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Mint Hill police is reporting they arrested today a Crestdale Middle School teacher at the Hickory Grove Baptist Church ballfields on Wilgrove-Mint Hill Road. The teacher, Kimberly Lynn Hendricks, was arrested with the juvenile in her car. The victim is not a student at Crestdale. Hendricks was a custodian/guardian of the victim, but not a [...]

Darrell Harrison, financial advisor with Raymond James Financial Services in Mint Hill, showed his support for Joe the Plummer and John McCain recently by having Joe’s face screened on to a shirt. “He asked an honest question and got the most straight forward answer,” Harrison said of Joe. “He is a classic American doing his [...]

• Tim Long reports on the resolution passed last week by the Board of Commissioners which supports the $250 million Parks and Recreation bond referendum on the November 4 ballot. • Adam Houston looks at the Web sites for the candidates running for county commissioner at large. • Intern Ashelyn Galloway interviewed first-time voter Erin [...]

We’ve had several phone calls today alerting us to who was in this photo. It was taken by photographer Richard Holtzclaw of Mint Hill. Merle Austin Haney told us it was Ann Ross Maxwell and the picture was taken as Ross was being crowned Carrousel Queen in 1948.

Want to know about capital improvement plans in Mecklenburg? The County finally combined the information into an easy to use Web site. One project is the Ezelle Park in Mint Hill. County officials met Monday with town officials to discuss moving forward with the project. Mayor Ted Biggers said even if the $250 million parks [...]

Seventeen past and present mayors of towns in Rep. Sue Myrick’s district have endorsed her candidacy, including Mint Hill Mayor Ted Biggers. Here’s the full list:

Notice anything unusual in the skies last night? A man from Mint Hill thinks he saw a UFO. The man didn’t leave his name, but he did leave this report on aliencasebook.com: But below Orion’s belt (or what I think is Orion) I saw a small cluster of stars. It looked pretty, but I couldn’t [...]

Richard Holtzclaw came by the office this afternoon with a picture he took from the1950s or 1960s. It’s of a young woman in a beauty contest who is representing Mint Hill. Holtzclaw, an amateur photographer for many decades, can’t remember taking the photo but would like the person in the photo or a relative to [...]

The Charlotte Business Journal reports Charlotte area home sales are down a whopping 27 percent from September 2007. Existing-home sales in the Charlotte market fell 27 percent last month to 2,239 from 3,067 in September 2007, according to the N.C. Association of Realtors.The average sales price dropped 9 percent to $214,927 from a year earlier.Statewide, [...]

This was submitted to us by Patrick Kent. Is it any surprise Mint Hill softball is again the class of the area? The Char-Meck Girls Softball will be having its softball championships for the fall season, Thursday evening at South Charlotte Middle School on Strawberry Lane. The 8U and 10U will play at 6 pm [...]

It’s ironic that those who make left turns for a living are supporting the right leaning Sue Myrick. From the Myrick camp: Myrick Endorsed by NASCAR Leaders (Charlotte NC)– Congresswoman Sue Myrick was endorsed today by NASCAR leaders Rick Hendrick, Jack Roush, Felix Sabates and Marcus Smith.

Is there a neighborhood in Mint Hill with a social committee as active as Heathfield. Pam Baetz of Heathfield sent us this about their annual Tractor Race and Chili Cook-Off. Somewhere Hank Hill is smiling. (Mint Hill neighborhoods: Send us your news and pictures! You may send them to timlong@minthilltimes.com and we will publish them [...]