If you missed the 2008 Weaverville Christmas Parade, or would like to relive it, AskAsheville.com was there taking video. They posted it on their YouTube channel, which has a 10-minute maximum for video, thus it’s in three parts:

Part 1

AskAsheville is all over the place lately taking pictures and video.  They also have a Weaverville blog at weavervillenorthcarolina.blogspot.com

Asheville Aerial Arts performer and the 96.5 House Band at last week’s Cirque du MPAC at the Orange Peel. The event was a benefit concert for the Multi-Purpose Athletic Complex (MPAC) local organizers are hoping to bring to Weaverville. Executive Director Randy Bassham says they will hold another Cirque du MPAC event in November.

Sights and sounds of the 17-year Cicadas in the Beech Community. Warning: if you don’t like bugs, you probably don’t want to watch this video. You also probably don’t want to stand still around them with a video camera for any period of time, or you’ll be forced to edit the section of video where you scream because you realize one of them has landed on your shoulder.

Video from The Biscuit Burners CD Release concert on March 13.  The band is based out of Weaverville.

The Biscuit Burners perform “The Real You” at The Grey Eagle in Asheville, NC. The Burners are joined on stage by Andy Pond on banjo (of Snake Oil Medicine Show, CX-1) and Jonathan Scales on pans. (3.13.08)

Video by holycowdude

Some news from our Flat Creek neighbors. Mountain Xpress is reporting the public hearing for the proposed concrete plant at Murphy Hill Road was adjourned due to “insufficient notification of the project’s neighbors.”

A proposed North Buncombe concrete plant hearing before the Buncombe County Board of Adjustment was adjourned after two hours of testimony due to insufficient notification of the project’s neighbors.
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a March 12 hearing before the Board of Adjustment was cut short — after testimony from representatives of the plant and two opposing speakers — once it surfaced that letters notifying adjacent landowners of the hearing were mailed nine days earlier. By law, those letters had to be mailed at least 10 days before the hearing.
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The adjournment means the process will start all over again with a new application from Blue Ridge Concrete. County Zoning Administrator Jim Coman told Xpress that discussions are underway to find a date for another hearing, but that Blue Ridge Concrete will not have to resubmit its application.

Read the full story

Also online:
Citizen-Times article
WLOS video

Here’s a quick video of the crowd that turned out for the hearing:

Video by Ashvegas

A couple videos from YouTube Channel FBRiverKeeper, with descriptions and titles provided by him, showing some erosion issues around local development sites:

Erosion into Creek and Lake Louise

This site is dumping sediment into an unnamed tributary that flows into Lake Louise, a popular recreation area in Weaverville.

This is a clear turbidity violation and a violation of erosion control measures, because the site has not been maintained. Sediment is the largest polluter in the French Broad Watershed and the vast majority flow off new construction sites. Recent improvements have only marginally helped the problem.

Wal-Mart Pollution Into Stream

This Walmart site in Weaverville, NC and shows a lack of erosion control that is depositing massive sediment pollution into Gill Branch and an unnamed tributary of Gill Branch.

Video from the Smoky Mountain Brass Band’s February 19 performance for the Brio Concert Series. You can see more videos from their performance at http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=0F61B29B44355DFC

Henry Fillmore’s “Lassus Trombone”

Video from December’s Town Council meetings.  They can also be viewed on the WeavervilleNews channel on YouTube:

Part I of II:

Part II of II:

Richard Bernier has put together this video preview of the new Northridge Commons shopping development, utlizing plans the developer has available on the Northridge Commons website.

You can also view this and other Weaverville videos on his Weaverville News Channel on You Tube. 

Videos from the 2007 Weaverville Christmas Parade. Due to time restraints with YouTube, it’s been broken up into three segments:

Part I

Part II

Part II

All videos are courtesy of Weaverville News.  The Parade video will also be broadcast this month on URTV (Channel 20):

• Thursday, December 13 at 3 p.m.
• Saturday, December 15 at 9:30 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.

Check the URTV website for the current schedule and additional viewing times.

Also, Darcy at Preservation Hall took photos of the Parade, and has shared some in the What’s New section of their website.  The Weaverville Tribune has lots of pictures in this week’s issue as well.  I, unfortunately, forgot my camera that day.

Thanks to all the parade participants, and thanks to M7 Realty for the t-shirt!

Here’s video of the November Town Council meeting, courtesy of Richard Benier.  It also includes interviews with the new town council members at the end of the video.  That starts at the 23:40 mark.
(Please note you may have to push the Play button twice to get the video to start.)

Richard films the town council meetings and other Weaverville happenings for air on URTV Public Access TV.  He also maintains a video clip list on his Weaverville News page on YouTube.