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Inside the Gantt: memory, motorbikes and mixed media

Inside the Gantt: memory, motorbikes and mixed media

Plus: Teen Talk + The news of the week — City council filing frenzy; Charlotte's new medical school opens; Pro soccer all-star game coming next year; Breweries brace for can shortage

Jul 19, 2025

Why can't MLS keep top American talent?

Why can't MLS keep top American talent?

Commissioner Garber says Agyemang's departure for England and $10 million return serves Charlotte well in global market; Plus 2026 All-Star game news, Lightnin' jersey reaction and advancing Atlanta

Jul 18, 2025

Charlotte’s new med school is mum on diversity

Charlotte’s new med school is mum on diversity

Plus: Candidate filings for November's election; Mecklenburg home sale prices continue to fall; Charlotte tattoo artist goes viral for paramedical tattooing; Ledger 'Reader Appreciation Night' invite

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Jul 18, 2025

Cheers: Ledger happy hour Tuesday night

Cheers: Ledger happy hour Tuesday night

You and other Charlotte Ledger members are invited to our "Reader Appreciation Night" event from 5:30-7 p.m. on Tuesday in the Elizabeth/Oakhurst area. Feel free to drop in!

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Jul 17, 2025

Meet Mecklenburg County’s new parks director

Meet Mecklenburg County’s new parks director

Plus: Local nonprofit advocates for county parks; Higher vacancy rates reported at newer office buildings; New American Airlines lounge headed to CLT; Ledger wins regional award

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Jul 16, 2025

🏆 Charlotte Ledger wins top award for arts critique

🏆 Charlotte Ledger wins top award for arts critique

Former managing editor's review of uptown photography exhibit named best in the South

Jul 16, 2025

Partners for Parks advocates for county green spaces

Partners for Parks advocates for county green spaces

Local nonprofit Partners for Parks helps maintain the county's green spaces and raises funds for local parks, greenways and camp scholarships

Jul 16, 2025

An office ‘flight to quality’ — or a gradual shift?

An office ‘flight to quality’ — or a gradual shift?

Plus: CLT buys more land south of the airfield; Office building sale price exceeds tax value; Readers offer real estate forecasts; Arboretum rezoning and more!

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Jul 15, 2025

Charlotte’s new med school: high-tech, hands-on

Charlotte’s new med school: high-tech, hands-on

Plus: Creator of iconic uptown bronze disc passes away; Construction keeps cooling; Transit tax costs; Levine Foundation explains stepped-up giving; Carolina Lightnin' memories; Beds for Kids growing

Jul 14, 2025

Famed sculptor’s death shines a light on Charlotte's iconic disc

Famed sculptor’s death shines a light on Charlotte's iconic disc

Arnaldo Pomodoro’s 1974 sculpture still anchors Trade and Tryon, part of a global collection spanning Milan, New York and the Vatican

Jul 14, 2025

A Charlotte nonprofit that helps families furnish homes

A Charlotte nonprofit that helps families furnish homes

Beds for Kids is on a mission: to make sure no Charlotte family has to sleep on the floor

Jul 14, 2025

'Graveyard of the Atlantic': A Charlotte Ledger series

'Graveyard of the Atlantic': A Charlotte Ledger series

From pirate lore to wartime sinkings, this series uncovers the hidden stories buried beneath the waves off North Carolina’s coast.

Jul 11, 2025

New Charlotte FC jersey salutes city's soccer history

New Charlotte FC jersey salutes city's soccer history

Former coach Rodney Marsh traces Charlotte's first pro soccer championship season, as Charlotte FC prepares to honor '81 team; Plus: Smith sounds off on Agyemang departure, advancing New York and more

Jul 11, 2025

Storms. Shipwrecks. And a dog's heroic swim.

Storms. Shipwrecks. And a dog's heroic swim.

The Graveyard of the Atlantic has tales you’ve likely never heard

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Jul 11, 2025

Higher sales tax: $240/year for average home, city says

Higher sales tax: $240/year for average home, city says

You’d pay more for clothes, restaurant meals and other items — in exchange for expanded transit and roads across Mecklenburg County

Jul 10, 2025

Is elusive treasure still out there?

Is elusive treasure still out there?

Thousands of wrecks off North Carolina — but only one carried treasure

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Jul 10, 2025

When ships burned off N.C.'s coast every night

When ships burned off N.C.'s coast every night

In early 1942, German subs sank German sank more than 400 vessels off the North Carolina coast — a fiery, forgotten chapter of North Carolina’s wartime history

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Jul 9, 2025

Construction cools across Charlotte in 2Q

Construction cools across Charlotte in 2Q

Plus: Phillips Place up for sale?; Renderings of uptown grocery store; 750+ financial jobs headed here

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Jul 8, 2025

Leon Levine Foundation to triple grant-making to $100M/year

Leon Levine Foundation to triple grant-making to $100M/year

Foundation's assets swell to $2B after the death of businessman Leon Levine, enable more giving

Jul 8, 2025

Blackbeard's reign: short, strange, overhyped

Blackbeard's reign: short, strange, overhyped

Was North Carolina's most famous pirate more myth than menace?

Jul 8, 2025

The mystery of the 'ghost ship' Deering

The mystery of the 'ghost ship' Deering

Was it mutiny? Pirates? Something else? A hastily abandoned ship off Cape Hatteras leaves behind plenty of questions.

Jul 7, 2025

Charlotte FC's star striker headed to English club

Charlotte FC's star striker headed to English club

Agyemang transfer to Derby County agreed to pending final details, Toklomati emerging, Biel extended, Zaha out and Charlotte FC returns home short-handed

Jul 4, 2025

Halfway through 2025: a Ledger update

Halfway through 2025: a Ledger update

New faces, more newsletters, award nods and even a pirate series — The Ledger is growing, evolving and gearing up for what’s next. Plus: Summer reading and podcast recs

Jul 2, 2025

June’s top building permits: apartments, Zara, fire station

June’s top building permits: apartments, Zara, fire station

Plus: Weigh in with your predictions on Charlotte's future; SouthPark gets in on trend toward white buidings; Big data center rezoning near University City

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Jul 1, 2025

New Bechtler exhibit showcases art you can hear

New Bechtler exhibit showcases art you can hear

Plus: Victoria Watlington responds to Johnny Harris; Who's running for City Council and school board?; Podcast with marketing firm sisters; Ledger a finalist for two national awards; 'Roofman' trailer

Jun 30, 2025

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