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Monroe Crossing Present Their New Teen Board Fashion Show

Monroe, N.C.

The Monroe Crossing recently hosted their new Teen Board Fashion Show. Look for big things coming from this new group of Teen Fashionistas. The evenings live entertainment was provided by the TBA Girls.

Monroe Crossing Teen Board Fashion Show

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City Of Monroe Plans Goldmine Rd. Closure

Monroe, North Carolina

The City of Monroe is in the process of expanding the Charlotte‐Monroe Executive Airport. One component of this project is the relocation of Goldmine Road between Price Shortcut Road and Corporate Center Drive.

Here is a map detailing the recommended Temporary Detour Route (Green). This detour is scheduled to be in affect from Tuesday, [...]

Rep. Sue Myrick Visits Central Academy Of Technology & Arts

Monroe, NC

US Representative Sue Myrick, at left, drops in on Central Academy teacher Kortney Kopchick, at right, during her Earth Science class. Also pictured, center, is school principal Rodney Miller.

Rep. Sue Myrick visits Central Academy.

US Representative Sue Myrick got a first-hand look at the opening the 2009-2010 school year when she visited Central Academy [...]

Monroe, NC Police Department Seeking Your Help In Whereabouts Of Kevin Orellana & Jearino Rene Van Gelderen

Monroe, NC

Jearino Rene Van Gelderen

The Monroe, NC Police Department is asking for help from the public regarding information on the whereabouts of Kevin Alexander Orellana and Jearino Rene Van Gelderen. A warrant for first degree murder was issued on Kevin Alexander Orelanna for the murder of Walter Hernandez Barahona, and a warrant was also [...]

Union County Public Schools SAT Scores Out Rank State And Nation

Union County, NC

For the fourth year in a row, Union County Public Schools seniors, on the average, scored higher than seniors taking the SAT on both the state and national level. The 2008-09 scores released August 25, 2009, showed a combined math and verbal score for UCPS to be 1029, up five points from last [...]

Rainbow Over Monroe Crossing

Rainbow photo sent in by a Monroe Scoop reader.

Have you snapped a great photo in Union County? Submit it for publishing here.

Amanda Elzey Is Union County Public Schools Top Scholarship Recipient

Union County, NC

Top UCPS scholarship recipient starts college.
2009 Piedmont High School graduate Amanda Elzey, who ranked number one in her class, is presented an academic excellence award during Piedmont Cluster’s Awards Ceremony held recently. Elzey was the top scholarship recipient among the 2009 Union County Public Schools graduates, bringing in $2.5 million in scholarship offers.

Going [...]

Representative Sue Myrick Announces District Town Hall Meetings

Representative Sue Myrick has scheduled three town hall meetings throughout the district during the August recess. Here is your chance to discuss health care reform. The schedule for the meetings is below.

Union County, NC

August 25, 2009
Weddington High School Auditorium
4901 Monroe Weddington Road
Matthews, NC 28104
6:30pm

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August 26, 2009
J.V. Washam Elementary School Gymnasium
9611 Westmoreland Road
Cornelius, NC 28031
7:00pm

August [...]

Music On Main St. “Too Much Sylvia”

Main Street, Monroe, NC

Too Much Sylvia

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The Monroe crowd was huge on Thursday August 13, 2009 as “Too Much Sylvia” played to a very crowded Main Street audience. If you missed this event, you missed one of Monroe’s great summer concerts downtown. Do not miss the next event with the Embers on September [...]

Stallings Salvage Employees Protest Unpaid Wages

Monroe, NC

August 18, 2009. Stallings Salvage employees gather to protest and receive unpaid wages.

The reports I heard today were that the owners of Stallings Salvage had allegedly not paid their employees for time periods ranging from 2 weeks to a month. Employees gathered peacefully to protest and receive lost wages. Employees were being called in [...]

Monroe, NC Police Respond to 4th Murder Of The Year. Walter Hernandez Barahona

Monroe, NC
Early Sunday morning, August 16, 2009, Monroe Police responded to Nottingham Apartments after Union County Communications received a 911 call in reference to a Hispanic male being shot.

When officers arrived, Walter Hernandez Barahona, DOB 12/26/76, of 2141 Millstone Lane, Monroe, was found with what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the [...]

Miss North Carolina Is Sun Valley Graduate

A 2003 Sun Valley High School graduate, Katherine Southard, (crowned in June as the 2009 Miss North Carolina) visited Raleigh recently, an opportunity to visit with legislators and another UCPS graduate who is interning there.

Summer legislative intern Kelly Hook, a 2007 Parkwood High School graduate; at left; Miss North Carolina 2009 Katherine Southard, a 2003 [...]

Turning Point 1st. Annual “Sing Out Against Domestic Violence.”

Union County, NC

August 29, 2009 is the date for this fundraiser for Turning Point of Union County. Turning Point is hoping for a large turnout of support for this event. I spoke with Jamie Underwood who is the Fund Development Coordinator for Turning Point about this upcoming event. For more information, call Jamie at 704-283-9150. [...]

Interview With Monroe, NC City Council Candidate, Richard Alexander

Monroe, N.C.

Richard Alexander is running for the Monroe City Council. The upcoming Monroe municipal elections are October 6, 2009. Rick is one of several candidates for an available seat on the council. Today I discuss some of the hot button issues with Richard and he states his case for the voters of Monroe.

You can [...]

2009-10 Union County, NC Schools Open House Dates

Union County, North Carolina

The Union County Public School’s has announced Open House Dates. For additional information, please contact Candy Stufflebeam at 704-296-5221.

Antioch ES
START/END TIMES: 7:30am-2:00pm
Kindergarten Open House – Wednesday, August 19th – 2:00pm or 5:00pm
Open House – Grades 1-5 – Thursday, August 20th – Drop -In – 2:00pm-4:00pm or
5:00pm-7:00pm

Fairview ES
START/END TIMES: 7:30am-2:00pm
Open House [...]