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Meet Mecklenburg's new parks director, Nick Walker

Listen now | Mecklenburg Park and Rec Director Nick Walker shares his vision for the county's parks system and how he plans to address community needs

Jul 11

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'Graveyard of the Atlantic': A Charlotte Ledger series

From pirate lore to wartime sinkings, this series uncovers the hidden stories buried beneath the waves off North Carolina’s coast.

Jul 11

New Charlotte FC jersey salutes city's soccer history

Former coach Rodney Marsh traces Charlotte's first pro soccer championship season, as Charlotte FC prepares to honor '81 team; Plus: Smith sounds off on…

Jul 11 •

Storms. Shipwrecks. And a dog's heroic swim.

The Graveyard of the Atlantic has tales you’ve likely never heard

Jul 11

Higher sales tax: $240/year for average home, city says

You’d pay more for clothes, restaurant meals and other items — in exchange for expanded transit and roads across Mecklenburg County

Jul 10 •

Is elusive treasure still out there?

Thousands of wrecks off North Carolina — but only one carried treasure

Jul 10

When ships burned off N.C.'s coast every night

In early 1942, German subs sank German sank more than 400 vessels off the North Carolina coast — a fiery, forgotten chapter of North Carolina’s wartime…

Jul 9

Construction cools across Charlotte in 2Q

Plus: Phillips Place up for sale?; Renderings of uptown grocery store; 750+ financial jobs headed here

Jul 8

Behind the Leon Levine Foundation's big surge in giving

CEO Tom Lawrence discusses Leon Levine's legacy — and where the money will go

Jul 8

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Leon Levine Foundation to triple grant-making to $100M/year

Foundation's assets swell to $2B after the death of businessman Leon Levine, enable more giving

Jul 8

Blackbeard's reign: short, strange, overhyped

Was North Carolina's most famous pirate more myth than menace?

Jul 8

The mystery of the 'ghost ship' Deering

Was it mutiny? Pirates? Something else? A hastily abandoned ship off Cape Hatteras leaves behind plenty of questions.

Jul 7

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