Henderson County News
Twenty-two agencies will receive awards of $500 or $1,000 as Horizon Heating and Air Conditioning and Trane partners with the Community Foundation of Henderson County to distribute a total of $18,000 to local non-profits.
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Calling her a "dependable fiscal and social conservative and strict Constitutionalist," Mike Scruggs, chairman of the Henderson County Republican Party from 2011 to 2013, has endorsed Lisa Carpenter Baldwin for the Republican nomination for the 48th Senate District seat that seven-term incumbent Tom Apodaca is vacating after his current term.
"Lisa Carpenter Baldwin has been a hard-working active Republican and is a dependable fiscal and social conservative and strict Constitutionalist," Scruggs writes. "She is strongly pro-life and a defender of our Second Amendment gun rights.
"As a mother of four children, she believes in and supports strong Biblical and family values. She wants to replace Common Core educational standards with our own rigorous academic standards to give North Carolina's children a firm foundation to build their future. Like most parents, she wants North Carolina to nourish a growing economy with strong growth in jobs and opportunity.
"She is a strong supporter of public safety and will insist that North Carolina's existing immigration laws be enforced rather than ignored. She will not be beholden to any special interests and will insist that the common good of all the people should be the guiding principle of North Carolina public service.
"Lisa Baldwin is a very bright, persistent, and courageous lady. Her four years on the Buncombe School Board proved her to be a relentless and often hard-fighting advocate for sound academic and administrative policies. She has many accomplishments, and In 2012 received the John Locke Foundation's James K. Polk Award for leadership in public service."
Baldwin has an undergraduate degree from UNC Greensboro and has a masters in economics from the University of Maryland and has served as an economist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Henderson County News
The slow-motion train wreck in Mills River would be fun to watch if the stakes were not so high.
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Lux Salon is hosting an open house from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 10, to celebrate its move to a larger space in the Historic Seventh Avenue District, owner Christine Carver announced.The public is invited to tour the new 2,400-square-foot space at 409 7th Avenue East and enjoy local food and beverages from Underground Bakery, Daddy D’s and Southern Appalachian Brewery. The staff will be offering complimentary consultations and the opportunity to experience their new braid bar. In addition, there will be a raffle for services, hair products and more.Originally from New York, Carver worked as a fashion and production designer in Los Angeles before relocating to North Carolina seven years ago. She opened Lux Salon in 2012. The new space features eight styling stations, five hair stylists, and a full-length color bar.“I believe in historic Seventh Avenue, and love the creative environment and neighborhood feel,” Carver said. “I think it’s going to be the next big thing, and I want to be a part of it.” Read Story »
Henderson County News
Asheville Regional Airport served a record number of passengers in 2015, breaking the record it had set the previous year.
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Retiring State Sen. Tom Apodaca (R-Henderson) on Thursday endorsed Chuck Edwards in the Republican primary for Senate District 48 — the seat Apodaca has held since 2003.
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Dreams do come true. Owners of Fletcher’s first brewery, Blue Ghost Brewing Company, Zachary Horn and Erik Weber have been dreaming of opening their own brewery for over a decade now and this weekend years of imagining, months of planning and building will come to fruition. Blue Ghost Brewing will hold a weekend long Grand Opening celebration starting Friday March 4th, including live music, food trucks, and children’s crafts and of course an extensive beer menu which will highlight the staple beers and specialty brews. Both Horn and Weber have experience in home brewing and commercial brewing but are eager to craft their own brews here in Fletcher. They said they’d like Blue Ghost to be a community center of sorts. Where family and friends can come hang out, have a good time and connect over a brew or two. The taproom is stocked with both children’s and adult games and even Fido will get a dog biscuit on the house.Blue Ghost is located at 125 Underwood Road in Fletcher. This weekend’s Grand Opening hours are Friday March 4th 2-9pm, Saturday March 5th 12pm-9pm, and Sunday March 6th 12pm-6pm.Check out the Blue Ghost Brewing Company’s Facebook page and website (www.blueghostbrewing.com) for normal hours of operation and information on upcoming specialty beer releases, live music, food trucks, and children’s activities. Read Story »
Henderson County News
Rhythm & Brews, the popular concert and craft beer event, has outgrown the downtown venue it’s used for three years and is moving to South Main Street, where it will take up two blocks.
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Residents of Towne Place were able to extract a promise of drainage improvements from a developer seeking permission to build the last four units in the development on Greenville Highway.
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