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24990
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Jesse Cureton, a former West Charlotte High School drum major, has rekindled the love and sponsorship for Charlotte’s Thanksgiving Day parade. Attendance had once dwindled to 20,000, but his efforts have helped increase the crowds fivefold.
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24996
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Dr. J. Michael Bitzer is a professor of political science at Catawba College. While his main job is teaching, he is also highly sought after by radio and TV reporters for interviews on politics.
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The Belmont neighborhood in Charlotte was once a violent area. Now, the area is experiencing redevelopment, although many longtime residents see this as an issue since the value of these new homes have skyrocketed.
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Chantilly is a small, suburban-like neighborhood between Plaza Midwood and Elizabeth in Uptown Charlotte. Many Charlotteans do not even know the neighborhood exists, but those who live there want to stay due to its seclusion, older homes, and quiet streets.
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After a relative’s negative post-hospital care experience for mental health problems, Bill and Betsy Blue formed the HopeWay Foundation in 2014. HopeWay, located in Charlotte, provides services for clients who have experienced a hospital stay but still need more attention.
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Throughout its history, Charlotte has moved progressively forward. However, in 2016 the urban-rural divide became clearer in North Carolina and in the United States. House Bill 2 and the 2016 election both resulted in trying times for Charlotte, forcing city officials to seriously ponder how to move forward.
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27826
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Artist Dan Nance paints historical renderings of events in the Charlotte area and has been doing so for twenty years. His collection has been reunited for the first time at the Charlotte Museum of History for an exhibit titled: “Charlotte’s Road to Revolution: Paintings by North Carolina Artist Dan Nance.”
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 84 Issue 10, March 2017, p138-142,144, il, por, map Periodical Website
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28496
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In 1971, a group of college students marched to protect Crowders Mountain, a Gaston County treasure, from strip-mining. Forty-five years later, some of them reunited for a commemorative march. Thanks to these citizens’ efforts, Crowders Mountain State Park exists today for all to enjoy.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 84 Issue 11, April 2017, p32-36, il, por Periodical Website
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28569
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Two Charlotte developers are about to embark on the city’s biggest development in decades, on the last large piece of undeveloped land in Mecklenburg County. The planned development is named the River District, and will be located between the Catawba River and Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
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28591
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Charlotte is on pace for more than 100 homicides for the first time in nearly a quarter-century. The reasons for the rise in crime are struggling to be explained. Reasons may be linked to the rise in the epidemic of heroin and opioid addiction, less aggressive police tactics, a decline in incarceration rates, or any combination of all, some, or none of these reasons.
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31319
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With homes and businesses overtaking Mecklenburg County’s available land, some bird species are displacing others, leaving behind a less diverse population. One conservation biologist and his team are monitoring the changes, and what they mean for the county’s overall environmental health.
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This article takes a closer look at the mayor of Charlotte, during a time when the city is at odds with the state legislature over transgender civil rights issues. After the state passed a bill effectively nullifying civil protections given to the LGBTQ community by the municipal governments, Charlotte faces an economic backlash from business and entertainment boycotts, and travel bans from other states.
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In 2014, a ruptured pipe spilled as much as 39,000 tons of coal ash into the Dan River in Eden, NC. This article provides an update on Duke Energy’s progress on the cleanup.
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31451
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How a stay-at-home mom’s life changed when an eight-year-old found a gun. Misty Uribe began advocating for gun safety after her son, Vince, witnessed a shooting.
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31455
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One North Tryon community started as a rail depot in the age of cotton and is about to boom again because of the expanded light rail line. The rising development led the Wells family to try and sell their home but decided they couldn’t part with all the memories that live there.
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