The Charlotte Observer News

The Charlotte Observer News.

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  A Deer Takes a Dip

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Sun Nov 1, 2009 1:10 PM ET

  by building manager Meredith Gaddis, who alerted maintenance supervisor Carl Moore. "I thought she was pulling a prank," Moore admitted to The Charlotte Observer. But when Moore entered the pool area he quickly realized the call was no joke. He noticed the water churning and antler Read More

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  Kids Get Safer, Greener Routes to School

  By John Casey | Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  six projects in the Charlotte region designed to get more children walking or riding bicycles to school, according to an article by Steve Lyttle in The Charlotte Observer.The money going to Charlotte is part of more than $3.6 million in grants given to the state's communities through the Saf Read More

  More like this in: Children, Schools, Transportation, North Carolina, Quality Of Life, Obesity, Air Quality, Department of Transportation
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  Networked Journalism – The Future of News?

  By Katherine Gustafson | Tue Aug 25, 2009 12:50 AM ET

  liaison at each newspaper and stipends for the local news wranglers. The newspapers involved in the project are The Seattle Times, The Miami Herald, The Charlotte Observer, Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times and TucsonCitizen.com, an online citizen-journalism outlet.Jan Schaffer, executive director o Read More

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