We should all want this weekend’s event to be a success. Not just a moderate success, but a massive one; and not just this year, but for many to come.
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Max Savar, who helps lead the YMCA of Greater Charlotte’s Harris branches, has become obsessed with tackling long-distance triathlon and colon cancer.
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The Irish star brought his “Unreal Unearth” tour to PNC Music Pavilion hot on the heels of news that he hit a mark not achieved since Sinéad O’Connor.
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In a six-month span, Ken Brooks — who is still fairly new to metal-detecting — quite literally struck gold three times. But he’s lost something, too.
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The Myers Park High School and UNC-Wilmington alumna will commute to New York City to host a weekend show, but plans to keep her family in Charlotte.
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“I do try to be probably more open than I normally would,” Mary Eggert says, “because it is an invisible illness, and I want people to understand it.”
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The Avett Brothers’ manager, Pinky’s owner, the owner of Pizza Baby and the owner of Thirsty Beaver share a common bond: Northwest Cabarrus.
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Mark Baker, who earned cult status for years of calling in to Charlotte sports-radio show “Mac & Bone,” recently received a terminal cancer diagnosis.
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Leave it to the Disney Channel star turned pop-rockin’, f-bomb-droppin’, ex-boyfriend-mockin’ It Girl to turn watching candles burn into A Big Deal.
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“I wish I had a prettier exit,” said Molly Grantham, the longest-serving female anchor in Charlotte, “but it doesn’t erase the 20 years.”
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Kenzie Petty talks to CharlotteFive about prepping for a reality-TV show, the pros and cons of being heavily tattooed, and her growing “Bimbo Brigade.”
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There’s a case to be made that her Widow Outreach Project is now touching the lives of far more people than Ashley Manning will ever be able to count.
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James “Jimmy” Jones, who elevated the music program at Myers Park United Methodist Church “from really good to just-frickin’-amazing,” has died at 41.
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Anthony “Wes” Wesley, a West African-American who spent 22 years as an iconic restaurant’s wine steward, died at age 74 after a battle with lymphoma.
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Nearly a year and a half after earning historic district designation from Charlotte, McCrorey Heights is still grappling with the same old challenges.
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Charlotte Observer reporter Théoden Janes helps a Charlotte family celebrate the life of Carson Philbin, who died the day after turning 24 in Hawaii.
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Dennis Reed Jr., of trap choir Sainted fame, has also made a name for himself as vocal coach for the star of the new movie-musical “The Color Purple.”
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Our 14-year-old Australian cattle dog mix seemed unbreakable. But Sunday, she started having severe seizures. And we started wondering if it was time.
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Johnny “John Boy” Isley, who puffed cigarettes for decades, finally quit when doctors discovered a smoking-related ailment that could have killed him.
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Jane Harrell died of a rare tumor at 17. Four years later, inspired by her passion for giving, her family has created a fund that has raised millions.
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