Local Charity – HomeTown Heroes Shows Their True Colors
It was a crisp Sunday morning, but off in the distance you could hear a rumble of thunder and see some black clouds with a cream colored one mixed in. What in the world was coming towards Monroe, NC?...
ReadmoreNewest Trend – TV’s at Gas Pumps?
When you pull up to a gas pump, for the most part you are there for one reason. TO PUMP GAS. Generally, updated gas stations will have some sort of music playing over a loud speaker. I don't know why....
ReadmoreThe Mecklenburg County Boy Scouts Need YOU!
That's right - The Boy Scouts need you to help them! On Saturday February 5, Mecklenburg County Boy Scouts will be going door to door collecting canned good for Loaves and Fishes to kick off Scouting ...
ReadmoreThe Adam Faulk Tanksley Foundation Charlotte, NC
Adam Tanksley was 3 years old when he was diagnosed with Wilm's Tumor. Because of a negative histology his survival rate was 35%. THIRTY FIVE PERCENT. His cancer was staged at level IV because it ...
ReadmoreThe Tanksley Family – A HomeTown Heroes Family
Dear Readers, I would like to ask you, have you known someone with cancer? I am going to bet that almost everyone has. I am also going to ask you, have you spent 310 days in a hospital with your 3 ...
ReadmoreWBT – Can I Borrow Your Bomb Shelter?
Over the weekend, I read Mark Washburns article, "WBT is our designated voice of doom" in the Charlotte Observer. In it, I found out that in 1963 federal engineers built a bomb shelter underneath the ...
ReadmoreChristmas Eve with HomeTown Heroes
Sometimes, just sometimes, you want to do something for several reasons, but without knowing exactly the most important reason. This is the way I felt about spending our Christmas Eve with HomeTown He...
ReadmoreSugar Plum Bake Off Results
As you know, I was planning on attending and contributing to the Sugar Plum Bake Off. What is the Sugar Plum Bake Off? Several people enter their baked goodies (cakes and cookies) into the contest. Af...
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