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‘The Ford?’ ‘The West Side?’ What do residents in the Beatties Ford Road corridor say?
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSome call the area “The Ford.” Others say it’s the “West Side” or the “Historic West End.” The answers vary on what could be a single name identifying communities clustered along Beatties Ford ...
Violence prevention program in west Charlotte creates positive results
WSOC via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFor about a year, violence interrupters have had their boots on the ground in west Charlotte trying...
Entertainment site would disturb ‘peace’ say neighbors in historic Huntersville community
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 4 months agoMany residents of a historic Mecklenburg County community are divided on a proposed entertainment...
Man charged after being shot by officer in west Charlotte, police say
WSOC via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA man was charged Thursday after being shot by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officer in...
‘Boots on the ground’: Community safety program spreads message of nonviolence
WJZY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoCHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — For four hours Saturday afternoon, two of Charlotte’s community...
Revitalization of west Charlotte park aims to honor L.C. Coleman’s legacy
WSOC via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA project to refresh a park in west Charlotte took an unexpected turn into a piece of city history....
‘We really didn’t hook them up’: 911 call reveals how 2 shackled teens escaped police custody
WSOC via Yahoo News· 2 months agoTwo young detainees have been caught after allegedly breaking out of a transport van and carjacking...
Notable people who have called Huntersville and Mooresville home
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDo you know some of Huntersville and Mooresville’s most notable residents? Some of these people...
Is there a flooded town under Lake Norman? History of NC’s largest man-made lake.
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 12 months agoLake Norman, North Carolina’s largest man-made lake that covers more than 32,000 acres in four...
‘She was our spirit’: Remembering history-making Charlottean Mildred Smith Grier
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAnthony Smith looked out at the crowd of mourners at First Baptist Church-West on Beatties Ford Road...