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Crowd in Charlotte watches Fourth of July fireworks from the Hawthorne bridge.

A Carolina summer comes to an end

Posted on September 22, 2011
Categories: Charlotte, Cleveland, Gallery, General News, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Shelby, Union

Summer officially ends Friday, and the close of a week of cloudy, unseasonably cool weather marks an occasion to look back and remind ourselves of the Carolinas Piedmont in summer 2011. It was a summer of hail storms, high winds and in some parts, even the fringes of tropical storm Irene. The National Oceanic and […]

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Davidson Farmers Market - Honey

Gallery: Farmers Markets of the Charlotte Region

Posted on June 23, 2011
Categories: Charlotte, Davidson, Gallery, Iredell, Lincoln, Lincolnton, Mecklenburg, Statesville, Union Tags: AGRICULTURE, Community Supported Agriculture, ENVIRONMENT, Farmer's Market, Farming, Local Foods

While they have a long history in the area, farmers markets have seen a burst of activity in the Charlotte region in recent years. New markets are now springing up inside Charlotte as well as in the towns that ring the center city. Photographer Nancy Pierce visited several farmers markets to capture the life and […]

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Main Street, downtown Monroe.

Gallery of Union County Photos

Posted on July 23, 2010
Categories: Gallery, General News, Union Tags: Community Development, Downtown Revitalization, Farmer's Market, Farming

Photos by Nancy Pierce

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