Anyone that knows me knows I am always in search of a good deal. I clip coupons like they are going out of style. I live for Harris Teeter’s triples and superdoubles. We don’t eat out all that often, but some days I just don’t feel like cooking. My kids are just getting old enough [...]
Brooklyn’s Finest Movie Review
Brooklyn’s Finest stars Richard Gere, Ethan Hawk and Don Cheatle. This movie was created by the same folks who gave us Training Days, the film that earned Denzel Washington his first Oscar.
The film follows the same path as Training Days with violence and profanity. It is the story of three [...]
Ballantyne, NC – Hawk Ridge Elementary School parents were informed that the school bell would now ring almost two hours earlier this fall. Currently the school located on Bryant Farms Road has a start time of 8:30, thus allowing for the school drop off time not to conflict with the rush hour traffic. [...]
Ballantyne, NC – Last week, the Charlotte Observer and The Ballantyne Scoop sponsored a spelling bee contest at Dilworth Coffee in Ballantyne Village. Adults were asked to spell words from last years spelling bee under the added pressure of being in front of the The Scoop Network video camera.
Eric Frazier from the Charlotte Observer was [...]
Several residential break-ins have occured within the past week that we believe the suspects are driving one of the below listed vehicles. These break-ins have occurred in the neighborhoods along Ardrey Kell, Community House, Providence Road West. We believe the Ford F-150 is the main vehicle, but also be on the look out for [...]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Nearly 20,000 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools students were assigned to magnet programs during the first student-assignment lottery. Families will begin receiving notification letters this week. The letters inform parents of the school their child was placed in through the lottery process and how to ask for reassignment.
Questions to common student-assignment lottery questions.
How many [...]
Every year, the Observer hosts a spelling bee for local students.
We thought it would be fun to let adults try some of the words the students might be asked to spell. Steve Sherron & Caroline Adams from The Ballantyne Scoop will be videotaping people spelling away on Thursday, March 4, from 7:30 a.m. to [...]
Charlotte, NC – County Commissioner Bill James has filed for re-election for county district seat 6. In a recent interview James spoke about what he considers being his greatest accomplishment over the past 14 years mentioning his role in changing the policy of CMS busing plan. This issue took place during his early days as [...]
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