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STEM education launches local school to new heights by Tori Hamby Say the words “science” or “math” to the average elementary school students and you’ll likely hear groans of frustration… Read more
Eco-industrial park site taken off Superfund list
by Tori Hamby CHARLOTTE – Mountain Island’s ReVenture Park is ready to become the region’s first eco-industrial park, now that it’s no longer classified as hazardously polluted. The U.S. Environmental… Read more
CaroMont wins two-year battle to build ER
by Tori Hamby CHARLOTTE – Mount Holly residents may see a shorter trip to the emergency room after all, now that a major healthcare system agreed to end its two-year… Read more
Charter school requests city annexation
by Alan Hodge MOUNT HOLLY – A local charter school wants Mount Holly officials to annex land at its new, permanent location. Mountain Island Charter School which currently operates out… Read more
Bringing ‘Hope’ through horses
by Molly Reitter Nineteen-year-old Malcolm Greenwood rides a horse, Rocky, around the arena at Mount Holly’s Shining Hope Farms as Debbie Cloy gives him instructions from the ground. She tells… Read more
East Gaston guidance school counselor dies after cancer battle
School remembers her 26-year tenures by Tori Hamby MOUNT HOLLY – An adored East Gaston High School guidance counselor and former 2010 Gaston County Guidance Counselor of the Year passed… Read more
Teaching on the front lines
Central Piedmont Community College’s partnerships with business paying dividends for students, companies by Mark Zenow HUNTERSVILLE – As the economy inches toward recovery, the Huntersville campus of Central Piedmont Community… Read more
Building a ‘stronger community’
Bicycle wreck drives man to build safer, more devoted training group by Hugh Fisher Billy Doherty doesn’t like to focus on the wreck that nearly ended his life. “It’s old news,”… Read more
How local restaurants fared in health inspections
The Mecklenburg and Gaston county health departments inspected the following restaurants from Dec. 21 to Jan. 26. Critical violations for restaurants scoring less than 93 also are listed. Mountain Island… Read more
Mountain Island group members rev their engines
The Fun In Serving Him – or FISH – senior group of Calvary Baptist Church of Charlotte at Mountain Island recently took a trip to the NASCAR Hall of Fame… Read more


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