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Monroe, NC Tickled Pink Breast Cancer Fundraiser a Roaring (of Laughter) Success! Carolinas Medical Center – Union hosted their first ever Tickled Pink for Breast Cancer event last night at Rolling Hills Country Club in Monroe last night with over 200 people in attendance. The evening kicked off with with a buffet and silent auction with [...] Monroe, NC The Monroe Fire Department urges everyone to participate in a nationwide campaign sponsored by the International Association of Fire Chiefs and Energizer brand batteries known as Change Your Clock Change Your Battery. This weekend is the end of Daylight Saving Time and is a great opportunity to change the batteries in your smoke and [...] Weddington Middle School celebrates art education throughout the community. Eighth graders Makenzie Davidson and Amanda Brook received art awards at the Pineville Fall Fest Children’s Art Show, held October 16 – 17 at Lake Park in Pineville. Amanda’s horse drawing received a merit award and Makenzie’s mixed media collage earned her the Best-In-Show [...] The flu season is upon us and you should do everything possible to lessen your chances of catching the flu. Normal flu shots seem to be readily available in our area, however H1N1 flu shots are is short supply. I called 2 Monroe drug stores and my own Doctor to inquire about the H1N1 [...] There is still time to make plans for the Tickled Pink performance at Rolling Hills Country Club this coming Thursday 6 – 9pm. Tickets are $30. You will be supporting breast cancer awareness in Union County. Laughter is truly the best medicine. Visit the Tickled Pink website for more info. Grab a few friends and [...] Union County, NC Mark your calendars for one of Union County’s great golf events of the year. The Hendrick Hurricane Classic will be held at Stonebridge Golf Course. Registration and lunch at 11. Play starts at noon. Captains Choice format. Raffle and silent auction. Download the entry form here. Union County Hundreds turned out this past Saturday for Swine Flu vaccinations at the Union County Health Department. There were so many at the clinic that the Union County Sheriff’s Office had to move in to oversee crowd control and everything was peaceful. The Health Department is only administering the vaccine to those who need it [...] The Monroe Scoop is undergoing a site re-design. Things may look temporarily messy but not for long. The site is being re-designed to serve the community better. Please be patient. We’ll be back running better than ever. Steve Sherron Come out and enjoy some great BBQ and help support Porter Ridge High School. Sponsored by the Porter Ridge Athletic Booster Club. Enjoy a BBQ plate, beans, slaw and a roll. $7 a ticket Friday, Oct. 30, 11 a.m. – football game Location: Circle drive in front of football stadium. For tickets, contact Kim and John Williams at [...] MANNING, S.C. — With daily weights predicted to be in the 12- to 13-pound range, John Strider of Monroe, N.C., took everyone by surprise when he brought a 19-pound, 11-ounce limit to the scales. Buoyed by warm weather, Strider felt the bite picked up just in time at the 2009 Bassmaster Southern Open season finale on [...] Monroe, North Carolina Annual Drinking Water Treatment Change In order to meet stricter Federal and State drinking water regulations, the City of Monroe recently upgraded the water treatment process at its treatment plant located on Lake Twitty from using only chlorine for water disinfection, to using a combination of chlorine and ammonia. This practice, “chloramination,” was implemented [...] UCPS Schools Receive Grant to Reduce Diesel Pollution. CHARLOTTE – October 19, 2009 – Clean Air Carolina (CAC), in partnership with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) and Union County Public Schools (UCPS), received a $536,000 grant to reduce diesel emissions from school buses and fuel trucks. There will be a press conference at Matthews Elementary on Wednesday, October [...] Union County NC Sheriff Eddie Cathey and the Union County Sheriff Office provides OffenderWatch® for the citizens of Union County. OffenderWatch® is the nation’s leading registered sex offender management and community notification tool with hundreds of leading agencies in dozens of states utilizing it. Union County’s law enforcement utilizes OffenderWatch® to manage and monitor the [...] Monroe, NC Health Department schedules H1N1 Flu Shot Clinic. The Union County Health Department is holding an H1N1 Family Flu Shot Clinic on Saturday, Oct. 24 from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Health Department at 1224 W. Roosevelt Boulevard in Monroe. H1N1 flu shots and flu mist will be available at the clinic at no [...] |
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