Category Archives: Schools

Lake Norman Real Estate: NC Sales Tax-Free Weekend is Here!

Today is a perfect day to be out on Lake Norman boating and playing, especially for our children who are on summer vacation. But, if you are smart, you will go shopping instead because today starts our North Carolina’s annual tax-free back-to-school days!  This sales tax holiday, which lasts through this Sunday, August 9th (2009), is meant to [...]
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Lake Norman Parents: Tax-Free Back-to-School August 1-3rd!

  Today is a perfect day to be out on Lake Norman boating and playing, especially for our children who are on summer vacation. It’s hard to believe that another year has gone by and that this Friday – Sunday are North Carolina’s annual tax-free back-to-school days! Technically, the sales tax holiday begins at exactly 12.01a.m. on [...]
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Lake Norman Real Estate: How to learn about our area schools

  Starting when I was in the sixth grade, my family was relocated across the country about every two years because of my father’s job. Every time my father brought home the news of our next move, my mom would go into major research mode. The number one priority was always the school systems and then [...]
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Lake Norman Real Estate: A community is lost forever

   I knew it was coming but I still felt a pang of sadness when I saw the bright red number spray-painted on this quaint and historic landmark. As I read in the Charlotte Observer months ago: “The last home remaining from the long-ago community of Mayhewtown is about to be leveled for the widening of [...]
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Mooresville Race City USA is THE place to be during NASCAR’s Race Week!

Living in Mooresville NC during NASCAR’s “Speed Week”, which starts with the All-Star Race on one weekend and ends with the Coca-Cola 600 on the Sunday of the second weekend, is a bit like living in Pasadena during New Years. Race fans from all over the world converge on Mooresville and Charlotte for the myriad festivities [...]
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