The Mint Hill Times

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 @ [...]

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 [...]

The Town of Matthews has adopted a new ordinance requiring Peddler/Itinerant Merchants to obtain a permit and purchase a business privilege license before conducting business within Town limits. Previously, anyone wishing to solicit business door-to-door was only required to purchase a business privilege license. Now, the Matthews Police Department will be able to conduct background [...]

The Town of Matthews Fire & EMS Department has donated approximately 30 self contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) to the Port-au-Prince Rotary Club of Haiti. The equipment is used by firefighters to breathe during hazardous situations. The department learned of the need in Haiti two months ago – prior to the earthquake. The SCBA were not [...]

You can follow him live on Facebook! Wilson will respond and take questions live via streaming video on Facebook. No lie. The press release: “Joe Wilson will be giving the first-ever live video response to a Presidential State of the Union address on Facebook. He will give his reaction to President Obama’s speech and call [...]

Last week, the Mint Hill Times ran an editorial explaining how North Carolina could miss out on millions of dollars in federal funds for education because of its opposition to charter schools. The Obama administration is handing out Race to the Top funds to states which show the most innovative ways of improving education. Tops [...]

Evan Matthew Weinzierl, a senior at Hampden-Sydney College, was named to the Dean’s List for the first semester of the 2009-2010 academic year.  To earn this distinction, students must achieve at least a 3.3 semester grade point average out of a possible 4.0.  Evan is a graduate of Providence Day School and is the son [...]

NFL player Mohamed Massaquoi takes time each year to visit CMS schools. Tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 22, 10-11 a.m., the former Independence High athlete will visit Bishop Spaugh Middle School and talk to students in leadership roles and student athletes. He will discuss the importance of getting a quality education, making good choices and how to [...]

Butler High School Assistant Principal Kim Andrews has been named North Carolina Assistant Principal of the Year by the North Carolina Principals and Assistant Principals Association (NCPAPA). “I got the call and I was so surprised,” Andrews said. “I think the only thing I said was, ‘Wow.’ I couldn’t think of anything to say.”

Mint Hill mayor, Ted Biggers, was elected new chairman of the Mecklenburg-Union Metropolitan Planning Organization (MUMPO) Wednesday evening. Biggers takes the place of Lee Myers, former mayor of Matthews.

View Larger Map Mint Hill Police responded to CBW Business Center located at 9229-A Lawyers Road in reference to an armed robbery yesterday at approximately 1:15pm. Officers who responded to the scene spoke with employees and one patron who all described that a black male between the ages of 18-22 years entered the business brandishing [...]

Mike Newsome, the head coach of the Butler football team since 2002, was named the Maxpreps national coach of the year today. The Bulldogs went 15-0, won a state title this season, all the while playing the most difficult schedule in the state.