Pageant winners visit nursing home

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By Jessica [email protected] Alice DeBose made sure she wore her sash and crown on Saturday. The former Ms. Senior North Carolina spent the afternoon with local pageant winners, all of them with their sparkling crowns on. DeBose, a 98-year-old resident of Brookdale Senior Living in Concord, received a visit from six local pageant winners who […]


More lessons from a London New Year

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Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part story composed of journal entries from Hickory Ridge High School marching band members during a trip to London, England over the holiday break. Entries have been edited for length. Day 5 We loaded the buses and rode for an hour or so to Oxford. There was a […]


Officers complete crisis intervention training

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By Robin L. [email protected] members of law enforcement from the Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Department, the Concord Police Department and the Kannapolis Police Department earned Crisis Intervention Team designation at a special graduation held at Rowan Campus of Rowan Community College Friday. The program began last January, and this will bring the total number of CIT […]


1930 death of oldest N.C. woman

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By Janet MorrisonDid you know?Did you know that on Thursday, Jan. 30, 1930, the thought-to-be oldest living woman in North Carolina died near Harrisburg at the age of 112?  I happened upon this information while searching microfilmed newspapers for my own grandmother’s obituary. Grandma’s death was not reported in the paper, as obituaries were uncommon […]


Nonprofits expect needs to continue

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By Jessica [email protected] 2007, the Community Free Clinic in Concord turned away an average of 8.6 people per month. In 2008, that average reached 19 people per month. As the economy shows few signs of improvement and unemployment continues to increase, the clinic has noticed more people without insurance seeking primary care. Those numbers are […]