By Jessica [email protected] champions, out-of-towners and even a celebrity came to the Cabarrus Arena and Events Center Saturday on all fours. The American Kennel Club hosted its National Agility Championship over the weekend, bringing 890 dogs and their handlers to the competition. Even Brody, who was one of the dogs that played Marley in the […]
By Jonathan E. [email protected] Hurtado knows how to build strong chess programs. For nearly a decade, he has coached teams in south Florida to four state titles and two national championships. Now he’s looking to build a new program in his first year at Cannon School. “We really just got serious about it when we […]
N.C. PTA grant, volunteers make school’s second annual event a success By Jessica [email protected] residents and family members of Harrisburg Elementary School students were able to visit Greece on Saturday while listening to Scottish bagpipes. “Yiasou, welcome to Greece,” Gwen Politis said while standing beside a booth decorated in blue and white, the colors of […]
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 Jessica [email protected] kindergarten students looked a little peculiar on Friday as they celebrated school being in session for more than 100 days. At Covenant Classical School, a sign outside of Kim Cregger’s kindergarten class read, “Beware of Dogs,” and inside were about 13 children dressed as Dalmatians to celebrate 101 days of school. Other […]
By Jonathan E. [email protected] small box sitting in front of the reception desk at Liberty Tax Service includes a sign that reads “Cell Phones for Soldiers.” The message is simple, but the meaning is much deeper. Since 2005, the business has collected cell phones that are recycled and used to purchase phone cards to be […]
Members of Cub Scout Pack 173 collected more than 2,500 items to donate to the Harrisburg Food Pantry. By Jonathan E. [email protected] minutes before members of Harrisburg’s Cub Scout Pack 173 were set to begin their weekly meeting, Cubmaster Tommy Warlick knew it was going to be a busy night. Earlier in the month, Warlick […]
Second round of cuts this year impacts school supplies, textbooks, spares staff By Justin [email protected] County Schools cut about $1.1 million from its budget on Monday to comply with the state’s request for the 115 school systems to return about $58 million to offset a government shortfall. And Cabarrus County Schools did so without cutting […]
By Justin [email protected] Barry Shepherd met with the Cabarrus County Board of Education Thursday to begin identifying where Cabarrus County Schools could cut $1.1 million from its already lean budget. The district already trimmed more than $1 million this fall after enrollment figures fell short of projections. And this series of cuts may only come […]
By Justin [email protected] Cabarrus County Board of Education has named a new middle school scheduled to open just outside Harrisburg town limits in 2010. It will be called “Hickory Ridge Middle School.” Several school board members, including chairwoman Holly Blackwelder, said it made sense to keep the name of the middle school consistent with the […]