Category Archives: Health

MAP closes: Where do we go from here?

29 Oct 09 – 10:31 am

Metrolina AIDS Project’s offices at 127 Scaleybark Rd; photo: Matt Comer
On Oct. 23, the board of Metrolina AIDS Project (MAP) announced they’d voted to shut down the nearly 25-year-old HIV/AIDS service organization. Over at my day job as editor of Q-Notes, Charlotte’s LGBT newspaper, I was frantically trying to keep up with the story as [...]

By Matt Comer | Also posted in Feature, LGBT | Comments (3)

Louv to speak on Nature-Deficit Disorder

7 Oct 09 – 11:33 am

Richard Louv, bestselling author and the one responsible for the phrase “Nature Deficit Disorder,†started an international movement with his book, Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder (Algonquin). The book explores the mental and physical benefits of youth spending time in nature and the scary facts around what could [...]

By Liz Barrett | Also posted in City, Environment, Events, Literature | Comments (3)

What’s up with the Booty Loop?

20 Jul 09 – 4:03 pm

photo: James Willamor; view this photo on Flickr
So what is it about this 2.8 mile loop in the heart of the Myers Park neighborhood that attracts cyclists, runners, walkers, strollers, and rollerbladers (yes, apparently inline skating wasn’t just a fad) from all over? Maybe it’s the beautiful tree lined streets, maybe it’s the fact that [...]

By Liz Barrett | Also posted in Events, Fundraising, Recreation, Sports | Comments (5)

Local businessman & theater mogul Herman Stone gives $1 million to MS research

24 Apr 09 – 6:27 am

“KANNAPOLIS, NC – Stone, president of Stone Theaters and former owner of Consolidated Theaters joins forces with David Murdock, owner of Castle & Cooke and Dole Foods Company, Inc. and founder of the $1.5 billion dollar NC Research Center (NCRC) in Kannapolis, NC. (…)
Herman Stone, is a generous father making an investment for [...]

By Justin Ruckman | Also posted in Charity, Quick Links | Comments (0)