It’s championship season for fall sports



HUNTERSVILLE – The sister duo of Hannah and Olivia Archer of Lake Norman Charter won the N.C. 2A girls’ tennis doubles state championship Oct. 25 at the Cary Tennis Center.The Archer sisters crushed Lydia and Sara Yuan (Durham School of Science & Math) 6-1, 6-0 in the final to complete a 48-1 overall game record in the two-day state tournament. […]

Can castle benefits hunger groups



CORNELIUS – Businesses and organizations are playing with food as part of a new United Way of Central Carolinas Young Leaders campaign.Young Leaders asked area groups to collect canned food and assemble it into a “can castle” that is part of a competition during the sixth annual National Week to Fight Hunger.“We wanted another way to spread awareness,” UWCC Volunteer […]

Bottom Line – Week of 10/30



 

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New timeline for Roosevelt Wilson Park bridgeDAVIDSON — A new schedule has been laid out for the Roosevelt Wilson Park bridge.Previous estimations were that construction would start at the end of September, but it is now slated for the end of November because of more approvals needed. The estimated completion date is the end of January.The project, which adds a […]

Leaders try resurrecting money-sucking monster



By Rick ShortGuest editorialWith Halloween upon us this week, we bring you the latest transportation-spending monster being planned for Mecklenburg County. This one involves new ways to fund a project that just won’t die – the Red Line commuter rail from Charlotte to Mooresville as part of the regional 2030 Transit Plan.The Red Line received an apparently fatal blow last […]

Can castle benefits hunger groups



 

Herald Weekly Calendar – Week of 10/30



 

Tillis, Hagan headline Nov. 4 ballot



Partisan power hangs in the balanceBy: Michael A. Cooper Jr.The U.S. Senate race pitting Kay Hagan against Thom Tillis is poised to be the most expensive Senate contest in American history.At least $90 million has been spent by the candidates and their supporting super PACs, and by Election Night the total will likely eclipse $110 million. Most of that money […]

Arts Briefs – Week of 10/30



Artists bring mobile studio to campusDAVIDSON – Sculptors Paul Higham and Coral Lambert were scheduled to stop at Davidson College on Oct. 29-30 in the Solar Airstream Fab Lab, a 1960s trailer converted into a digital sculpture lab and research studio.They were scheduled to deliver talks, visit senior art majors and give tours of the mobile airstream studio.The studio harnesses […]

Faith Briefs – Week of 10/30



Angels and Sparrows gets new leaderHUNTERSVILLE – Sarah Fortner left her role as children and families pastor at Independence Hills Baptist after 11-plus years to take over at Angels and Sparrows Soup Kitchen.She replaces Sandy Tilley, who founded the soup kitchen in 2007 and has served as operations manager. Tilley leaves her position to spend time with her sick husband, […]