Archive for January, 2015
Foreclosures: January 2015
FORECLOSURES Foreclosure actions have been started on the following properties. Items show the date foreclosure documents became public, owners, property address, lien holder, lien amount. After required notices are published, the property is sent to auction. The property then can be sold, not sold (examples: bankruptcy files or action dismissed without prejudice) or the sale […]
Home Transactions: January 2015
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS These are recent property transactions over $200,000 as recorded by the county Register of Deeds in Cabarrus, Iredell and Mecklenburg. Cabarrus County 11/13/14 $262,000 The Ryland Group, Inc. to Sean & Vickie Stanley, 5393 Hackberry Ln., Concord 11/13/14 $258,500 Live Well Homes, LLC to Donald & Nancy Williams, 11470 Cedarvale Farm Pkwy. Midland […]
Part of I-485 will be named for H. Allen Tate Jr.
Jan. 15 The new stretch of Interstate 485 in Mecklenburg County will be named in honor of H. Allen Tate, Jr., founder of Allen Tate Co. Tate, who launched the company in 1957, has been a longtime proponent of transportation issues, serving as chair of the Charlotte Chamber’s Regional Roads Committee, the Toll Roads Solutions […]
CMUD has a new name—Charlotte Water
Jan. 12 The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utility Department—better known as CMUD—is deep-sixing its old name. The new name is Charlotte Water, which “better reflects the identity established as the water and wastewater service provider to the Charlotte region,” the publicly-owned utility said in a press release today. The CMUD name dates back to a 1972 agreement between the […]
Hwy. 3 ‘superstreet’ includes beautification, bike-friendly design
By Dave Vieser North Carolina Highway 3, so numbered in honor of the late Dale Earnhardt Sr., will have a new wider look in the very near future. Construction on a $32.1 million widening plan in Kannapolis is slated to begin in 2016, and property needed to accommodate the wider road is already being acquired […]
It’s open
After months of off and on construction, the DDI at I-77 is wide open in each direction. Next up: Gov. McCrory comes to Cornelius to christen the sailboat-like bridge.
Groovy
Jan. 10 This machine is ‘grooving’ the pavement on the I-77/Catawba bridge to prevent skids. The east – bound side is done. Local officials are guessing another 3 hours for the west – bound lanes. Will the bridge open late this afternoon? Town commissioners Jim Duke and Woody Washam hope so. This is all part […]
UPDATE Cornelius DDI closing midnight for up to 24 hours
UPDATE By Dave Vieser Jan. 9 Even in its final phases, the construction of the DDI at Exit 28 is still a road to controversy. Attentive Cornelius motorists have probably noticed by now that the electronic sign message about this weekend’s closure contradicts what the town says on its website. The town said the work could […]
Tillis keynote speaker at LKN Chamber banquet
The keynote speaker at the Lake Norman Chamber’s annual awards dinner Jan. 16 is U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis. The theme of the event is “Connecting, Empowering & Expanding Our Possibilities.” The chamber also has five new board members: Tim Gause, region director, Duke Energy; Mike Murphy, of ProctorFree; Sharon Simpson, Lake Norman Currents; Laura Temple, […]
New head of United Way has 100-day plan
Jan. 9 Sean Garrett is the new executive director of United Way of Central Carolinas. He will begin March 1, after United Way’s fundraising campaign is completed. United Way is a clearinghouse and umbrella for a wide range of social service organizations ranging from the Ada Jenkins Center to Big Brothers Big Sisters. Garret replaces […]
