Top Story UPDATED AGAIN - Friday Five: Hilbish parking area, stores leaving and construction tidbits Mark Plemmons Jun 17, 2022 Jun 17, 2022 Updated Jul 17, 2022 0 The parking area off Rogers Lake Road for the Irish Buffalo Creek Greenway has been named for longtime Kannapolis auto dealer F.G. “Buddy” Hilbish. Mark Plemmons, Independent Tribune Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mark Plemmons Update is at the end of No. 2 and a second update in No. 3.kAm(9@6G6C AFE :? E96 @C56C 7@C 9@E H62E96C – A=62D6 5@?’E 5@ :E 282:?] x 766= =:<6 @?6 @7 E9@D6 =F2F A:8D 6G6CJ E:>6 x H2=< @FED:56]k^AmkAm}@] `k^AmkAmw@?@C:?8 qF55J w:=3:D9] x 8@E 2 ?:46 DFCAC:D6 =2DE $2EFC52J >@C?:?8 H96? H6 H6?E E@ E96 xC:D9 qF772=@ rC66< vC66?H2J – E96 u]v] “qF55J” w:=3:D9 !2C<:?8 pC62] xE’D 8C62E 7@C 2?J@?6 H9@ H2?ED E@ 2446DD E96 8C66?H2J H:E9@FE 8@:?8 2== E96 H2J 5@H? 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Friday Five: Two new restaurants, Panda Fest, lawncare and acting broke Mark Plemmons' Friday Five includes: Two new restaurants, Panda Fest, ELK's war on litter, a new app for lawncare and an odd list about how p…
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Andy Langford: One councilperson's response to outcry against ICE detention center Concord Councilperson Andy Langford wrote this in response to the outcry over a proposed ICE Detention Center in Concord.
As drought worsens Concord asks customers to conserve water CONCORD – The City of Concord, along with communities throughout the region, is asking residents to voluntarily conserve water, effective imme…
