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5 hrs ago | Independent Weekly

Bombadil, Tarpits and Canyonlands

The first time I saw Bombadil, they almost blew me away. That is, I nearly needed to leave the room because I disliked the young quartet onstage so very much: Opening for The Avett Brothers in University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill's Great Hall in the winter of 2005, Bombadil seemed to me a catastrophe of enthusiasm, where ambition outstripped ...

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Wed Jul 08, 2009

Asheville Citizen-Times

Fiery late-night wreck kills 2 at NC intersection

Authorities are investigating a fiery head-on collision between two sports utility vehicles that killed two people on a North Carolina highway east of Charlotte.

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Tue Jul 07, 2009

Charlotte.com

Delays today on Independence Blvd.

Police officers direct traffic at Independence Boulevard and Sardis Road North after it was reopened Friday morning.

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Sun Jul 05, 2009

Charlotte Business Journal

Master Screens South

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

Indyweekblogs.com

Midtown Dickens announces release party for Lanterns

Midtown Dickens will release its sophomore album, Lanterns , on Friday, August 28, with a show at Duke Coffeehouse.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

Sandy Springs Neighbor

Sandy Springs Fire Department a

The Sandy Springs Fire Department is now better equipped to help its own firefighters with $80,000 in safety equipment like Buddy Breathing devices, which Assistant Fire Chief Mark Duke said will help members of truck and engine companies save each others' lives.

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

Charlotte.com

CDOT: Toll road would worsen ozone woes

The environmental impact statement for the Monroe Connector/Bypass says the new expressway won't have any effect on the region's poor air quality, and that it won't cause people to drive more miles.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

The Gaston Gazette

Belmont getting popular chain restaurant

Belmont residents will have a chance to "Eat More Chiken" in October. Chick-fil-A broke ground on N.C. 273 recently, tearing down the vacant Japanese restaurant, Niyoshi.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

New River Valley Current

Montgomery County hires new county administrator

Craig Meadows, a former city manager in Bedford and in Monroe, N.C., will be named Montgomery County's next county administrator later today, a source on the board of supervisors says.

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Wed Jun 24, 2009

Charlotte.com

Wreck slows U.S. 74 in Monroe

A truck struck a bridge on Roosevelt Boulevard in Monroe early Tuesday afternoon, and traffic will be congested for the next several hours, authorities say.

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WCNC-TV Charlotte

Traffic Alert: Highway 74 closed in Monroe

Highway 74 westbound in Monroe is closed at Skyway Drive Bridge after a tractor-trailer struck the bridge.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

www.monroescoop.com | Steve Sherron

Guess where I am in Monroe, NC and win a $25 gift certificate from the Monroe Mall

Do you think you know Monroe, NC and Union County, NC like the back of your hand? Why don't you put it to the test? Check out the latest 5 x 5 video on the Monroe Scoop. 5 video clips, 5 seconds each. If you guess correctly, you can win a $25 gift certificate from the Monroe Mall.

Make your guess at MonroeScoop.com

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Mon Jun 22, 2009

Concord-Kannapolis Independent Tribune

Cabarrus opposes state plans for I-85

Cabarrus County commissioners approved a resolution this week opposing a plan to divert funding for the Interstate 85 widening project to the completion of Interstate 485.

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Sat Jun 20, 2009

WCNC

Crime crackdown in Monroe

Murders, armed robberies, shootings and home invasions-- these are all crimes that have people who live in Monroe on edge.

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Thu Jun 18, 2009

The Black Informant

Translation: EVERYBODY'S taxes are about to go up

Christopher J. Priest for PraiseNet.org writes regarding the Gospel Music Workshop of America~ "Local chapters assemble these nice, well-meaning folks together who work very hard all year, running here and there singing their hearts out, looking forward to the big GMWA convention where these folks will finally get the chance to sing before the ...

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Tue Jun 16, 2009

Charlotte.com

Work on controversial gas pipeline begins

MONROE A new 43-mile natural gas pipeline, which has caused rancorous land negotiations in northern Union County, consternation in neighboring Cabarrus County and a pending N.C. Utilities Commission complaint, is about one-fifth done and moving forward.

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Sun Jun 14, 2009

The Black Informant

Nationalized health care being rushed in South Africa

There is a lot more behind this push to nationalize health care then what we are hearing.

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Fri Jun 12, 2009

www.monroescoop.com | Steve Sherron

Monroe & Union County "Good Service Alert". Whitley Lawn & Garden Video Review

I recently received great service from a local Union County merchant after taking a broken lawnmower to Whitley Lawn & Garden on Hwy 601 South.

I was so happy with my service, I decided to do a video review of Whitley's to make all citizens of Monroe, NC and Union County aware of this small business.

View the video at monroescoop.com

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Thu Jun 11, 2009

The Black Informant

Question: Expecting too much?

As news began to trickle down to us common folks that the stimulus money was doing basically nothing to slow down the decent of the American economy, it was mostly conservatives who began to call President Obama out on it.

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Mon Jun 08, 2009

Charlotte.com

Layoffs for Union County schools?

MONROE Union County Schools like many other school systems in the south Charlotte suburbs are preparing for budget shortfalls that could mean teacher layoffs, larger classes and postponing maintenance work for older schools.

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