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Mothers of Murdered Offspring co-founder Judy Williams is one of 20 finalists for Citizen Service Above Self Honors. Williams is one of 20 nominees for the nation’s highest civilian honor. Her son city councilman David Howard nominated her. He posted a note on Facebook last night announcing that his mother was a finalist.
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The big tournament brought a host of celebrities and partying guests to Charlotte for a weekend of fun. Here’s a look back at some of the parties from that weekend.
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R&B stalwarts Earth Wind and Fire will perform at the Uptown Amphitheatre in the N.C. Music Factory on June 24. The venerable group has been busy lately, and will be busy this summer.
Members; Philip Bailey, Verdine White and Ralph Johnson participated in the recording of the “We Are The World – 25 For Haiti” single.
A week before their Charlotte concert Bailey, White, Maurice White, Larry Dunn and Al McKay
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Filling out the census survey only takes 10 minutes, but its impact could affect us for years to come.
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The newly opened Charlotte Empowerment Zone in the Pressley Ridge Apartments, which started Jan. 26 with just 11 kids, represents Charlotte’s first attempt at re-creating New York City’s successful Harlem Children’s Zone, an educational initiative serving 17,000 children in a 100-city block area of Harlem.
On Tuesday nights, kids jostle to be the first in the door.
“They’re helping us with our homework,” says
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In two separate stories, we hear good and bad news from CMS. The droprate is down here and across the state. However, school violence is rising at CMS.
In the dropout news, the droprate among CMS students was 5 percent down from 5.9 percent in the previous year. In school violence news, the rate rose from 8.7 per 1,000 to 9.8.
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Tune in to the My Mini Concert each day at 11 a.m., and create your own mini concert.
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