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Commissioners select site for water tower

Submitted by WBTV Web Staff
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013, 1:51pm
Commissioners select site for water tower

The Union County Board of Commissioners has selected the Morris property on Hemby Road in Weddington for the site of an elevated water tower, and directed Union County Public Works to seek zoning approval from Weddington to build the tower at the location.

On May 6, commissioners asked the Town of Weddington Council to provide feedback by May 20, on whether sites on Hemby Road and Weddington-Matthews Road were acceptable locations for a water tower. The board authorized the county to cease consideration of a site located on Highway 84.

At its May 13 meeting, the Weddington Town Council passed a resolution by a 4 to 0 vote for preliminary endorsement of the Hemby Road site.

Currently, the county has a 60-day option agreement for both the Morris property and the Weddington-Matthews Road property.

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Library to rollout enhanced features for borrowing digital materials

Submitted by WBTV Web Staff
Friday, April 26th, 2013, 2:29pm
Library to rollout enhanced features for borrowing digital materials

Union County Public Library’s platform for its e-book collection will sport a new look with enhanced features beginning April 29, when OverDrive Next Generation is launched.

With the new enhancements, patrons who borrow the library’s ever-expanding collection of fiction and nonfiction e-books will be able to download and instantly read using an Internet browser.  Borrowers will be able to save the e-book, read offline, and transfer it to other devices.  Users will find borrowing e-books easier and faster.

The homepage will have a new look as well.  Redesigned with the user in mind, patrons will find the site easier to navigate and much more inviting.  Additions such as enhanced searching capabilities, creating wish lists, and recommended titles lists will make borrowing the library’s e-books even more enjoyable.

E-book circulation has doubled this year with an average of 2,500 checkouts per month.

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County Offices and facilities closed for Holidays

Submitted by WBTV Web Staff
Friday, March 29th, 2013, 2:42pm
County Offices and facilities closed for Holidays

Many Union County government offices and facilities will be closed this weekend in observance of Good Friday and Easter. Below is a schedule:

  • Union County offices closed Friday, March 29
  • County libraries closed Friday, March 29 – Sunday, March 31
  • Animal Shelter closed Friday, March 29 – Sunday, March 31
  • Cane Creek Park will be open all weekend from 7:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. Jesse Helms Park and Fred Kirby Park will be open for confirmed reservations only.

County Landfill closed on Friday, March 29 (Only transfer station open 7 a.m. – 4 p.m.)

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Special lecture: media manipulation

Submitted by David Whisenant
Sunday, September 16th, 2012, 5:07pm
Special lecture: media manipulation

SALISBURY - From Rowan Public Library:

Language of Film: How we are Manipulated by Media

John Santa

September 18th, 6:00-7:30 pm

Rowan Public Library Headquarters (Salisbury)

Join us in the Stanback Auditorium of the Rowan Public Library for a special lecture, “Language of Film: How we are Manipulated by Media” by John Santa.  This project is made possible by a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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Ordinance limits activity on county property

Submitted by WBTV Web Staff
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012, 12:54pm
Ordinance limits activity on county property

Monroe, NC – The Union County Board of Commissioners have endorsed an ordinance that would limit activities on County property.

Union County has a significant interest in protecting the health, safety and welfare of the general public and preserving public order, as well as preserving the aesthetics, cleanliness and proper sanitation of County property. Maintaining the safety of people using County property and reducing the risk of liability resulting from the use of County property is also important.

Recent activity in other cities and counties throughout the nation have resulted in public facilities and properties being taken over, not only by peaceful protest groups, but radical direct-action organizations and violent anarchist groups whose expressed objective is to disrupt the operation of or deny access to these public properties and facilities.

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Programs for everyone offered at Union Co. Libraries

Submitted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 31st, 2:17 pm

Lois Morgan Edwards Memorial Library

414 Hasty St., Marshville. 704-624-2828.

FOR CHILDREN:

TODDLER TIME: 10:00 a.m. Wednesday. Twenty minutes of stories, songs, and activities for children ages 12 - 36 months and a caregiver.

PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. 30 to 40 minutes of stories, songs, and activities for children 3, 4 and 5.

BABY TIME: 10:00 a.m. Tuesday. This fun and interactive program is full of stories, rhymes and songs!

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Food Lion Speed Street set to rock Uptown Charlotte

Submitted by Susan H.
Monday, May 21st, 2012, 4:27pm
Food Lion Speed Street set to rock Uptown Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Rev your engines!  It's almost time for Food Lion Speed Street!  Get your "fix" for speed at this year's motorsports festival in Uptown Charlotte.  Enjoy live entertainment on a variety of stages, access to some of racing's brightest stars, sponsor displays, interactive displays, children's activities and some of the best street food available.  Look for the WBTV booth along Tryon Street, in front of the Courtyard Mariott Center City (near Third Street).  WBTV personalities will be signing autographs from noon to 2pm and 7 to 8pm Thursday and Friday, and from 2pm to 6pm on Sunday. 

Event Details
Dates:  May 24th - 26th
Hours:  Noon to 11pm
FREE Admission
Location:  Uptown Charlotte

Need more information?  Please click here or call 704.455.8888.

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