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Mezzaluna

https://maps.app.goo.gl/MahsqN63XFas2ZXT7?g_st=im 10/26 Still the Best!!! Our waitress Camille was so bright, cheerful and helpful that when my girlfriend mentioned Hurricane as a way to recall her name it took on an ironic twist and brought back memories. But tonight they are all good. The salmon is Excellent, it’s the standard by which I judge all other seafood restaurants and the asparagus spears had to be fresh from the farm. Mezzaluna was exceptionally busy tonight and yet their team handled the crowd with skills and finesse. It’s always been my favorite place since moving here 25 years ago and it always will be 😋 09/24 I have been to Mezzaluna so many times over so many years and they are always great on so many levels but now, in the early days in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, they went above and beyond what any restaurant could do. Courtney pulled her staff together to provide the most welcoming atmosphere of food and friendship in a truly We are your Good Neighbors f...
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Mezzaluna

https://maps.app.goo.gl/MahsqN63XFas2ZXT7?g_st=im 10/26 Still the Best!!! Our waitress Camille was so bright, cheerful and helpful that when my girlfriend mentioned Hurricane as a way to recall her name it took on an ironic twist and brought back memories. But tonight they are all good. The salmon is Excellent, it’s the standard by which I judge all other seafood restaurants and the asparagus spears had to be fresh from the farm. Mezzaluna was exceptionally busy tonight and yet their team handled the crowd with skills and finesse. It’s always been my favorite place since moving here 25 years ago and it always will be 😋 09/24 I have been to Mezzaluna so many times over so many years and they are always great on so many levels but now, in the early days in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, they went above and beyond what any restaurant could do. Courtney pulled her staff together to provide the most welcoming atmosphere of food and friendship in a truly We are your Good Neighbors f...
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99% oppose Roadless Rule elimination. Why it may happen anyway

Check out this article from Times-News: 99% oppose Roadless Rule elimination. Why it may happen anyway https://www.blueridgenow.com/story/news/local/2026/10/05/roadless-rule-repeal-public-opposition-wnc/92055283007/ Pete 🤓 and Zeke 🐶
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ICE

ICE had ‘systemic breakdowns in vetting’ when hiring  Ignacio Calderon, Victoria Moorwood and David Ulloa Jr USA TODAY Flush with cash to fulfill President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement began a hiring spree last year that more than doubled its number of agents and officers. In the first half of this year, nearly 3,000 have left ICE, a record number according to a new data  analysis by USA TODAY. Historically, most who leave the agency retire. But this year the majority who parted ways with ICE quit or were fired. In just the first half of 2026, more people have quit than in any other full calendar year since 2012, the first available year of data from the federal Office of Personnel Management. Terminations so far this year are higher than the whole decade before the second Trump  administration combined. The median tenure for people who quit this year was six months – it was under four months for those who were t...
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