By Ben [email protected] MURDOCK Study, Duke University’s longitudinal study that promises to “rewrite the textbook of medicine,” will begin enrolling participants on Monday. The study is looking for 50,000 participants from Cabarrus County. The study proposes to look at individual differences in how human disease affects the population. Researchers are focusing on cardiovascular disease, osteoarthritis, […]
By Karen Cimino [email protected] County park officials don’t want the economic downturn to prevent residents from sending their kids to camp this year, so the county has lowered registration fees for the 2009 Discovery Day Camp program. “In light of what’s been going on, we want to be proactive and still encourage people to come […]
By Karen Cimino [email protected] only IKEA furniture store between Washington and Atlanta opens in University City on Wednesday with more than 400 new employees, more than 10,000 products and no worries about the economy. The new 356,000-square-foot IKEA Charlotte store is located at the City Boulevard exit off Interstate 85. The store is big — […]
By Karen Cimino [email protected] — Cabarrus County Schools Superintendent Barry Shepherd cautioned commissioners that he would have to cut 90 teaching positions to make a 2.9 percent budget cut eight months into the school year. Commissioners heard Shepherd and Kannapolis City School officials’ objections, but then voted unanimously to trim their budgets by 2.9 percent […]
By Jessica [email protected] Cabarrus County Board of Education received a unique visitor at last week’s meeting. Buster, the robotic school bus, greeted board members and reviewed safety tips as a part of “Love the Bus” week, a national campaign that began Feb. 9. Throughout the week, Buster visited R. Brown McAllister, Harrisburg, Pitts School Road […]
Cub Scout Pack 173 gears up for racing with annual pinewood derby event By Jessica [email protected] miles from Lowe’s Motor Speedway, another type of race took place on Saturday. Cub Scout Pack 173 hosted its Pinewood Derby at Harrisburg Presbyterian Church. The race started shortly before 10 a.m. Tommy Warlick, the Cubmaster for Pack 173, […]
By Janet MorrisonDid you know?The “Did You Know?” column two weeks ago asked if you knew that most of the main roads in Cabarrus County in 1868 were named for their destinations. That practice continues today but is not quite as prevalent. Some roads were re-routed and renamed over time. More direct roads replaced some […]