Regional News

Johnson C. Smith University wants to give more of its students a chance to travel internationally.

West Charlotte

Center city residents anticipating the November arrival of the area's first modern movie theater will have to wait a few weeks longer.

The Charlotte Housing Authority wants to redevelop Savanna Woods, a 49-unit public housing apartment complex off Park Road, into a larger, mixed-income community.

These homes sold in October and November in Mecklenburg County.

Biologist and television host Jeff Corwin brought a bit of show business glamour to a pair of northeast Charlotte schools last month, giving hundreds of students a chance to talk with someone they can see on cable TV every day.

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Yama Asian Fusion

I'll admit it. I am a cheese junkie. Havarti, Stilton, Camembert and Roquefort – I love them all. In 2002, I entered a recipe contest sponsored by the American Dairy Association in search of America's greatest cheese lover and won the South's regional award with my recipe for Harbour Town Crostini, an appetizer featuring a blue cheese/cream cheese mixture spread on toast crisps topped with caramelized red onions, tomatoes and basil. I often find myself dreaming up cheese pairings and never pass up the opportunity to try something new.

Mallard Creek High School's newly formed NAACP chapter invites private home-based and small businesses to sell their products and services at the school's Holiday Bazaar from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Dec. 6. The event is free to the public and proceeds will go toward a $1,000 scholarship for a senior NAACP member. Vendors may purchase tables on which to sell their goods or services for $50 by contacting DeAndrea Jackson at deandrea.jackson@cms.k12.nc.us or 980-343-1341. All applications and nonrefundable fees are due by 4 p.m. on Nov. 25.