INDIAN TRAIL – Indian Trail restaurants fare well in Munch Madness, winning three of the four years of the bracket challenge.
WAXHAW – Waxhaw is home to several restaurants that fit perfectly with the town’s charm.
MONROE – Monroe is a destination for great food. The city has a downtown with unique cuisine and a commercial corridor along U.S. 74 with proven restaurant concepts that attract both residents and commuters.
MONROE – Superintendent Andrew Houlihan and other leaders from Union County Public Schools surprised 10 educators March 8 with the news that they were finalists for 2024-25 Teacher of the Year.
STALLINGS – Stallings Town Council has appropriated another $200,000 toward its road resurfacing budget.
STALLINGS – Stallings Parks and Recreation celebrated the grand opening March 7 of a new playground at Stallings Municipal Park.
WINGATE – An increase in substance abuse during the pandemic has been well documented, coinciding with an upward trend in opioid overdoses in the United States. At the same time, there is a dearth of behavioral health counselors ready to treat patients.
The Union County Health Department inspected these restaurants from Feb. 29 to March 6
MONROE – Superintendent Andrew Houlihan and other leaders surprised the Principal of the Year finalists March 4 at their respective schools.
MONROE – Christina Helms and Gary Sides were the top vote-getters in the Republican primary for the Union County Board of Commissioners.
INDIAN TRAIL – Allegacy Federal Credit Union presented Common Heart a check for $2,024 at the recent grand opening of its newest financial center at 307 Unionville-Indian Trail Road.
INDIAN TRAIL – The Town of Indian Trail is undertaking a multi-year Americans with Disabilities Act Transition Plan project to improve accessibility in all aspects of its services.
CHAPEL HILL – Seven basketball teams from Union and southern Mecklenburg counties won second-round games in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association playoffs.
Black History Month not only offers an opportunity to look back at the past but it’s also a good point to highlight people who are leading the Union County area into the future. This list highlights 50 Black leaders in business, education, government, nonprofits and other sectors of the community.
CHAPEL HILL – Seven basketball teams in Union County won their first-round match-ups in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association playoffs. The other seven teams from Union County lost in the first round.
MONROE – The City of Monroe will complete the annual drinking water treatment process change using chlorine on March 1 to meet stricter federal and state drinking water regulations.
INDIAN TRAIL – The Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization awarded $163,489 to the Town of Indian Trail for two solar-powered electric vehicle charging stations. They’ll be installed at either Crooked Creek Park or Chestnut Square Park.
The Union County Health Department inspected these restaurants from Feb. 22 to 28:
CHAPEL HILL – Several Union County basketball teams have made the state playoffs.
MONROE – Union County is considering using opioid settlement funding for a collaboration between the Union County Sheriff’s Office and Union County Public Schools.
MONROE – Union County commissioners voted 3-2 on a measure that prohibits depositing fluoride or any chemical containing fluoride into water treatment plants and systems the county owns or operates. This won’t include water from the Catawba River Water Treatment Plant, which is jointly owned…
This past year has been very challenging.
The Union County Health Department inspected these restaurants from Feb. 15 to 21:
MONROE – The Union County Extension Master Gardener Volunteers are accepting scholarship applications through April 1.
GREENSBORO – Student-athletes from Cuthbertson, Monroe, Porter Ridge, Providence, South Mecklenburg, Weddington and Union Academy were among top finishers at the N.C. High School Athletic Association’s 2024 Wrestling Championships on Feb. 18 at the Greensboro Coliseum.
INDIAN TRAIL – Kimberli’s Place owner Heather Klaus told the Indian Trail Town Council on Feb. 13 that she believes the town is showing favoritism to the Union West Rotary Club over other nonprofits by letting the group hold its weekly meetings in town hall.
INDIAN TRAIL – Kimberli’s Place has opened a second location and partnered with a pair of other women-owned businesses to form Local House.
INDIAN TRAIL – Selwyn Property Group wants to add some light industrial uses to its 73-acre business campus on Radiator Road.
MONROE – Monroe City Council unanimously approved across-the-board pay raises Feb. 13 for the Monroe Police Department.
The Union County Health Department inspected these restaurants from Feb. 8 to 14:
MONROE – Union County Public Schools has received $186,500 in grant funding from the Center for Safer Schools.
Union County Health Department inspected these restaurants from Feb. 1 to 7:
MONROE – Multiple dentists spoke about the benefits of fluoride during a Feb. 5 hearing but they couldn’t sway a majority of county commissioners against banning it from the water system.
MONROE – Mayor Robert Burns has created three new advisory committees to address concerns about animal welfare, homelessness and addiction, and the care and treatment of residents with disabilities and special needs.
INDIAN TRAIL – Indian Trail Town Council has rezoned a quarter-acre lot near Union Preparatory Academy from single-family residential to general business district.
INDIAN TRAIL – The Indian Trail Town Council has rezoned 1.9 acres within the Old Hickory Business Park from general business to light industrial.
The Union County Health Department inspected these restaurants from Jan. 25 to 31:
INDIAN TRAIL – Capt. Andy Mullis not only followed in the law enforcement footsteps of his grandfather but the Union County native is also a fan of “The Andy Griffith Show.”
MONROE – A Few Good Men Inc. has selected former president Robert L. Heath as Citizen of The Year for 2023.
STALLINGS – Students of Legacy Theater and Music Company won multiple awards Jan. 12 to 14 at the 2024 Junior Theater Festival Atlanta at the Cobb Convention Center in Atlanta.
CHARLOTTE – Allegacy Federal Credit Union celebrated the grand opening of its Indian Trail financial center Jan. 24 with a ribbon cutting.
The Union County Health Department inspected these restaurants from Jan. 18 to 24:
INDIAN TRAIL – The Town of Indian Trail received the Government Finance Officer Association’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for its fiscal year 2023-24 budget.
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