Neighbors: Lake Norman area & Cabarrus County

Fire investigators in Statesville are checking into the cause of blazes at four separate houses overnight in the city.

The Lake Norman community is being asked to save one of its most precious resources: the senior center on West Catawba Avenue, which provides health and financial services to hundreds of older adults each week.

In an unexpected twist brought on by the nation's mortgage crisis, Habitat for Humanity of Charlotte has come to a startling conclusion.

Kicking4Hunger, a soccer camp that raises food to feed the hungry, will be July 13-15 at C.C. Griffin Middle School and July 16-18 at Bethel Elementary School. Details: www.kicking4hunger.org.

Mecklenburg County Davidson

A Lake Norman marina complex as old as the lake has been completely refurbished by the Lancaster family of Mooresville, including its restaurant, bait and tackle shop and boathouses.

What's better than going to college? Going to college without actually taking classes.

The Braves, Yankees, Dodgers and Red Sox were among the pro baseball teams whose caps players wore at the start of the recent Wendy's Summer Classic youth baseball camp at Northwest Cabarrus High.

For the fifth straight year, Big Day at the Lake will give kids in the Big Brothers and Big Sisters programs of Greater Charlotte a chance to fish, tube, swim or just ride around on a boat.

Whether you are growing a garden this year or simply taking advantage of farmers markets and nearby farms for locally grown produce, it's good to know how to preserve some of that bounty for later.

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