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28595
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President Donald Trump’s travel ban has had an effect on the refugee community in Charlotte. A family of six from Homs in Syria fled the country but was stranded at the airport after the first travel ban went into effect. The Osama and his family eventually made it to Charlotte and they describe the anxiety and problems that came with the travel ban. Despite the problems, Osama is positive about the future and the opportunities he and his family will find in America.
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28596
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A photoessay depicts four families at different stages in their transition from refugee to American citizen or resident. Hari Dhimal from Bhutan, Muwafak and his family from Syria, the A. Family from Syria, and the K. Family from Iraq all describe their transition and their lives in America.
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28653
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For much of the 19th and 20th centuries North Carolina was known as a place to come and be cured. James Walker Tufts purchased land in the Sandhills place where Northerners could come to recover from consumption, or tuberculosis. The Army Air Force established Lake Lure as a rest and redistribution center and early Europeans and Native Americans visited the mineral springs in Hot Springs, NC for their healing powers. The brief article explores the state’s reputation as a place of healing.
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28874
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80 years ago, author Carson McCullers began working in Charlotte on her best-selling novel The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. McCullers setting in her novel is similar to the setting of Charlotte today and many of the same issues she wrote about then, are still relevant now. McCullers struggled with her sexual identity and fitting in and the author of the article wonders if much would have changed for McCullers if she were alive and trying to write the same novel today. The history of the novel, the author, and the social issues of the periods are discussed.
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28875
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Charlotte Native and sportswriter Ron Green Jr. reflects on the grow3th of Charlotte as a sports town. Green discusses the lack of sports in the area when he was a child in the 1960s besides the occasional golf tournament which would come to town. Green discusses the city’s baseball team, the Charlotte Hornets, the Carolina Cougars of the American Basketball Association, Charlotte’s World Football League team that arrived in the 1970s, the Charlotte Motor Speedway, and the major sports events up to the present day. The history sports in Charlotte, the city’s atmosphere, and a timeline of major sporting events in the city are all detailed.
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29131
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Although Charlotte, North Carolina may still be decades away from being the home of a major league baseball team, the possibility is there. Supporters of the venture see the success of the Triple-A Charlotte Knights move from their exurban stadium to uptown as proof the city could manage such an effort.
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29132
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The Yadkin Valley is North Carolina's first American Viticultural Area, or federally designated wine-growing region. With good soils and appropriate climate, North Carolina may rival European-style wines with time.
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Charlotte Magazine
(NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 22 Issue 9, September 2017,
p50-51, por
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29133
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Over a year ago, violence and anger erupted in Charlotte, North Carolina after Keith Lamont Scott was shot and killed by Charlotte-Mecklenburg police. Now, citizens and the police department seek to lessen the divide by hosting camps, events, and community organizations.
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Charlotte Magazine
(NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 22 Issue 9, September 2017,
p66-71, 135-136, por
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29134
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The average cost of pre-school from infancy to kindergarten costs most than a year of tuition at UNC-Chapel Hill. Given this price, which is unreachable for most families of the 70,000 children under the age of five in Mecklenburg County, Commissioner Trevor Fuller proposed providing universal access to early childhood education. The proposal has garnered support from local business leaders and the Charlotte-Mecklenberg Opportunity Task Force.
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Charlotte Magazine
(NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 22 Issue 9, September 2017,
p72-73, por
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29138
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A major issues with Charlotte, North Carolina's urban transformation is the availability of affordable housing, particularly for those who help make the city's expansion possible. Amongst the skyscrapers and restaurants, city planners estimate that Charlotte needs more than 34,000 additional affordable housing units to meet current demand. The city is making various attempts to to address the problem, with varied success.
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Charlotte Magazine
(NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 22 Issue 9, September 2017,
p78-81, por
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29668
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Stefan Latorre is an attorney and radio host of his Spanish language radio show, “La Verdad de la Ley” in Charlotte, North Carolina. When he started the program more than ten years ago, the Latorre set out to address common concerns and misconceptions, and inform Charlotte’s Hispanic community about their legal rights.
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29669
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Claire Ritter is a jazz pianist and composer from Charlotte, North Carolina. She is also a North Carolina Arts Council fellow and four-time recipient of the Arts and Science Council’s Regional Artist Grant. Ritter will perform on October 7 at Queen’s University with her longtime mentor, pianist Ran Blake.
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29670
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The mountain town of Burnsville, located northeast of Asheville, North Carolina, is a popular tourist destination. People visit Burnsville for its unique art galleries, antique stores, nature, stargazing, and access to Mount Mitchell, the highest peak east of the Rockies.
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Charlotte Magazine
(NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 22 Issue 10, October 2017,
p38-42, il, por
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29671
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Guy Fieri, the host of The Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” has visited Charlotte, North Carolina numerous times, highlighting the best places to eat. This is a list of restaurants he’s visited as part of the traveling show, and what he ate at each location.
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29672
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One year after Hurricane Matthew flooded the small town of Lumberton, North Carolina, some people are still without homes. Many people were unaware of the rising floodwater that followed the hurricane, until it was too late. Lumberton residents describe their experiences and how they have been coping with the flood impacts.
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Charlotte Magazine
(NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 22 Issue 10, October 2017,
p56-63, il, por
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