By Deon Roberts, editor
Published: October 22,2011
In late August, while lots of people were focused on Hurricane Irene, something had just happened to the Barringer Hotel. All of us in the local media had fallen down on the job — I blame it on furloughs and layoffs — because no one reported that the Barringer had just been put on the [...]
By Deon Roberts, editor
Published: October 14,2011
The marketing ploy that is National Kitchen and Bath Month is in full swing. And the folks behind NKABM probably hope that every October we’ll all dutifully run out to Lowe’s and drop a few grand on, say, a new Jacuzzi tub. Sorry, boys, but I’m so broke, I’m lucky if I can afford to [...]
By Deon Roberts, editor
Published: October 7,2011
David Granberry was just a paralegal when the gay couple and the person with the TV camera waltzed into Mecklenburg County’s register of deeds office. He can’t remember when it was — maybe 2006, in the fall of that year — but Judy Gibson was the register back then. It was a publicity stunt. The [...]
By Deon Roberts, editor
Published: September 30,2011
The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices for July were released this week, and the news wasn’t good. Well, it wasn’t good if you are among those of us who own “real property,” as they say. If you’re looking to buy a house, it was probably great news. In the Charlotte metro area, home prices [...]
By Deon Roberts, editor
Published: September 23,2011
“Mike Smith” wouldn’t give me his real name. I know very little about him, even though I spent about an hour interviewing the guy Tuesday evening. I couldn’t identify him in a lineup even if you threatened to make me watch last season’s Panthers games, but I am sure of a handful of things, including [...]
By Deon Roberts, editor
Published: September 17,2011
I can almost picture it. George Shinn is lounging poolside at his Tega Cay home, a tall, sweating glass of ice-cold tea in hand. The afternoon light streams through the glass, making the tea glow, so that it looks he’s sipping liquid sunshine. Next to the house, there’s Lake Wylie, which echoes with the sounds [...]
By Deon Roberts, editor
Published: September 9,2011
If William Alfred Freret were alive today, he’d turn 178 this year. While people don’t get that old, many buildings have. In Charlotte, though, preservationists like — or, better yet, dislike — pointing out all the old buildings that had dates with the wrecking ball. The post office building for which Freret was architect is [...]
By Deon Roberts, editor
Published: September 2,2011
In 1852, when Isaac Lea became the first person to write down observations about the Carolina heelsplitter, the Monroe Connector-Bypass hadn’t even been dreamed up. These days, hardly anyone talks about Lea. But lots of people are speculating about what’s going to happen with the roughly $800 million proposed toll road project. The U.S. Fish [...]
By Deon Roberts, editor
Published: August 26,2011
It was 1999 and Charles “Bill” Ross, the register of deeds for Cabarrus County, was battling pancreatic cancer. With his health failing, he decided to resign that year. And since he was a Democrat, the Democratic Party got to pick his replacement. Linda McAbee, who had been with the register of deeds’ office since 1973, [...]
By Deon Roberts, editor
Published: August 19,2011
Readers of today’s edition might have noticed something different on the front page. Just under our flag are nine words that weren’t there Tuesday: “Your inside source for real estate, development and construction.” “What’s this all about?” you might be asking yourself. I’m excited to introduce you to the new Mecklenburg Times. Around for more [...]
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