Asheville Watchdog

2 days ago | avlwatchdog.org | John Boyle

Subscribe to our free Asheville Watchdog News Alerts and Watchdog Weekly Newsletter. Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers:Question: I have yet to see a single bike rider on Merrimon Avenue. Meanwhile, the car traffic continues to get worse. When will city officials admit making a mistake and go back to two lanes each way? My answer: I’m pretty sure if I live long enough, I’ll be answering this question about once a year for the next 20 years.

3 days ago | avlwatchdog.org | Andrew Jones

Subscribe to our free Asheville Watchdog News Alerts and Watchdog Weekly Newsletter. Just more than a year before two residents died by suicide and its program shut down, Asheville Academy – then known as Magnolia Mill School – faced staffing and leadership issues and mounting concerns about the program’s viability from parents, according to a document obtained by Asheville Watchdog.

5 days ago | avlwatchdog.org | John Boyle

Subscribe to our free Asheville Watchdog News Alerts and Watchdog Weekly Newsletter. Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers:Question: I would like to know what is happening at the old Brown’s Pottery location near the intersection of Hendersonville and Airport roads in Arden. There has been a lot of work on the building, and I’m curious about what it will be.

6 days ago | avlwatchdog.org | John Boyle |Jack Evans

Subscribe to our free Asheville Watchdog News Alerts and Watchdog Weekly Newsletter. After decades of planning and debate, the North Carolina Department of Transportation has said it’s close to starting construction on the long-gestating I-26 Connector project. But community members, including architects and planners, are still asking the agency to reconsider some of its designs, particularly a controversial and once-secretive overpass above Patton Avenue.

6 days ago | avlwatchdog.org | John Boyle

Subscribe to our free Asheville Watchdog News Alerts and Watchdog Weekly Newsletter. Generally speaking, I try to be a positive guy. Hey, no one digs hanging out with a negative Nelly (or Ned) all the time, right? Unless that doom-loving doofus is buying the beers, of course. But generally, no.