By Josh [email protected] officials will seek to access reserve funds next month to help Cabarrus County’s travel industry weather the national economic downturn. Pending the approval of county commissioners, the Cabarrus County Convention & Visitors Bureau plans to spend: • about $150,000 to cover expected shortfalls in occupancy tax revenues during the next six months […]
About 25 people showed up at Town Hall Monday for a community charette designed to get citizen input on a 100+-acre project being developed by Merrifield Partners near the intersection of Interstate 485 and Rocky River Road. By Jonathan E. [email protected] 25 people showed up at Town Hall Monday for a community charette designed to […]
No specifics yet on impact of sale in terms of possible job losses By Ben [email protected] was only days ago that Wachovia Corp. appeared headed toward a deal with Morgan Stanley, a merger that would have moved a piece of staggering old Wall Street south and further established the Queen City as a new hub […]
By Ben [email protected] Johnson, former state legislator and longtime Cabarrus County criminal defense attorney, died Sunday at his home. He was 73. Johnson was a lion in the legal community in Cabarrus County, having practiced law in Concord for almost 50 years. He also represented the county in the General Assembly — three terms in […]
Citizen concerns prompt council to approve 10 percent increase, close Stallings Road Park well By Jonathan E. [email protected]’s not too often that service fee hikes garner applause from the customers who will ultimately shoulder the financial burden. But that was the case for those gathered at Harrisburg Town Hall last week. Residents will notice an […]
Two years after a construction contract for the Cabarrus County jail was first put before the County Commission, the final, $57.9 million component of the agreement has been OK’d by the board. By Eric C. [email protected] years after a construction contract for the Cabarrus County jail was first put before the County Commission, the final, […]
By Eric C. [email protected] and Cabarrus County officials continue to fine-tune the $80 million incentive agreement proposed for Speedway Motorsports Inc. that will make for major road improvements around its Concord racetrack. County Chairman Jay White called the discussions “wordsmithing” the agreement, which must be approved by all three parties — SMI, Concord City Council […]
By Josh [email protected] International School has hired a temporary replacement for current Director Richard Beall who is scheduled to leave at the end of the month. Carole Forbes, a former charter school director and school administrator from Massachusetts, will assume the interim director position on July 1. Forbes most recently worked as a school management […]
By Jonathan E. [email protected] parking lot at Central Cabarrus High School was peppered with cars Friday morning, presumably those of teachers cleaning out their classrooms before the summer break. Further north on N.C. 49, the highway was its own parking lot, with a line of cars winding toward the Cabarrus Arena & Events Center for […]
Because of revaluation, flat tax would cost equivalent of 11-cent hike over previous year; most of new revenue slated for new school construction, operating costs and jail project By Eric C. [email protected] — Despite the last-minute addition of $2.6 million in revenue from the county-wide revaluation, a flat tax rate has been proposed for the […]