The Mint Hill Times

Matthews Police were able to track down an armed robbery suspect on Saturday. Moritz Alexander Huber was arrested after robbing at knife point the Rite Aid on John Street and then fleeing on foot. Here’s the press release from the Matthews Police Department:

On Saturday, February 6, 2010 at approximately 2:45 PM, a white male entered the Rite Aid pharmacy located at 630 W. John St. He went to the front cashier and began to make a purchase. When the cash drawer opened the subject jumped the counter and threatened the clerk with a knife. The suspect took money from the register and left the store on foot. continue reading…

As we reported more than six months ago, Monroe Hardware will open a store in Mint Hill. The hardware company, which started in 1886, will move into the space that used to be occupied by Harris Teeter in the Mint Hill Festival shopping center. The store specializes in unique hardware items as well as power tools, feeds, and gardening supplies. One of the founders of the store was William Henry Belk, the founder of Belk Department Stores.

Pick up next week’s Mint Hill Times for more on this story.

Here are some pictures of the store in Monroe.

From town hall:

Prepinsiders is reporting that Jason Fowler, offensive coordinator at East Meck., will be the first football coach of the Rocky River Ravens. Fowler’s new boss also happens to be his old boss: Mark Nixon left East Meck more than a year ago to become the first principal of the Mint Hill high school.

View Larger MapMembers of the Small Area Plan Advisory Committee, along with staff and consulting firm HNTB, are eager to get all Mint Hill residents involved in panning for the site around the future Bridges at Mint Hill mall. A three day on-site “charrette” will be conducted to produce preliminary plan concepts for the Small Area Plan. The primary purpose of conducting a charrette is to engage all stakeholders in the beginning of the planning process and plan with them. The three day Charrette will be conducted in the Assembly Room at the Town Hall on February 2, 3 and 4.This Charrette will be fully accessible to the public, and will produce preliminary plan concepts for the Small Area Plan. To elicit input from the public, a public review will be held at the end of each day to share the progress and seek feedback.

US Representative Sue Myrick (NC-09) today announced a ‘Conversation with America’ town hall meeting to be held on February 25th at 7:30pm at the Government Center of Charlotte. During this town hall meeting, Rep. Myrick will dialogue with the local Muslim community. The event is free and open to the public.

An information session for nonprofit organizations interested in applying for County grant funding for fiscal year 2011 will take place Monday, February 15, 2010. Staff members from the Mecklenburg County Manager’s Office will host the free session from 10 a.m. to noon in room 267 of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center at 600 E. Fourth St., Charlotte. continue reading…

US Representative Sue Myrick (NC-09) has joined the entire North Carolina Congressional delegation in supporting an affordable housing bill that will allow nonprofit organizations to promote responsible homeownership for low-income and disabled individuals and families.

The Nonprofit Mortgage Licensing Clarification Act, H.R. 4400, was introduced by Rep. Heath Shuler (NC-11), and amends the Secure and Fair Enforcement (S.A.F.E.) for Mortgage Licensing Act to exempt nonprofit groups – such as Habitat for Humanity – from certain regulations and federal licensing requirements.

“Even before I was elected Mayor of Charlotte, I was involved with Habitat for Humanity,” Rep. Myrick said. continue reading…

The North Carolina Alliance for Public Charter Schools  recently held two “Regional Roundtable” meetings in the state. They were part of a planned four school tour to reach out and listen to needs of charter school leaders.

Stops included Raleigh Charter High School and Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy in Henrietta, NC. One third of the state’s charters were represented at these two productive meetings. The Alliance plans to hold another eastern area discussion next followed by a Charlotte school hosting principals and school board members. continue reading…

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will operate today under a normal schedule. Schools with scheduled evening activities will continue at their regular times with the exception of the West Charlotte and Mooresville Senior High basketball game at Mooresville which has been cancelled. Due to concerns about inclement weather in the Charlotte metro region overnight and Saturday, all scheduled Saturday activities, including athletic contests, athletic practices, field trips and all professional-development trainings have been canceled. Since our facilities will be closed on Saturday, all community events held at CMS schools will also be canceled on that day.

As of January 15, 28 juniors and seniors at Independence High School will have a college transcript to add to their high school transcript when they mail their college applications. These students participated in an online course 1st semester known as iSchool. Twenty-nine students participated in 32 classes and earned at least one college credit through the University of North Carolina @ Greensboro.
Independence introduced the Dual Enrollment program in the Spring of 2009 when Cynthia Wellner, AVID Coordinator at Independence, learned of the opportunity and launched it by offering it to a small group of AVID students. continue reading…

Remember all the talk about off shore drilling on North Carolina coasts? Back when gas prices were $4 a gallon, and many of us had to wait in lines to fill up our tanks, off shore drilling became a hot topic. Then gas prices came down, and all the sudden drilling for more oil was put on the back-burner. Or so we thought. A panel set up by Gov. Bev Perdue has met for the first time last Tuesday to weigh the pros and cons of drilling on our coast. The people of North Carolina, however, have made up their minds about drilling according to this Civitas poll.

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