By Karen Cimino [email protected] city officials want taxpayers to know the city has not given Lowe’s Motor Speedway or owner Bruton Smith one penny of the $30 million in tax incentives it offered in 2007 in exchange for road improvements near the speedway. But Concord will kick in $1.5 million to help pay for improvements […]
By Robin L. [email protected] Cabarrus County Public Library in Kannapolis is trying to help the community wade through the bad economic times by offering programs designed to help stretch our dollars. The library started all this with a coupon box. Branch Manager Terry Prather wanted a coupon club, but settled with boxes on a red […]
By Janet MorrisonDid you know? Cotton gins were made of dangerous machinery. William Eugene Alexander related the following story in “Some Sketches of Rocky River Church and Vicinity,” to illustrate that point. He wrote, “A rather tragical thing occurred here when James F. Harris, (Major or Little Jim) then about 16 years old, had the […]
By Karen Cimino [email protected] Christian Ministry of Concord officials hope to receive some of the $55,778 earmarked to help Cabarrus County residents hit hard by the economic downturn. The ministry has had a 300 percent increase in the number families it helps in the last year, said Ed Hosack, executive director of the Cooperative Christian […]
Catcher Matt Inouye waits on deck, while outfielder Kenny Williams is at bat during the 8th inning of the Easter Sunday game against the Asheville Tourists. The Tourists won the game, 5-0, but the I’s took the series, three games to one. When the Intimidators are at bat, a dark-haried figure watches from the press […]
The Kannapolis Intimidators took the field Thursday night against the Asheville Tourists on Opening Day. And, as Intimidators fan Thelma Honeycutt said, it was a pitchers’ game—for 10 innings. Pitchers Greg Infante for Kannapolis and Robinson Fabian for Asheville dueled from the mound, keeping the score even at zero. Despite pop-flys, line drives and Justin […]
We set up a camera and a couple of lights in the dug out during the Kannapolis Intimidators’ media day and handed over a remote to the players for them to take their own “photo booth” style pictures while they waited. Not all players on the team took advantage of the option, but those that […]