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Yearly Archives: 2012

Task force to study Bain remodel

Task force to study Bain remodel

Mint Hill Mayor Ted Biggers plans to launch a task force to raise money from private donors to save the 123-year-old Bain school building from demolition. Biggers and Town Manager… Read more »

Sam Newell gets new name

Sam Newell gets new name

A section of Sam Newell Road in Matthews has been changed to North Trade Street. New street signs went up last week for the section of road between Matthews Street… Read more »

Free Back to School movie

Free Back to School movie

Matthews will host its annual Back to School Movie Night Saturday, Aug. 18 with a free showing of ‘Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax.’ The event will be held at Stumptown Park,… Read more »

Matthews sets first ‘wayfinding’ sign

Matthews sets first ‘wayfinding’ sign

Matthews residents will notice new directional signs going up during the next two weeks as part of the town’s Wayfinding and Beautification Project. The first sign was installed last week… Read more »

Want to join a flash mob?

Want to join a flash mob?

The Mint Hill Dance Center needs area residents – children and adults – to be part of a Mint Hill Madness flash mob. The “mob,” will perform a choreographed dance… Read more »

Parrot nonprofit needs your help

Parrot nonprofit needs your help

The nonprofit Companion Parrots Re-homed needs help from area residents after receiving seven parrots seized by the Humane Society of Charlotte from a home and puppy mill in eastern North… Read more »

Bright Blessings offers service day

Bright Blessings offers service day

Matthews-based nonprofit Bright Blessings will offer family-friendly service projects during an open house from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17. Bright Blessings, 608-A Matthews-Mint Hill Road, serves homeless children… Read more »

Matthews-Mint Hill Weekly Crime Scene: Aug. 10

Matthews-Mint Hill Weekly Crime Scene: Aug. 10

Free car seat checks, installation Thursday The Mint Hill Police Department and Mint Hill Volunteer Fire Department will install and check child car seats during a car seat clinic Thursday,… Read more »

Summer reading programs ends

Summer reading programs ends

Back to school means the end of summer reading at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Libraries in Matthews and Mint Hill. And both branches celebrated the successful children’s program with special events this… Read more »

Christ Our Shepherd provides after-school care, preschool

Christ Our Shepherd provides after-school care, preschool

Need after school care? The Matthews nonprofit Christ Our Shepherd Ministries is now accepting applications for the upcoming school year for many of its programs. Since 1996 the Christian organization… Read more »

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