‘My-Charlotte’ mobile application available for Droid users

Monday, April 4th, 2011, 10:43am

‘My-Charlotte’ mobile application available for Droid users

CHARLOTTE - The City of Charlotte’s “My-Charlotte,” a mobile application for accessing municipal services on the go is now available on the Android platform. In October, the City launched the application, which until recently was available solely on the Apple iPhone.

The goal of the application is to give residents more options to access citizen service. Through investment in such technology, the City is able to manage its costs.

A traditional call made to 311 costs the City $4.91 per call, while a report made through My-Charlotte costs less than 75¢.

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NCDOT to resurface roads in Charlotte

Submitted by WBTV Web Staff

Monday, April 4th, 2011, 9:58am

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - The North Carolina Department of Transportation will begin resurfacing roads Monday, April 4, 2011.

More than 16 miles of roads will be repaired through September 1, 2011.

Motorists may encounter some delays as the following roads are resurfaced:

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Parents start a letter writing campaign to save CMS

Submitted by Dedrick Russell on Monday, April 4th, 9:25 am

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Charlotte - Mecklenburg school parents are ready to launch a major letter writing campaign to help rescue the district from a potential $100 million dollar budget gap.

The group sponsoring this initiative is MeckFuture. The are the new advocacy group in town.

"Everywhere I go," MeckFuture Co-Chair Elyse Dashew said. "I hear people who are more and more worried about what these budget cuts are going to mean for the schools."

Dashew says the letters will be addressed to county commissioners. The mom says the letters will start arriving in a few weeks. It will request the politicians to raise the money to fund CMS.

"The health and prosperity of Mecklenburg County," Dashew said. "Depends upon how strong our schools are and our schools are not going to healthy if they are under funded."

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Checkers clinch playoff spot with 5-3 win over Albany on Saturday

Submitted by Chris Dyches

Sunday, April 3rd, 2011, 9:05pm

Checkers clinch playoff spot with 5-3 win over Albany on Saturday

ALBANY, N.Y. - Matt Pistilli scored to snap a 3-3 tie with 2:49 left in the third period and the Charlotte Checkers went on to defeat the Albany Devils, 5-3, at Times Union Center on Saturday night. For the Checkers, the win improves their record to 42-26-2-7 and punches their ticket into the Calder Cup playoffs, in the team’s first season in the American Hockey League.

The goaltender that backstopped Charlotte’s playoff-clinching effort was Justin Pogge, who won for the fourth time in his last seven starts by making 33 saves on 36 shots.

The Checkers’ offense was led by Zac Dalpe and Cedric McNicoll, who each netted two-point games. The losing goaltender was Mike McKenna, who allowed four goals on 36 shots. The Devils’ goals were scored by Steven Zalewski, Chad Wiseman and David McIntyre.

The Checkers wasted little time getting the jump on their division rival, as Nicolas Blanchard scored a power-play goal 3:13 into the first period to open the night’s scoring. The Checkers controlled the puck in the Albany zone throughout their time with the man advantage and a shot that McKenna stopped rebounded into the slot, from where Blanchard fired a backhander into the lower corner of the net.

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Mecklenburg County is seeing the light with solar power

Submitted by Alison Hill, Community Web Producer

Friday, April 1st, 2011, 3:37pm

MECKLENBURG COUNTY - Several county-owned buildings throughout Charlotte will soon have 141 solar thermal collectors mounted to their rooftops as part of a new solar water heating project.

North Carolina-based solar power and energy efficiency company Southern Energy Management crews will take on the task of installing the solar thermal systems.

“We’re proud to be taking this step forward in the environmental sustainability of our facilities,” Mecklenburg County Commission Chair Jennifer Roberts said.

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Checkers hit Facebook target, offer free ticket Monday

Submitted by Chris Dyches

Friday, April 1st, 2011, 2:55pm

Checkers hit Facebook target, offer free ticket Monday

CHARLOTTE, N.C - The Charlotte Checkers announced that their “Facebook Fandemonium 2” promotion has hit its target of 25,000 Facebook ‘likes’ and each of the team’s followers on the social media platform will get a free ticket to Monday’s game against Norfolk.

The program, which donated $2 for every ‘like’ to Zach Bennett, has raised more than $16,000 for the 11-year-old boy from Albany, N.Y. with Neurofibromatosis (NF1), whose family is planning to move to Charlotte for better medical care.

In addition to the free ticket, the Checkers have announced that they will keep the donation period open until Monday at noon so that any new follower will mean another $2 donation to Zach.

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Medic launches OMEGA program

Submitted by Alison Hill, Community Web Producer

Friday, April 1st, 2011, 2:04pm

MECKLENBURG COUNTY - Medic, along with representatives from Carolinas HealthCare System, Presbyterian Healthcare and Mecklenburg County, officially launched a new response program called OMEGA on April 1.

The EMS-tested program will be offered to Mecklenburg County residents in need of medical attention for minor problems and will be offered additional options better suited to meet their specific healthcare needs.

Patients will now have a choice to either speak to a nurse or continue their request for an ambulance.

“There were patients with minor healthcare problems or injuries and those could be addressed in ways other than sending a paramedic and transporting them to a busy emergency department," said Barry Bagwell with Medic.

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