The Mint Hill Times

Independence High School senior Jasmine Hunter was selected for the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program at Appalachian State University. Hunter is the daughter of Pat Swaby. She is a Teacher Cadet at Independence, in the AIS (Academy of International Studies) and is a captain on the volleyball team. Five-hundred scholarships are given each year to [...]

Last weekend students from John Hess’ (teacher) FFA club at Independence High School planted flowers, shrubs and trees at the restroom project here at the village. Judy Stanley, who creates the beautiful flower beds at the town’s properties, designed the plan and enlisted the students. I’ve attached a few pictures, and hope you are interested [...]

The opening day for the Mint Hill Athletic Association baseball season, scheduled for tomorrow, has been canceled due to the rain. “We’ll pick up with the schedule when the weather clears back up,” MHAA President Don McDaniel said. The association will have a Family Fun Day on April 25 as a make up for the [...]

Mint Hill Police have received two reports from Time Warner Cable (4606 Margaret Wallace Rd.) regarding larceny of generators from service trucks parked in the back lot of the building. Click for pictures of the car used in the robbery. function startGallery_70() { var myGallery = new gallery($(“myGallery_70″), { timed: false, showCarousel: false, showInfopane: false, [...]

The Mint Hill Highland Games, scheduled for this weekend at the Park on Fairview, has been postponed according to event organizer Donna Rogers. The event was to be held despite the possibility of rain. But Rogers said the possibilities of thunderstorms and tornadoes forced them to postpone the games. She said the new date is [...]

U.S. Representative Sue Myrick today announced her support of a proposal to stabilize the housing market through tax credits for homeowners and additional incentives for lenders to work with homeowners to avoid foreclosure.The proposal, crafted by House Republicans, would offer a $15,000 home-buyer credit for all home purchases for buyers who with at least a [...]

Families who participated in the first student-assignment lottery and wish to place their child in a different school have until 5 p.m. on Friday, March 27 to request reassignment. Reassignment requests are considered for four reasons: • The student wishes to attend his/her home school (placement is guaranteed) • Child of CMS staff member (placement [...]

The Levine Senior Center’s Third Anniversary Open House this Saturday, March 28. Visitors will be able to meet instructors, sample classes, take tours, have snacks, and maybe win prizes at the drawings held every hour. The Open House at the Levine Senior Center is from 10-2 at 1050 Devore Lane in Matthews.

View Larger Map Last night at approximately 11:30 pm, Matthews Police received a report that an individual was robbed at gunpoint in a home on Springwater Drive. It was stated that there were two suspects, last seen running out of the home and their location was not known. Both suspects were described as being African [...]

Parents from Mint Hill and the surrounding area came out to Independence High School last night for the first of two workshops on the boundaries for the new Mint Hill high school. Get the full story in Thursday’s Mint Hill Times.

There will be a school boundary meeting tonight at Independence High from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.  Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is holding a series of workshops to ask for input on proposed boundary options for five new schools. CMS will open three new elementary schools and two new high schools in the 2010-2011 school year. During the [...]

Amber Amber Olive, who the Mint Hill Times profiled last fall, will make her national TV debut Wednesday night when she appears on the final episode of the year for WEtv’s “Little Miss Perfect.” Olive was chosen from thousands of pageant girls to appear on the program.