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Paul Booe was a beloved mixed martial arts trainer who taught hundreds of students how to fight their way out of difficult situations. But few people knew the battles being waged in his head, until one day, Mother’s Day 2015, he was gone.
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Charlotte Magazine
(NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 21 Issue 5, May 2016,
p118-120, il, por
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Author Martin Rickman discusses how Improvisation classes at a local Charlotte comedy theater helped him get through the tough time after losing his job and relationship.
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The small town of Southern Pines is an anomaly in its economically struggling region of the piedmont. Surrounded by counties that rank in the bottom 25 percent on the states income per capita, Thanks to its amenities and service industry, Moore County sits within the top 25 percent in NC for income.
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31478
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Some of our favorite foods come from old techniques to make cheaper meats better.
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A simple meal can take you back home, or away again. From Polish to Korean to Central American, Cat Carter explores where you can find a variety of foreign cuisine in and around the Charlotte area.
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Kris Reid started Piedmont Culinary Guild to help chefs build a region’s reputation. The Guild helps connect farmers and members of the culinary industry with one another.
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Plaza Midwood restaurant packs freshness and drama into small bites. Comida, Alesha Sin Vanata’s modern, Mexican-inspired concept, drew extra attention in the buildup to its opening.
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Threats of violence on three local campuses raise questions about preparedness, risk and response. A student on Central Piedmont Community College’s Central Campus found a book containing a threatening message about a mass shooting to occur on February 2, 2018. There were also mass shooting threats made by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools middle schooler on February 28 and a University of Charlotte student in March.
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Charlotte’s street art scene is growing with the city, but without direction, its future is unclear. Matt Hooker, Matt Moore, and other local muralists have been working in a free market, unrestrained by authority. There is debate over the development of a formal public art organization and strategic planning.
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In the mid-1940s, entertainment in Charlotte was almost entirely segregated. But the owner of Plaza Airport, named Haskell Deaton, organized an air show specifically for African American spectators to attend, though all were welcome. Pilots Charlie Foxx and Charlie Flowers, members of the celebrated Tuskegee Airmen, all African American, flew in the show.
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The small and eclectic town of Albemarle, located in Stanly County near the Uwharrie Mountains, has a proud history but faces an uncertain future. Historic buildings on Main Street, such as the Alameda Theater, may be some of Albemarle’s most attractive assets. Downtown transformations and new programs opening at Pfeiffer University are anticipated to attract residents and tourists to the town.
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Last year, six new members under the age of forty were appointed to the Charlotte City Council. Under an older but also first-term mayor, Vi Lyles, the diverse council is far less patient, less devoted to process, more innovative, more willing to look afresh at the way the city government operates, and unafraid to challenge the old guard. The Council is also demonstrating some of their millennial generation’s defining characteristics which embrace technology and an entrepreneurial approach.
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Twenty miles north of Charlotte and home to Davidson College, the town of Davidson is the richest and best-educated in Mecklenburg County. Last year, a plan to sell public land to build a development called Luminous precipitated the formation of Save Davidson. The group is pledging to promote government transparency and preserve the town’s character.
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Mayor Vi Lyles swept into office last year with a resounding win over her Republican opponent, Charlotte City Council member Kenny Smith, and a mandate for change that also transformed the makeup of the eleven-member council. Lyles is the city’s first black female mayor and is committed to addressing affordable housing, policing, employment, and other civic issues.
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In 2009, artist Tom Stanley was commissioned by the Charlotte Area Transit System to create art integrated into the Tom Hunter Station for the upcoming LYNX Blue Line Extension light rail. To learn about the community through the perspective of local children, Stanley visited schools for the project with the theme of “home” in mind. The station’s art incorporates stencils of the students’ houses and street scenes, and poems about their neighborhoods.
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