Day: March 9, 2023

“Band-aid” not enough for South Statesville

Public officials in Statesville are “putting band-aids on surgical wounds” after a nine-year-old girl was gunned-down and killed while playing on a neighborhood sidewalk earlier this week.

“The city can revitalize downtown, but in South Statesville, they do everything half-ass; they don’t want to deal with the underlying garbage,” said Danette Glover, a lifelong resident of the neighborhood where three children were struck by bullets in two separate – but likely related – drive-by shootings on Monday.

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To be continued …

Today’s Board of Adjustment meeting regarding Josh’s Farmers Market lasted 3.5 hours and has been continued to Tuesday, Dec. 20, at 2 p.m.  I

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Karriker, Owens advance to general election

Eddie Karriker and Frank Owens were the two top vote-getters in today’s primary race for at-large commissioner on Mooresville’s town board. This means the two men will advance to the general election on Nov. 7.

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Bae’s Burgers finds home in Mooresville

It’s easy to see why Claire Connelly and Fabian Elmes became “baes.” Their shared passions and work ethic, combined with skills they learned from past professions, catapulted the powerhouse couple into creating what quickly became one of the most-loved food trucks in the Greater Charlotte area: Bae’s Burgers.

In September — within just a few years of moving their belongings, including the food truck, from Miami to be closer to family in Statesville — Connelly and her husband Elmes had grown enough to trade-in their food truck for a storefront in Downtown Mooresville.

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Getting our government right

It’s easy to have a fairytale understanding of how government works. We’d like to think that we live in a community of articulate, involved citizens and honest government officials who can have robust debate but ultimately make decisions that are in the best interest of the people.

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Big changes coming for MPD

The Mooresville Police Department is about to get a makeover. Ron Campurciani spent his first month as interim police chief observing and evaluating the

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About Author

Hi! I’m Jaime

I was a newspaper reporter in Mooresville, NC for a decade and covered local government issues from 2003 to 2006.

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