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Give the Legislature a D-plus
The North Carolina General Assembly left Raleigh on Friday afternoon in the usual rush of hastily finished business and fishy spending schemes.
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The North Carolina General Assembly left Raleigh on Friday afternoon in the usual rush of hastily finished business and fishy spending schemes.
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Rezoning U.S. 25N makes sense
It always sets off alarms when the Henderson County Board of Commissioners overrides the recommendation of the professional planners, and the alarm rings a bit louder when the board also rejects the recommendation of its Planning Board, which tends...
It always sets off alarms when the Henderson County Board of Commissioners overrides the recommendation of the professional planners, and the alarm rings a bit louder when the board also rejects the recommendation of its Planning Board, which tends...
Goodbye and good riddance
The great experiment has ended, and the conclusion is that it didn't work.
The great experiment has ended, and the conclusion is that it didn't work.
Give city your ideas
And while we speaking of Hendersonville, kudos to the city for holding a meeting in which 35 town residents got to participate in drawing up a new comprehensive plan.
And while we speaking of Hendersonville, kudos to the city for holding a meeting in which 35 town residents got to participate in drawing up a new comprehensive plan.
Darts & Laurels
Dart - To the state Legislature, for passing a bill to fix a problem that doesn't exist. This is what happens when legislators let one busybody lawmaker from Burlington with too much power and too little to exert it on push through a bill that...
Dart - To the state Legislature, for passing a bill to fix a problem that doesn't exist. This is what happens when legislators let one busybody lawmaker from Burlington with too much power and too little to exert it on push through a bill that...
Widening of road not needed
Flat Rock Village Council ought to rescind a resolution supporting the widening of the Greenville Highway through part of the village business district.
Flat Rock Village Council ought to rescind a resolution supporting the widening of the Greenville Highway through part of the village business district.
Internet predators beware
There is no evidence so far that a North Henderson High School teacher arrested last week for soliciting a child on the Internet had any inappropriate contact with students.
There is no evidence so far that a North Henderson High School teacher arrested last week for soliciting a child on the Internet had any inappropriate contact with students.
Hope change just makes GE stronger
In times of economic strain such as these, the last thing anyone wants to hear is that one of the area's largest remaining industrial employers is facing major uncertainty.
In times of economic strain such as these, the last thing anyone wants to hear is that one of the area's largest remaining industrial employers is facing major uncertainty.
Project can fit with planning
The Legacy at Mills River sounds like a good fit for Mills River and one that the town ought to approve.
The Legacy at Mills River sounds like a good fit for Mills River and one that the town ought to approve.
Helping kids laugh, learn and travel
Darts & Laurels
Darts & Laurels
One way or another, we will pay
On the Board of Commissioners' decision Monday to put a .25 cent sales tax referendum on the November ballot, we say good luck with all that.
On the Board of Commissioners' decision Monday to put a .25 cent sales tax referendum on the November ballot, we say good luck with all that.
No more business as usual
With rising gasoline prices sending ripples through everybody’s budgets, local governments have tightened their belts and approved budgets that hold the line on property tax rates.
With rising gasoline prices sending ripples through everybody’s budgets, local governments have tightened their belts and approved budgets that hold the line on property tax rates.
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Chance for a new start in Fletcher
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Schools get a fitting monument
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We hold these truths self-evident
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Clear up laundry list of problems
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Protest was a comedy of errors
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A humble, thoughtful law officer
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Legislators need to get ducks in row
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Project holds promise for Main Street
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Keep water pact out of the courts
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A credit to her community
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Holy Family EPiscopal Church Vacation Bible School
Holy Family Episcopal Church, 419 Turnpike Road, Mills River, NC, will be hosting its annual ... (more)
Pickin' on the Porch
Join local musicians and songwriters Roger Howell and Richard Hurley as they perform on the front porch (more)
Wine Tasting South American
The Flat Rock Wine Shoppe is holding a wine tasting on Friday July 18th from 5-8pm.
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add your event»Holy Family Episcopal Church, 419 Turnpike Road, Mills River, NC, will be hosting its annual ... (more)
Pickin' on the Porch
Join local musicians and songwriters Roger Howell and Richard Hurley as they perform on the front porch (more)
Wine Tasting South American
The Flat Rock Wine Shoppe is holding a wine tasting on Friday July 18th from 5-8pm.
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Civility should be a traditional value
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Election process was point of letter
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Recycle newspapers that patients get
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Commissioners’ stand height of hypocrisy
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Pelosi is the pot calling kettle black
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Hey, merchants, get some exercise
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Neither president, bosses ‘own' anybody
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Truth is, CO2 is not to blame
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Small cars not always good idea
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Employee restored my faith in free press
