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Students, boosters plan Hough events
Art Club and Spanish Club students at Hough High School have put their talents to use to prepare for a week-long fundraiser targeting hunger. The student clubs are co-sponsoring the school's second annual "Empty Bowls" sale and fundraiser in February. Empty Bowls is an international grassroots effort initiated to raise awareness about hunger in individual communities.
Top Stories of the week
SING! win is one more title
Brandi Alden of Cornelius wins national shopping center singing competiton.
Image of the Week for January 27, 2012 - Palace of Taco?
No, but the gradual conversion of the former Palace of China on Statesville Road in Huntersville int...
Ranson House owners grab the 'Raines' of growth
In a cozy front room of the Ranson House, Rehnea Raines sits puzzling over a few swatches of materia...
Lady Huskies lead I-Meck
First-ever win over rival Hopewell puts Hough in I-Meek's driver's seat. Being in first place...
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SING! win is one more title
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Image of the Week for January 27, 2012 - Palace of Taco?
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Ranson House owners grab the 'Raines' of growth
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Lady Huskies lead I-Meck
Sports
Wildcats take unbeaten SoCon record on the road
Davidson continued its romp through the Southern Conference basketball field this past week with wins over College of Charleston and The Citadel, completing the first half of the SoCon schedule with an 8-0 mark, the best league start for a Davidson team since the 2008-09 team started 13-0 and finished 18-2.
High School Basketball
I-Meck Conference Standings
Boys
Team Conference
West Charlotte 7-2
North Meck 7-2
Mallard Creek 7-2
Mooresville 5-4
Vance 4-5
Hopewell 3-6
Lake Norman 2-7
Hough 1-8
Feature Columns
Horse's Mouth
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"In talking with a lot of elected officials, I think this is a Senate district where we could explore the creation of smaller school systems, not only in Mecklenburg but where applicable in other areas of the state. The population of Huntersville, Cornelius and Davidson is similar to Asheville. There…Read more...
Fellow Citizen
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Gina Nichols
Gina Nichols lives in Cornelius with her husband, Michael, and they are the proud parents of Michael Harrison Nichols (3/18/99 – 2/17/08). Although she hails from New Jersey, she says she considers the Lake Norman area her home and loves the beauty and warmth of the South. Nichols is the…Read more...
Talk of the Towns
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Talk of the Towns January 27, 2012
Rental rage It is said that good fences make good neighbors. But in this case, that would be akin to the Chinese and Mongols discussing the finer points of pillaging at the Great Wall of China or East and West Germans swapping wienerschnitzel recipes at the Berlin Wall.Read more...
Letters to the Editor
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Woods shouldn't be Citizen of the Year
The writer is a member of the Cornelius Town Board of Commissioners. Editor,Read more...
Final Thoughts
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A truck in reserve better than none at all
I finally did it this week. I changed the keys on my key ring.Read more...
Image of the week
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No, but the gradual conversion of the former Palace of China on Statesville Road in Huntersville into a Taco Bell has temporarily taken on the appearance of a Frankenstein-like experiment as new exterior design elements take their place among those…
