Oh, the wonders of being a mom

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By Andrea ScolaLife As MomI couldn’t wait to be a mom!  Most of my friends were having their second child, and I only just married. As soon as the honeymoon was over I started asking the question, “Can we start?”  He was right, of course, by saying that we should wait.  After all, we were […]


Day of Service seeks to fill need in the community

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By Jessica [email protected] members of The Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints were planning their Day of Service 2009, they asked Mayors Scott Padgett and Bob Misenheimer what kept them awake at night. The mayors’ response was empty shelves in local food pantries. As a way to solve this, church members are partnering with […]


Cabarrus native hits the stage in ‘Legally Blonde’

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By Jessica [email protected] Tally Sessions graduated from Central Cabarrus High School in 1993, he was on his way to UNC-Chapel Hill with a teaching fellowship. Now, almost 16 years later, the 34-year-old will be on stage in Charlotte in the Broadway production of “Legally Blonde: The Musical.” Sessions has been on tour with the show, […]


Senior project puts passion for art on display

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By Jessica [email protected] Central Cabarrus High School senior Heather Ferrell, 18, decided what to do for her mandatory graduation project, she picked a topic that was less about her future career and more about what she enjoys. As a result, Ferrell, who hopes to be doctor, has now designed 15 original tattoos. “As much as […]


Novant appeals CMC’s patient tower, despite state’s OK

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By Ben [email protected] Health has appealed the state’s approval for CMC-NorthEast to build a new eight-story patient tower at the Concord hospital. The Health Service Regulation division gave CMC-NorthEast, and its parent company Carolinas HealthCare System, the green light in late February.  The Winston-Salem-based health care system filed its appeal on March 27. In the […]


For many, plant festival marks the start of Spring

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By Jessica [email protected] 2,000 more people than last year were expected at the Cabarrus County Master Gardener Volunteer Association’s 4th Annual Herb and Plant Festival on Saturday. “The parking lot was full at nine this morning, and that’s never happened, so I know it’s bigger than last year,” said Bill Hickok, chairman of the event. […]


Council budgets $10,000 for log cabin restoration

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By Jonathan E. [email protected] the past few years, restoration projects at the historic post office site on Robinson Church Road have been the norm., The most recent addition, a log cabin believed to be nearly 150 years old, has been sitting on the site for several months, but has yet to be placed on its […]


Board to consider revised busing plan

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By Jessica [email protected] County Schools has announced that the three-tier busing plan, presented to the board of education last week, has since been revised, proposing that most elementary schools would start and end earlier than the original version. The modified plan now has most elementary schools and Long School running from 8:15 a.m. to 3 […]


Brother, sister duo creating a buzz with N.C. logo campaign

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By Robin L. [email protected] is the one thing our state is missing? If you ask 13-year-old Ruth Jackson and her 11-year-old brother J.J., from Harrisburg, they would say a state logo. These two enterprising kids have set up a Web site and started a battle to get North Carolina its very own logo.  They noticed […]


More stimulus money slated for Cabarrus

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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 […]