Town Council candidates get up close and personal with voters By Christie [email protected] Visitors to Rocky River Coffee Co. got a little more than just their morning coffee last weekend. On Saturday, coffee drinkers had the chance to chat one-on-one with candidates in the Harrisburg Town Council race. From 10 a.m. to noon, Joe Hallatschek, […]
Harrisburg Library holds first meeting of new writing club By Christie [email protected] Instead of reading the books at the Harrisburg library in the coming months, the kids are going to be writing them. The library’s Writing Club held its first meeting on Thursday and many eager authors came out to flex their creative muscles. The […]
Harrisburg plays home to cyclists in second annual mountain biking competition By Christie [email protected] The rain didn’t put a damper on cyclists’ plans last weekend. On Saturday, cyclists came out to Harrisburg to participate in the kick off of the Bank of North Carolina Short Track Mountain Bike Race Series. The racing series will continue […]
By Mike Mulhern FORT WORTH So there’s too much emphasis on the guys in NASCAR’s championship chase, and not enough on everyone else? That’s been a complaint from those so ignored. But in this year’s chase there is really little else to talk about except the title fight between Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson, […]
By Mike Mulhern ATLANTA So what is Bruton Smith really up to? Whatever it is, it may well be bigger than just the furor surrounding Smith’s threat to pull the plug on Lowe’s Motor Speedway. This whole thing looks to have the momentum of a snowball rolling downhill. While NASCAR teams spent the last […]
By Mike Mulhern NASCAR’s finest, sans Cup tour leaders Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson, finished their two days of test the car-of-tomorrow at Atlanta Motor Speedway Tuesday, and there were no cheers. “The car-of-tomorrow does drive differently, there’s no question,” Jeff Burton, one of the 50 men testing, said. “But it’s probably not as […]
It took a little while longer than head coach Marty Paxton or the Hickory Ridge High School football team probably would have liked — even moreso after the team’s final game of the season was delayed because of rain — but after a season of improvement, the Bulls notched the first win in the school’s […]
Sgt. First Class Baron McLean didn’t recognize many of the faces that gathered along the rain-drenched streets leading up to his driveway, but the message they sent was clear.Red, white and blue streamers hung from trees and mailboxes, neighbors gathered and cheered and two young girls held a large American flag as the 17-year militaryveteran […]
By Donnie BiggersSports CorrespondentIt was fitting that a big night for the Hickory Ridge High football program was punctuated by a lot of big plays. With junior quarterback Brett Lilly leading the big-play parade, Hickory Ridge picked up the program’s first win, taking a 43-14 South Piedmont 3A victory over Piedmont Monday night at Hickory […]
Janet MorrisonDid you know?If you want to know what kind of mischief people around here were getting into throughout most of the 1800s, read the Rocky River Presbyterian Churches’ Session Minutes. The Rocky River Session (governing body in a Presbyterian church) disciplined members of the congregation. It has been said that Rocky River residents were […]