Charlotte
Charlotte Council Approves 3.75 Mill Assessment
Deb Malewski Contributing Writer With a unanimous vote, the Charlotte City Council approved a 3.75 mill assessment in a special meeting held on April 26, 2021, via Zoom. The controversial assessment is needed to satisfy an unfunded pension liability and a budget...
Charlotte’s Sentinel Tree-Arbor Day 2021
Deb Malewski Contributing Writer The grand oak tree that stands along Harris Street on the edge of Courthouse Square has stood watch, as a “sentinel,” for many years. Its neighboring trees are young, nowhere near the size of this tree. It has surely seen a lot of...
Charlotte City Council Delays Vote on Special Assessment
Deb Malewski Contributing Writer The Charlotte City Council postponed the vote to levy a special assessment for fire protection at their April 19 public hearing held via Zoom. They will continue to study the city budget before making the final assessment decision on...
There’s a Man in The Yarn Garden
Deb Malewski Contributing Writer We often hear of women pursuing careers in occupations that are considered ‘traditionally male’ fields. It’s not as often that we hear of the opposite, of men entering an occupation that is usually considered a ‘traditionally female’...
Downtown Charlotte Has Major Five Year Growth
Deb Malewski Contributing Writer What do you do when you have businesses wanting to come to downtown Charlotte and set up shop--but no place to put them? This challenge is exactly the situation that downtown Charlotte is facing this spring. There are no available...
Candy Ford
Deb Malewski Contributing Writer They’re pretty excited at Candy Ford about a new arrival: The Mustang Mach-E, Ford’s new all-electric automobile. This five-seat SUV features an all-electric powertrain that combines sports car performance with zero-emission driving,...
Captain’s Cabinetry
Deb Malewski Contributing Writer Captain’s Cabinetry is a complete kitchen and bath showroom located in downtown Charlotte. The spacious showroom is filled with beautiful design inspirations to get you started with creating your own dream kitchen or bath, with a...
Getting to Know Terrance “Terry” Davis
Deb Malewski Contributing Writer Terry Davis, of Charlotte, is a man of varied interests, from bugs to the Civil War to the trains in Maine. Davis, originally from Jackson, Mich., graduated from Michigan State University in entomology (the scientific study of insects)...
Getting to Know the Crossmans
Isabelle Whiting Contributing Writer Brent and Julie Crossman have both been teaching for 25 years. Brent Crossman teaches within the history department at Charlotte High School and his wife Julie Crossman teaches within the science department at Charlotte High...
Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That
Deb Malewski Contributing Writer You may have noticed the small shop with quite the collection of “old stuff” sitting outside at the corner of West Lawrence and Lincoln Street in Charlotte. Furniture, spinning wheels, rocks, old beer bottles, and much more. The...