Mint Hill NewsLocal news for Mint Hill, NC continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Newcomer Network: Highland Games a stone's throw away- March 26, 2008 "In 1739, Gabriel Johnston, royal governor of North Carolina and native Scotsman, encouraged 360 Highland Scots to settle in North Carolina and later provided them a 10-year tax exemption for doing so" The fourth annual Mint Hill Highland Games will be Friday and Saturday, at Mint Hill Park on Fairview Road (Exit 44 on Interstate 485).Festivities begin at 6 p.m. Friday night with a free concert featuring Silver Spire and Ed Miller at 7 p.m. The bands Mother Grove and Rathkeltair will continue..http://www.topix.net/city/mint-hill-nc/2008/03/newcomer-network-highland-games-a-stones-th... Speaking of schools- March 24, 2008 Billed as a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools meeting right in the town's backyard, up to 150 parents, leaders and school district officials talked buses, books, buildings and more at a town forum this week.'It's only taken us about 20 years to get to this point,' said Matthews Mayor Lee Myers about Monday's gathering -- an outcome of CMS's new decentralized system.Launched last year, the system's six small 'learning communities' are designed to give regions throughout the county their own local...http://www.topix.net/city/mint-hill-nc/2008/03/speaking-of-schools?fromrss=1 |