By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: March 2,2012
On Tuesday, Charlotte-based Carolinas Associated General Contractors issued a press release about a recent day it spent at the South Carolina State House. The point of the visit: to show support for the Right to Work Act passed in the House and encourage the use of surplus funds in the state budget to fund the [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: March 2,2012
In between breaking news and brewing coffee, the staff at Meckcetera pops onto fun websites when our publisher isn’t looking. One site we found this week is lovelylisting.com. The site celebrates and pokes fun at peculiar properties and rooms. So, if you’ve been dreaming of a site where you can find buildings painted to look [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: February 24,2012
Mark Tallent could spend his $155,807 in North Carolina lottery winnings on a lot of things. Fancy cars. Cruises. Casinos. But he’s going to do something more practical: pay off his mortgage. And in today’s foreclosure-crazy environment, we can’t say we blame him. Tallent found out he won the Cash 5 game Monday. His actual [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: February 24,2012
There are many ways to gauge the recovery of the real estate market in Charlotte since the Great Recession brought most development to a standstill. Foreclosure data, home sales and starts figures and unemployment stats are regularly reviewed to tell how good, or bad, the economy is. But for Collin Brown, a zoning and land [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: February 24,2012
It’s not a mathematical error. Charlotte-based general contractor Edifice has built an extra wall at the site of a town hall construction project in Matthews. The town hall is being built at 4430 Mint Hill Village Lane. The project is worth $6.6 million, and ground was broken in September. There’s nothing like starting construction only [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: February 24,2012
Former NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield’s lawyers are probably buckling up for what is becoming a bumpier legal ride. On Monday, a Catawba County grand jury released indictments that charge Mayfield with possessing furniture and other items stolen from businesses and obtaining property by false pretense. Detectives said the items, which total about $100,000, were found [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: February 17,2012
Just last year the Mecklenburg Times reported on squatters trying to take over homes in Mecklenburg County using an arcane process. David Granberry, the county’s register of deeds, told us in October that at least three “affidavits of adverse possession” had been filed in his office since June. In a nutshell, here’s how the affidavits [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: February 17,2012
Construction sites are usually loud. But Charlotte-based Hendrick Construction has to watch the volume as it works at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro. After all, who wants to be responsible for stunting a cute little animal’s growth? Hendrick has been working since December on a renovation project for the polar bear exhibit. “There are [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: February 17,2012
Actor Tracy Morgan makes people laugh each week with his antics on NBC’s “30 Rock.” But the one person he can count on to tune in – mom – might not anymore. According to news reports, Morgan has angered his family members by not doing enough to help his mother, who is in danger of [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: February 17,2012
At hotel luncheons, some things are a given, like your dessert will be staring at you the whole time you’re trying to concentrate on your entree. Also, rubber chicken will likely be on the menu. We suspect that someone must have complained to Crew Charlotte about their being made to eat too much chicken at [...]
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