Category Archives: Mecklenburg County
Library looks for volunteers to join task force
Want to help shape the future of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library? Then apply to be on the Future of the Library Task Force. You can find the applications at the library’s website, or pick up a printed version at branches. The … Continue reading
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Spirited UNC-Charlotte professor keeps Novello Festival alive
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library has brought us the Novello festival for more than a decade now. Due to budget concerns this year, the festival is on hold. Enter UNC- Charlotte Professor Mark West who organized a Novello-lite to fill the void … Continue reading
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Mecklenburg County tax bills will soon be in the mail
From County staff: The Mecklenburg County Tax Collector will mail tax bills to approximately 379,300 property owners and mortgage companies on August 25, 2010. Tax bills are mailed directly to the owner of the property as of Jan. 1, 2010 … Continue reading
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Library forms task force to navigate rough financial waters
At last Thursday’s Mint Hill Board of Commissioners meeting, Tina Ross wondered why the library has not begun the effort to face its future funding problems. Her question is now answered. The library announced today it is forming a task … Continue reading
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CMPD begins crime fighting program in Farm Pond neighborhood near Mint Hill
Twenty-Five years ago, Farm Pond was a new middle class neighborhood in one of the most desirable up-and-coming places to live in the Charlotte area. Take a trip down Albemarle Road today, and things are looking a lot different. Charlotte-Mecklenburg … Continue reading
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Charlotte looks to annex JH Gunn and Wilgrove Airport
If you live in the area of Mecklenburg County that’s northeast of Mint Hill, you could be joining the big city. That’s because Charlotte is currently in the process of annexing the Camp Stewart area–the neighborhoods around JH Gunn Elementary … Continue reading
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Library board meeting to discuss sustainability plan
Follow the meeting on our Twitter feed on the right side of this Web page. Library PR as well as Chris Miller of WBT are at the meeting sending live Twitter messages. In this week’s Mint Hill Times, read about … Continue reading
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Mint Hill still stands where it has for two weeks: Will donate to the library if it is fair across the board
A press release by the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, as well as other media sources, have said that boards from Cornelius, Davidson, Huntersville, Matthews and Mint Hill met yesterday to officially vote on how much they will give the library to … Continue reading
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Mecklenburg County budget crisis mentioned in Time Magazine
Time Magazine recently featured an article on how the economy has affected states, counties and cities. Here’s what they say about potential library closings in Mecklenburg County: This all comes as a shock to the folks of Charlotte, who long … Continue reading
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Keeping the Mint Hill library open: Where do we stand now?
After the third meeting in less than a week yesterday between towns and library officials, a deal seems to be in the works to keep the Mint Hill library open. Library officials drafted a memorandum of understanding that calls for … Continue reading
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County, library and towns try to cobble together a plan to save the libraries
Negotiations between Mecklenburg County towns and the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library continued Tuesday in downtown Charlotte at the law offices of Robinson, Bradshaw and Hinson. Library officials have asked towns—specifically Mint Hill, Matthews, Davidson and Cornelius—to pitch in a total of … Continue reading
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Mayor Biggers meets with mayors to talk library funding
Mint Hill Mayor Ted Biggers met with officials from the surrounding towns Friday to discuss the prospect of the towns helping to bail out the library system. Of course, this would mean that the library in Mint Hill would have … Continue reading
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