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Ed’s Tavern shifts to embrace the sports bar experience


CORNELIUS – On a stormy Friday evening, battling howling gales, my friends and I braved the downpour to test out Cornelius’ newly revamped bar: Ed’s Tavern. Formerly known as the Galway Hooker, this Kenton Place establishment has shifted identities from its Irish roots and is now an expansion of Charlotte’s Ed’s Tavern, a classic American sports bar. Sixteen TVs grace […]

Charitable brewery asks patrons to “Sip It Forward”

MOORESVILLE – Smiles are served all around at Hoptown Brewing. “Joy is the secret sauce to living,” explained Sandy Plemmons, who calls herself director of customer exBEERience for the brewery. Hoptown is getting ready to celebrate its fourth anniversary of spreading joy and hope throughout the Lake Norman community by annually supporting four nonprofit organizations. Plemmons, who owns the brewery […]

MSI Chamber honors local community, business leaders

MOORESVILLE – The Mooresville-South Iredell Chamber of Commerce held its annual Celebrate Business Meeting & Community Excellence Awards ceremony last week, honoring individuals and businesses who have made an impact on the community. This year, NASCAR legend “The King” Richard Petty served as the keynote speaker, marking 75 years of Petty family racing. In addition to those pictured, winners were: […]

Joint health expo and job fair on the horizon in Mooresville


MOORESVILLE – Join the Mooresville South Iredell Chamber of Commerce and WHIP 99.3 FM for the Health and Wellness Expo and Job Fair on Wednesday, March 20.  The Mooresville Chamber, WHIP and Rocky River Orthodontics will hold their Health & Wellness Expo/Job Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Charles Mack Center. With close to 100 booths filled […]

Champion Tire & Wheel recognized with ‘Inspire our Future’ award

HUNTERSVILLE – The Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce has recognized Champion Tire and Wheel in Cornelius for their outstanding continuous support of education and workforce development with the “Inspire our Future” award presented by the Chamber and the Lake Norman Education Collaborative. As an inaugural partner of the Lake Norman Economic Development PIVOT Program, Champion Tire and Wheel offered nine […]

Former U.S. Marshal pursues artistic endeavors


DENVER – A former deputy U.S. Marshal, Patrick Martin, is the artistic brawn behind Lake Norman Mercantile & Creamery, which he co-owns with his wife, Kristen. He chose a rather unique tool to express his creativity – a chainsaw. “It’s the physicality that I like,” Martin said. “Getting dirty and I love working with my hands and creating things for […]

Race City Steel races to success from NASCAR to Denver


DENVER – The founder of Race City Steel, Damon Lusk, moved to Denver in 1999 to pursue a career in NASCAR. “I was fortunate enough to do that for 10 years,” he said. “While I was racing and we needed to buy steel, there wasn’t a good source that had both quality of service and variety in stock ready to […]

Cornelius restaurateur uses culinary prowess to serve community


CORNELIUS – You can’t talk with Wes Choplin, owner of Choplin’s Restaurant, without immediately being drawn in by his humble and giving demeanor.  Choplin has a long-standing reputation for his generosity in the community; however, he is reticent to talk about himself in such a way. He has a tendency to shrug off the many ways in which he has […]

Shark bite spurs Huntersville family to help light the darkness


HUNTERSVILLE – Jameson Reeder, like most of his now-customers, hadn’t thought much about landscape lighting. It seemed like a nice home accessory, but not a necessity. Then his life took a traumatic turn, leading him to create BEST Landscape Lighting. Now Reeder, his wife, and his four homeschooled children work together to show others the light. He said the children […]

Denver man builds his field of dreams


DENVER – The dream of building a golf course began when Eddie Knox “borrowed” two golf clubs belonging to his brother-in-law. “I hit with them until I broke one of them,” he said. “I was 17 or 18 years old. When I went to NC State college, I played golf and never stopped loving the game. I now have 13 […]


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