Month: November 2021

Open Enrollment ends Dec. 15. Here’s what you need to know

Sponsored by It’s Open Enrollment season — the time of year when families and individuals make important decisions about their health care insurance for the next 12 months. For some, the choice will simple; they’ll choose from the options offered by their employers. But for those without employer-provided health care insurance, the options can be

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Police seek driver in fatal hit-and-run on Thanksgiving Day

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is asking for help as detectives investigate a fatal hit-and-run that happened Thanksgiving Day near the intersection of Sunset Road and Beatties Ford Road. Shortly before 10 p.m., officers responded to reports that someone was lying in the roadway and in need of medical attention. When the police got there, they

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Find those perfect gifts at Shop Small Saturdays in Charlotte’s South End

Charlotte has always been a city of opportunity and innovation, and South End has been at the center of entrepreneurship from the very beginning. Find a discovery around every corner by visiting southendclt.org. The gift-giving season is finally here, and while some shoppers may find it tempting to go online, those who explore small, local shops

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Tammy Greene, Charlotte’s ‘Jazz Diva,’ dies after years-long battle with breast cancer

Tammy Greene, a Charlotte promoter of jazz concerts and entertainment,  has died after battling metastatic breast cancer. Greene was owner of Jazz Diva Entertainment and hosted jazz events locally and in the greater Charlotte area. Originally from Philadelphia, she moved to Charlotte to become a finance teacher at Central Piedmont Community College. But nearing the

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Three reasons I oppose spending local tax dollars to build a private parking deck

Jennifer Watson Roberts is a former Charlotte mayor and former member of the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners. The world’s leaders just wrapped up a global conference on climate change, where they focused on adapting to a warmer climate and halting the increase in global temperature. Scientists and engineers know how we can do this

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‘We’re rebuilding’: Stan Law, the new CEO of YMCA of Greater Charlotte, returns home

After conducting a national search, the YMCA of Greater Charlotte announced last week that Stanley Law will become its next president and CEO, effective in early January, 2022. Law is the current president and CEO of the YMCA of Northwest North Carolina, which is based in Winston-Salem. He will succeed Todd Tibbits, who departed in

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