Marshville businessman Johnie Barker will take on N.C. Rep. Pryor Gibson in the District 9 race in November. Barker, a Republican, ran unsuccessfully against Gibson, a Democrat, in 2008.
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Union County
One church to serve them all?
No new Catholic churches planned for Union’s 12K parishoners, Charlotte churches step up to serve them
According to Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte pastoral reports, in 2000 there were nearly 12,000 Catholics living in Union County. That number has only grown in the last decade. And yet there’s only one Union County Catholic parish – Our Lady of Lourdes in Monroe – with no others planned because there’s no available staff.
Developer says unpaid Waxhaw property taxes an oversight
Historic Ventures downtown project moves to public hearing
For the second year in a row, Historic Ventures LLC officials will ask Waxhaw commissioners to approve their downtown project. Before the March 9 session gets underway, however, the Matthews development group faces questions about its delinquent $4,486 property tax bill for the land they want to build on.
Board of Education faces reassignment choices
Current plan moves 297 Porter Ridge students to Piedmont and Sun Valley clusters
If the latest student reassignment proposal for the Porter Ridge school cluster is adopted, 297 students will change schools before classes start in August, potentially saving the district an estimated $432,000.
Blueprint for success
Central Academy’s burgeoning wrestling program takes big step this weekend
The room is far from finished. Duct work, fireproofing and valves decorate the otherwise bare ceiling. Wires hang like jungle vines and a partially finished Cougar painting adorns one wall.
Welcome to Central Academy of Technology and Arts’ wrestling “warehouse”.
African Storytelling enriches Indian Trail community
African storytellers Obakunle Akinlana and April Turner lifted their voices in joyous song and spun enchanting Nigerian folktales Feb. 16 to an enthralled audience of children and adults celebrating Black History Month at Union West Regional Library in Indian Trail. And amid the festivities an impromptu band was christened – the Indian Trail Last-Minute African Band.
