Monthly Archives: January 2011

Locals can take part in cutting down on the amount of consumer electronics ending up in landfills this week by taking their televisions, computers, cell phones and other such items… Read more »

Jacob’s Ladder Job Center, a Charlotte nonprofit that fights unemployment with job readiness and related services, has hired two new employees thanks to a $100,000 grant from the Sisters of… Read more »

For the third year in a row, south Charlotte’s Ballantyne Country Club Rally is the No. 1 fundraiser in the nation for the Rally for the Cure. “You all are… Read more »

Charlotte Radiology’s mobile breast center has arrived, and it’s ready to start touring the region to give women easy access to early screening for breast cancer in hopes of increasing… Read more »

The Presbyterian Healthcare Board of Trustees selected three new members recently. Royce Lee Myers, a former mayor of Matthews, is an attorney who practices with his son, Matthew, in the… Read more »

Jackie White, a caregiver with south Charlotte’s Partners In Care since February 2006, is the first person to receive the annual Myrtle N. Davis Caregiver Award. The award, named in… Read more »

February 4, the first Friday of the month, is National Wear Red Day, aimed at raising awareness of heart disease and strokes among women. The Macy’s at SouthPark Mall will… Read more »

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department reported the following incidents in South Charlotte Weekly’s coverage area between Jan. 21 and 24: Burglaries • 400 block of Orange Street: $100 cash and televisions,… Read more »

Local adult day-care centers provide refuge, savings by Frank DeLoache Born in Ohio, Isabelle Hauck went to college in Massachusetts, married and moved to Sanford, Fla., with her husband, where… Read more »

by Frank DeLoache U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick plans to raise questions in a U.S. House committee about federal officials’ decision to withdraw approval of the drug Avastin for treatment of… Read more »