Category Archives: Around Town
Relay for Life hits the ground running
Relay for Life of Matthews-Mint Hill is off to a running start in their 2013 fundraising season. Scheduled this year for May 17 at the Park on Fairview, Relay for Life is the signature fundraising event for the American Cancer … Continue reading
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Relay for Life hits the ground running
Relay for Life of Matthews-Mint Hill is off to a running start in their 2013 fundraising season. Scheduled this year for May 17 at the Park on Fairview, Relay for Life is the signature fundraising event for the American Cancer … Continue reading
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Tagged American Cancer Society, Matthews, Mint Hill, Relay for Life
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10K signatures and counting for change
Ten thousand signatures and the Davenport family is one step closer to gaining closure for the tragic ordeal young Kilah Davenport suffered last year at the hands of her stepfather. Kilah’s doctors told her family she would not live after … Continue reading
Mint Hill Board of Commissioners hears plans on development
Before the normal Mint Hill Board of commissioners meeting last Thursday, January 10, the town held their quarterly developer’s workshop, hearing presentations from several area land developers. The board heard from Jerry Helms regarding Blair Road Development, Chris Isaacs regarding … Continue reading
Rise in flu cases leads to new visitation policy at CHS facilities
Carolinas Healthcare System has restricted its visitation policy in all its in-patient care facilities in the greater Charlotte area in response to heightened risk of influenza. Visitations by children younger than 12 years of age is restricted entry to all … Continue reading
Mint Hill design firm wins global competition
Kaleidoscopic Incorporated is a 3-person design firm in Mint Hill that develops websites, graphic design, illustrations, content management, writing, and email marketing. A monthly digital newsletter they produce, Chartwells Magazine, is a chronicle of the food industry giant Chartwells Higher … Continue reading
Mint Hill Board of Commissioners hears plans on development
Before the normal Mint Hill Board of commissioners meeting last Thursday, January 10, the town held their quarterly developer’s workshop, hearing presentations from several area land developers. The board heard from Jerry Helms regarding Blair Road Development, Chris Isaacs regarding … Continue reading
Celebrating family: Lem and Eddie Long’s 66th anniversary
Lem Long married Eddie Jeanetta Vaughn on Christmas Eve 1946. Lem began his apprenticeship at McEwen Funeral home upon coming home from World War II, and he and Eddie, a graduate of Johnson C. Smith University, would eventually own … Continue reading
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MHFVD looks toward new year at January meeting
At the Mint Hill Volunteer Fire Department’s first meeting of the new year, Chief John Phillips and the members of the department reflected on the past year and readied for the new one. The meeting began by remembering those who … Continue reading
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DaVita Dialysis comes to Mint Hill
DaVita Dialysis, a national Fortune 500 company with nearly 2,000 U.S. locations, opened a new facility in Mint Hill, located on Hawthorne Drive. DaVita, which was founded in 1999, now serves about 150,000 patients and 41,000 employees nationwide. The Mint … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlotte dialysis clinics, DaVita, dialysis, dialysis clinics, Mint Hill, Mint Hill health
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Town boards ready for new year
The boards of commissioners from several local towns met with the Mecklenburg delegation of the North Carolina Legislators Thursday, January 3, in a called meeting to discuss legislative matters. Town boards from Mint Hill, Cornelius, Matthews, Davidson, Pineville, and Huntersville … Continue reading
New laws that can affect you
In the wee hours of the first of January, 16 new laws came into effect that can and will effect our community. Many of the new laws are just technical changes to previous laws, but some deal with employee verification, … Continue reading
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Korean War Veterans’ Memorial nears completion
Two and a half years since the groundbreaking ceremony and beginning of construction of the NC Korean War Veterans Memorial in the Park on Fairview, construction is 85 percent complete. The granite sign was first, then came the footings and … Continue reading
