Teacher has a blast at space camp
Heather Rath Brown has returned from Alabama.
Heather Rath Brown's story about her summer vacation will surely wow her students at Lake Wylie Elementary this fall.
Vanessa Willis writes about life on the south side each Thursday and Sunday in Neighbors of Southern Mecklenburg. Reach her at vwillis@charlotteobserver.com or 704-358-6009.
Heather Rath Brown's story about her summer vacation will surely wow her students at Lake Wylie Elementary this fall.
Eliza Bourg's two dearest wishes have come true.
School's out for summer, but skyrocketing gas prices have many families sticking close to home and watching their wallets. Here are 10 affordable activities within about 10 miles of anywhere in southern Mecklenburg:
VOICES Ronda Brooks was eating breakfast when a man collapsed next to her table and fell to the restaurant floor.
Next Sunday, 304 seniors from Ardrey Kell High will become the first class to graduate from that school.
ON THE RADAR Lee Anne Moore has saved seedlings from several trees around the old house.
VOICES Too hot to play outside? Kids bored with their toys at home?
Eli Sonner steps off the ledge and plunges into the pool. Three seconds later his head bobs above the water and he's looking around to locate the wall.
The new office towers at Ballantyne Corporate Park will offer golf course views. But they will be "green" in other ways too.
Barely a week goes by when I don't get an e-mail from a reader wondering how Victoria Martinsen has been since I wrote about her in September. Here's an update on the remarkable little girl and how the community continues to reach out to her family.
Crosland LLC has begun the final retail phase at Blakeney -- an 87,000-square-foot development called Blakeney Crossing.
Today is my first Mother's Day without my mom. It's been 15 days since Dad called from her bedside at Hospice to say she had passed.
Doug Steele had three big loves during his life: family, Ohio State and golf.
Southern families have grown their own veggies in backyard kitchen gardens for generations.
The Hall Family Farm's strawberry crop is ripe and ready for picking.