Flat Rock News

Published: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 8:26 p.m. Hendersonville: Jeff Collis and Diane Caldwell for city council; Barbara Volk for mayor Flat Rock: Ron Davis, District 1; David Bucher; District 2; Jim Wert, District 3 Mills River: Jack Matney, District 1; Lawrence Bond "Larry" Freeman, District 1 ...

Authorities charged three people with breaking into a couple's home and assaulting them before stealing prescription drugs.

"Once upon a time a young storytelling festival came to Hendersonville. And children and adults came to laugh and listen to stories, poems and music.

We've learned a new word this year. Instead of vacations, families are taking 'staycations.' Some are taking short driving trips, while others are staying home and catching up on do-it-yourself projects.

The Street Dance has been part of that tradition in downtown Hendersonville for more than 90 years.

Published: Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 1:51 p.m. To The Editor: Several years ago I called the previous sheriff telling him about speeders endangering lives in Flat Rock.

To promote the Green Movement in Western North Carolina, Blue Ridge Community College will host four Green Schools in July: Whole Weatherization Training School, Green Energy Efficiency School, Green Business School and Green Jobs School.

Simon Thompson of Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Shop in Asheville will offer a series of lectures on birds at the N.C. Arboretum.

Henderson County Master Gardeners tour Flat Rock Playhouse gardens recently. Members of the group worked over the last year to improve the grounds at the theater.

Darlene Das will be holding a family dining workshop at 12:30 p.m. Sunday at Daddy D's family restaurant, 411 Seventh Ave.

Published: Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 7:58 p.m. The Hendersonville trolley is still making its way through downtown, but organizers haven't secured the funding necessary for it to become a staple in the city.

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site announces a summer full of special programs including free public performances of Carl Sandburg's Rootabaga Stories and Sandburg's Lincoln, cheese-making demonstrations, historic walking tours and more.

Published: Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 7:54 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 7:54 p.m. Flat Rock's Skip Taylor, the boys and girls golf coach and boys basketball coach at North Henderson, had a 73 on Sunday at the North Carolina Amateur Championship to finish in a tie for 26th place.

Published: Friday, June 12, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 9:27 p.m. Leverette Drive under a boil water advisory The City of Hendersonville has issued a boil water advisory for the Leverette Drive area.

Published: Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 5:22 p.m. To The Editor: On May 21 we again heard from a perpetual whiner who frantically crawled out from under his rock in Flat Rock.

Motorists drive through a flooded area on Duncan Hill Road yesterday afternoon. Times-News Online Published: Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 2:33 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 2:33 p.m. The National Weather Service in Greenville, S.C. has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Western North Carolina including Henderson, Transylvania and ...

'The beach was littered with bodies and equipment' John Boyle * June 6, 2009 12:15 AM If anyone deserves a free trip to a World War II memorial and battlefield, it's Jeff Miller.

Hendersonville City Council members approved a $32.2 million budget Thursday night that does not include a tax rate increase, but does increase water and sewer rates by 5 percent.

Bob Terrell spent more than 60 years writing about the people and happenings of Western North Carolina.

What a week for live theater in Western North Carolina. Both Parkway Playhouse in Burnsville and Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre are reopening this week.