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Justin Ruckman wrote a new post, Locally produced documentary examines famous “severed human leg found in grill” story and needs your support!, on the site CLT Blog 3 days, 4 hours ago
Man finds leg in grill. Amputee wants leg back. Man sues amputee for leg. Things get ugly, go viral, it gets documented. While that is the way the feature documentary Fingers Keepers could be summarized on […]
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Justin Ruckman wrote a new post, City Council approves streetcar funds, on the site CLT Blog 3 weeks ago
Read more by Steve Harrison at the Charlotte Observer:
After a year of bickering, the City Council voted 7-4 Tuesday night to set aside $63 million for a streetcar extension through uptown Charlotte – a […]
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Justin Ruckman wrote a new post, NC Music Factory founders converting West Morehead building into creative office space, possibly restaurant, on the site CLT Blog 3 weeks ago
Ark Ventures Inc. (AKA Rick & Noah Lazes, founders of the NC Music Factory) have purchased 1213 W Morehead St near Wesley Heights. They plan to convert the building into creative office space, perhaps with room […]
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Justin Ruckman wrote a new post, BREAKING: sources say Bobcats in process of changing back to Charlotte Hornets, on the site CLT Blog 1 month ago
The Charlotte Bobcats are in the process of changing their name back to “Hornets,” a source with knowledge of the situation told CBSSports.com’s Will Brinson, including arranging digital […]
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Justin Ruckman wrote a new post, NYT profiles Charlotte’s public transit, and those who ride it, on the site CLT Blog 1 month ago
Read more by John Schwartz at the New York Times.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dan Mauney keeps misplacing his car.
Mr. Mauney, 42, lives in an apartment tower in this city’s Uptown neighborhood, a […]
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Justin Ruckman wrote a new post, Charlotte a finalist to host X Games in 2014, on the site CLT Blog 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Read more by Jim Utter at the Charlotte Observer.
Charlotte is one of four finalist cities to earn three-year contracts to host the North American summer X Games starting in 2014, ESPN announced […]
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Justin Ruckman wrote a new post, Obama to name Anthony Foxx as Secretary of Transportation, on the site CLT Blog 1 month, 3 weeks ago
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama will tap Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx as the new secretary of transportation on Monday, a White House official said Sunday, speaking anonymously because the announcement is not […]
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Justin Ruckman wrote a new post, New single & music video from Hungry Girl: Baba, on the site CLT Blog 1 month, 3 weeks ago
I’d never even heard of Hungry Girl before this. Pretty sick.
Listen to more and purchase on on Bandcamp, follow on Twitter (@JamesBlaze).
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Justin Ruckman wrote a new post, Garrett Olin’s awesome geometric playing cards, on the site CLT Blog 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Local designer Garrett Olin is raising money on Kickstarter to print his original design for a deck of geometric playing cards based on a common triangular grid. -
Justin Ruckman wrote a new post, CVP returns w/ an awesome video profile of Bill Fehr, bike messenger, on the site CLT Blog 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Shot by Ben Premeaux, edited by Scott Lazes, music & sound by Hot Sakē.
Charlotte is not known for its bike messengers. In fact, many cyclists complain that the city is not very bike friendly at all. Bill Fehr, […]
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Justin Ruckman wrote a new post, Going green: the Charlotte 49er football stadium’s zero-waste policy, on the site CLT Blog 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Read more by Jessica Milicevic at Lake Norman News.
“We saw what Ohio State University was doing to transform their stadium to zero waste,” she said. “We thought it was something that had to be done at our […]
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Justin Ruckman wrote a new post, The Charlotte Rail Trail: Center City Partners’ vision for a linear park in South End, on the site CLT Blog 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Charlotte Center City Partners has unveiled its vision for a linear park extending from Uptown to lower South End. Read more on the project’s website, or check out their overview PDF.Charlotte’s Rail Trail […]
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Justin Ruckman wrote a new post, Bill proposed to raise NC highway speed limit to 75 MPH, on the site CLT Blog 2 months, 1 week ago
By GARY D. ROBERTSON — Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. — A legislative proposal to allow speed limits of 75 miles per hour on some North Carolina roads is barreling through the state Senate.
The Senate […]
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Justin Ruckman wrote a new post, Could the Bobcats announce a name change to the Hornets next week?, on the site CLT Blog 2 months, 1 week ago
The Bring Back the Buzz crew things it might happen.
Basically, you’ve got:
The last New Orleans Hornets game ever on Wed, Apr 17
The last Bobcats game of the season on Wed, Apr 17
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Justin Ruckman wrote a new post, CLT Blog Online Town Hall w/ John Lassiter, complete recording, on the site CLT Blog 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Earlier this week, a poll conducted in Charlotte surveying 401 registered voters via telephone found that John Lassiter is leading Anthony Foxx 42 to 26 percent, with 32 percent undecided, in the upcoming mayoral […]
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Justin Ruckman wrote a new post, Bill restoring cursive handwriting to school curriculums passes NC House, on the site CLT Blog 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Read more by T. Keung Hui in the News & Observer:
RALEIGH — The state House of Representatives unanimously passed legislation Thursday requiring North Carolina elementary school students to learn cursive […]
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Justin Ruckman wrote a new post, Mayor Anthony Foxx won’t seek re-election, on the site CLT Blog 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Read more by Michael Gordon @ the Charlotte Observer.
With the success of the DNC and the number of possibilities that likely helped to open, I wonder what’s next for him.
Mayor Anthony Foxx will not seek […]
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Justin Ruckman commented on the post, NC GOP legislators propose declaring an official state religion, on the site CLT Blog 2 months, 2 weeks ago
If only
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Justin Ruckman wrote a new post, NC GOP legislators propose declaring an official state religion, on the site CLT Blog 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Republican North Carolina state legislators have proposed allowing an official state religion in a measure that would declare the state exempt from the Constitution and court rulings.
The bill, filed Monday by […]
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Justin Ruckman wrote a new post, Charlotte metro area population jumps to within top 25, on the site CLT Blog 2 months, 3 weeks ago
From #33 in January, to #23 in February. How, you ask?
Well, they redrew the lines. The MSA (or Metropolitan Statistical Area) lines, to be exact.
Mary Newsom has more at UNC Charlotte’s Urban Institute blog […]
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