Carmela Caruso
Reporter and Writer at Freelance
Contributor at Voice of America (VOA)
Contributor at Mountain Xpress
Freelance Reporter @VOAnews @MXnews - Available for assignments - Views my own
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Feb 7, 2025 |
mountainx.com | Carmela Caruso
Though much of Western North Carolina was without water, power and cell service in the days after Tropical Storm Helene, staff at many area nonprofits and restaurants were hard at work finding ways to get food out to the community. In the midst of the disaster, the need was clear and urgent. But food insecurity was at crisis levels in WNC even before Helene, say local hunger-fighting organizations.
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Jan 29, 2025 |
mountainx.com | Kay West |Carmela Caruso |Brionna Dallara |Justin McGuire
Displaced: Grassroots organizers fight for Swannanoa residents Volume / Issue January 29, 2025 Cover Design Credit: Scott Southwick and Caleb Johnson Cover Photography Credit: Caleb Johnson Like many rural places in Western North Carolina, the Swannanoa community is scattered around hollers and dead-end roads. Because of this, people in each neighborhood had unique experiences of Tropical Storm Helene — whether they were near forested slopes off Bee Tree Road or in riverside complexes within...
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Jan 23, 2025 |
mountainx.com | Carmela Caruso
Commission votes to reduce school funding despite pleas COLD FACTS: Despite protesters outside the Buncombe County administration building, commissioners voted Jan. 21 to cut education budgets. Photo by Carmela Caruso Just before the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners’ Jan.
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Jan 15, 2025 |
mountainx.com | Kay West |Greg Parlier |Carmela Caruso
Freestyle: 23 Skidoo launches rhyme-writing series for kids Volume / Issue January 15, 2025 Cover Design Credit: Scott Southwick Cover Photography Credit: Courtesy of Secret Agent 23 Skidoo With his new youth rhyme-writ- ing program, Imaginarium: Flip the Script!, Asheville-based, Grammy Award-winning children’s hip-hop artist Secret Agent 23 Skidoo will use classic rite-of-passage elements as a framework for both learning and healing. Playfulness, silliness and, of course, music, are all...
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Jan 10, 2025 |
mountainx.com | Carmela Caruso
12-step group helps smokers overcome nicotine addiction CLEARING THE AIR: A new 12-step group in Asheville puts smoking in its crosshairs. Photo by Carmela Caruso “Smoking was my first love,” says Laura Marie, who lit her first cigarette at age 15. Despite seeing the effects of smoking up close — her grandmother died of emphysema, and her sister died of lung cancer — Laura Marie just couldn’t quit.
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