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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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Decades removed from the moonshine-runnin’ days, local distilleries are bringing back liquor. Oliver Mulligan opened Great Wagon Road Distilling Company in South End in December. He serves the liquors he makes in a neighboring bar, The Broken Spoke.
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A new website aims to alleviate poverty and connect people by telling stories. Scott Gardner, a local cinematographer, cofounded About Face Charlotte with Sozo Art Gallery owner, Hannah Blanton, who felt moved to connect people in Charlotte who wouldn’t otherwise meet.
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Remembering the greenhouse owner who fostered more than flowers. Jesse Campbell, known to some as the “orchid whisperer”, was shot and killed in his Lake Wylie home in early January 2016.
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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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What happens when development strips away our grimy, grungy music venues? The Tremont, a no-frills all-ages music club, closes its doors after more than 20 years. With no plans to relocate the business, the Tremont’s basic cinder block building has been sold to make way for new development.
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After a disappointing loss to close the regular season, the Myers Park football team hits the road for the playoffs, and some players prepare for life beyond football.
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Should you rent or buy? Where? And what about all this talk of a downturn? Two experts, Daren Blomquist, vice president at the real estate analytics firm RealtyTrac , and Allen Tate Co. President and CEO Pat Riley weigh in on the issue.
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City of?cials have big plans to expand the light rail and streetcar lines, but little money to do it. Soon, you’ll be able to ride the light rail to UNC Charlotte and take a streetcar to Johnson C. Smith University, but beyond that, plans are murky. Here’s what you need to know about the future of public transit in Charlotte
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The city keeps adding new public transit, but CATS buses remain vital to getting Charlotteans where they need to go. Just ask someone who rides them every day.
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Many of us like the idea of parking our cars in favor of bikes. But can we do it? Some people already have. And plans are in the works to entice more of us to join them.
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French cuisine gets more flavor at new Myers Park restaurant. Formerly Terra, Aix en Provence aims to serve French countryside-style food without trying to directly compete with more high-end French cuisine of Lumiere.
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Small store holds out for four decades in a rapidly changing neighborhood. Hall’s Clock Shop is only open for a few hours three days a week, but still gets enough business in those few hours to keep the father and son staff busy for the rest of the week.
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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board reviews its student assignment policies every six years; this year, it has focused on concerns that the area’s schools are increasingly segregated by race and class. Here, two advocates share their views about how to proceed.
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Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build now reaches across the globe, but the first home is still in Charlotte, and the first owner still lives there.
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