October 2006 17:40

  WOODFIN ÇƒÓ The Woodfin Board of Aldermen voted 5-2 to annex a large area northwest of town at a special meeting Monday night.However, the board left out the Lakes portion of the Woodland Hills area in its final plan and delayed annexing another area u...

• Chanting at LEAF

  Created: Tuesday, 24 October 2006 17:38

  Sangita Devi, a kirtan group based in Asheville, performs  devotional music last Saturday at the Lake Eden Arts Festival in Black Mountain.  Kirtan, a kind of bhakti (devotional) yoga that originated in India, is the spiritual practice of chanti...

• Woodfin accepts $2 million offer for golf course site

  Created: Tuesday, 24 October 2006 17:37

  By DAVID FORBESWOODFIN ÇƒÓ For $2 million, the Woodfin Board of Aldermen on Oct. 17 unanimously approved the sale of an 156-acre site that is a former municipal golf course to upscale developer Reynolds Mountain.The motion, made by Alderman Jim Angel, ...

• Asheville considers water improvements using $35M in bonds

  Created: Tuesday, 24 October 2006 17:35

  By DAVID FORBESAsheville may end up issuing about $35 million in bonds to make improvements and repairs to the city-owned water system, as City Council discussed the step on Oct. 17."This will allow us to deal with some much-needed repairs and also build ...

• Police Blotter for October 25, 2006

  Created: Tuesday, 24 October 2006 17:12

  A-B Tech student, 19, dies  in Woodfin hit-run Saturday WOODFIN ÇƒÓ A 19-year-old Weaverville student was killed on the 72nd block of Weaverville Highway early Saturday morning after she got out of her motherës car and was struck by a passing veh...

• Asheville assembles ǃÚtoolboxë in effort to boost area economy

  Created: Tuesday, 24 October 2006 17:08

  By DAVID FORBESThe City of Asheville is considering a wide range of economic development strategies, including land grants, fee waiver, working with nonprofits and better marketing for a "toolbox" aimed at encouraging a healthier economy in the area, as t...

• Buncombe commissioners OK new welfare-to-work plan

  Created: Tuesday, 24 October 2006 17:06

  The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners approved a new welfare plan Oct. 17 that officials say will continue the current systemës most successful strategies. The state of North Carolina mandates that every two years counties must update their plans fo...

• ǃÚIdealistic revolutionsë settled by armed forces, professor claims

  Created: Tuesday, 24 October 2006 17:06

  By JEREMY MORRISONThe French, American and Haitian revolutions were all idealistic ventures that were ultimately settled militarily, Dr. Tracy Rizzo told an audience of about 200 people at UNC Ashevilleës Lipinsky Auditorium on Sept. 1.Rizzo is an associ...

• After survey, Haywood Rd. may be rezoned, city says

  Created: Tuesday, 24 October 2006 17:02

  From Staff ReportsMaintaining the unique character of West Asheville ÇƒÓ likely through a change in zoning ÇƒÓ was a dominant theme at a meeting about the future of Haywood Road last Thursday. About 40 West Asheville residents and business-owners me...

• Fearing annexation, development, Swannanoans discuss incorporation

  Created: Tuesday, 24 October 2006 16:59

  SWANNANOA ÇƒÓ Development, annexation and incorporation were common themes at a meeting of about 400 people at the Swannanoa Fire Department on Oct. 17.The forum was organized by the newly formed Swannanoa Pride Community Coalition to provide residents...