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MONROE – Best Buy announced plans March 29 to close 42 U.S. stores, including the one at 3151 W. Highway 74 in Monroe. The only other store closing in North… Read more »

MONROE – The Union County Public Library and Union Smart Start hosts Our Family Literacy workshop April 25 at 5 p.m. at the Monroe Public Library. The workshop promotes the… Read more »

WAXHAW – Chad Martin, regional vice president of sales for ETA/Cuisenaire, was recently named one of six winners of the 2011 “President’s Awards for Core Values” by the Illinois-based educational… Read more »

Join the Union County Writers’ Club for their annual Spring Literary Event Sunday, April 29, at 3 p.m. This year’s featured author will be Charlie L. Puckett of Weddington. Puckett… Read more »

Cane Creek Park is preparing for another busy spring and summer, and several lifeguard positions still need to be filled before beach areas are opened. Lifeguard certifications are required and… Read more »

MONROE – Union County’s Public Information Officer, Brett Vines was recently awarded two Excellence in Communications awards at the annual North Carolina City & County Communicators’ (NC3C) Conference in Chapel… Read more »

MONROE – April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and the Union County Department of Social Services wants to bring attention to the issue of child abuse in Union County. In… Read more »

South Piedmont College offers two free multimedia design workshops, on Saturday, April 21, and Saturday, April 28. Both are from 8:30 a.m. to noon on the Old Charlotte Highway Campus… Read more »

The Union County Master Gardner’s Association holds a plant sale Saturday, April 28, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Union County Agricultural Center Greenhouse, 3230 Presson Road, in Monroe…. Read more »

by Eren Tataragasi STALLINGS – John Short may no longer be a police chief, but he hasn’t hung up his hat yet. For many years, Short, a retired Tega Cay,… Read more »