The Mint Hill Times

The Mint Hill Times wrote about the husband and wife team Allan and Gail Beisiegel, members of Blair Road United Methodist Church in Mint Hill, who were in Haiti on an annual mission trip when the earthquake struck last month. They worked with the St. Joesph Family, an organization which helps boys who live on [...]

Matthews announced this week that improvements to N. Trade Street and Matthews Mint Hill Road will begin March 1, weather permitting. The work on N. Trade Street is designed to make the street more pedestrian friendly and beautify the downtown area. Crosswalk and sidewalk improvements will be completed as part of the plan. Both N. [...]

WFAE is reporting that Matthews has spent $80,000 on lobbying help from the Ferguson Group in order to help its chances at more stimulus dollars. Yet Matthews has only taken in $35,000 in stimulus funds—money it probably would have received anyway.

Mint Hill Times photographer Jim Young took these pictures at the Park on Fairview last Saturday after several inches on snow fell on the town.

Lori Morgenson, a teacher at Queen’s Grant Community Charter School, sent us this picture of one of her students, Ryan Mohr, who found  a heart-shaped chip last week at the QG Valentine’s Day party. Quite a find!

After three charrettes, the town, along with consulting group HNTB and a citizen committee, came up with this preliminary plan. There will be another meeting in April to crunch numbers, then the plan will be sent to the planning board and then the Board of Commissioners for final vote. Read more about the plan in [...]

Mint Hill’s Mike Ingersoll was the only Tar Heel named to the ACC Football All Academic Team for 2009. Ingersoll is a junior majoring in Communication Studies and plays on the offensive line. He played high school football at Butler. How does one become eligible for the honor? To be eligible for consideration, a player [...]

The town sponsored chili cook-off raised $127 for the Arts and Science yesterday at the town hall. There were eight chili entries. The winners were: Chef’s Choice and Crowd Pleaser – Stephanie Pike and Katie Pike (sisters), Baddest Kicker (Hottest) – Chris Held; Tes Unique (Most Original) Scott Simka.

As the Mint Hill Times has reported for several months, CMS’s reassignment policy will split some families. Local TV news has caught up with the story:

Simon Properties, owner of South Park Mall, is offering to acquire General Growth Properties, the company that owns the majority of the land at Lawyers Road and Interstate 485 where the Bridges at Mint Hill is to be built. According to bizjournals.com, Simon is offering to buy General Growth for $10 billion. Reps from Simon [...]

Four students from the Queen’s Grant K-8 School recently competed against other Mecklenburg County School students in the Special Olympics bowling competition at Carolina Lanes. Each of the four students placed in competition. Elementary student Lyndsay Moore tied for a gold medal in the assisted bowling category, with Nikki Pfeuffer came in 4th place in [...]