By Jonathan E. [email protected] the spirit of working together during tough economic times, more than 100 people gathered at the old Cabarrus Bank & Trust building in downtown Kannapolis Monday to hear from local and state legislators their priorities for the upcoming year. While the topics at the Cabarrus Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Legislative Breakfast […]
By Karen Cimino [email protected] City of Concord will host a meeting Thursday to gather citizen input on a greenway that will eventually connect some of the city’s biggest and most asphalt-locked attractions. The three-mile Rocky River Greenway will give Concord citizens a pedestrian- and cycle-friendly path connecting the Rocky River area to Lowe’s Motor Speedway, […]
By Karen Cimino [email protected] has asked the Federal Highway Administration for $6.8 million to build a traffic management center that will help improve the flow of traffic on several roads throughout the area. The center would provide Concord with a system of cameras and fiber optics throughout the city to help mitigate traffic congestion from […]
By Jessica [email protected] the first 40 minutes of operation, six people came to the newest Cooperative Christian Ministry food pantry, Cupboard of Love, at Westford United Methodist Church on Saturday. “We knew this would be a good location,” said Ed Hosack, executive director for Cooperative Christian Ministry. “We have no idea how many people we’ll […]
Nonprofit officials hope school tours will help community see how funds are used By Jessica [email protected] Academic Learning Center will be offering school site tours to the community to raise awareness about its program, starting this week and continuing through the school year. LeeAnn Miller, director of development for the nonprofit organization, will take a […]
By Ben [email protected] Community College is very close to signing a lease agreement for a building on the North Carolina Research Campus. RCCC President Carol Spalding said, after further negotiations with campus developer Castle & Cooke, the lease agreement could be ready by the end of this week. Friday, the N.C. Community College Board gave […]
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 […]