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October 2026 issue · Read it online
Christmas lights by Storm Guard CharlotteStorm Guard · Christmas lightsBook your Christmas lights now.Storm Guard installs through October and November and takes everything down in January. Free quotes across Charlotte.See what your house would costSee your priceFree quoteStephen Fogarty grew up on Carmel Road, learned service running restaurants, and came home in 2025 to start a private black SUV car service. A paid Partner Spotlight.
Nell Thomas·Oct 14, 2026
Emily Ryon got into estate planning after doing her own and feeling the relief of knowing her daughter was protected. Now she helps families who have put it off. A paid Partner Spotlight.
Nell Thomas·Oct 13, 2026
Peyton Ding has run the Kumon center on Johnston Road since 2008. He found the method through his own children, who are now both physicians. A paid Partner Spotlight.
Nell Thomas·Oct 12, 2026
Partners Tim Weber and Nathan Grimm took on an established exterior-repair brand and set out to make the Charlotte business feel local and personal. Their…
Nell Thomas·Oct 11, 2026
After 15 years helping build a national dog training franchise, Cranston Blanks came home to Charlotte and started a one-person business that trains the owners…
Nell Thomas·Oct 10, 2026
Army veteran and former police officer Nick Stewart started his own roofing company so every homeowner deals with him, from the first call to the estimate. A…
Nell Thomas·Oct 9, 2026
Two friends kept failing to find clothes they loved at the boutiques they shopped, so they opened one. Aviara & Co sells online and at pop-ups, with pieces made…
Nell Thomas·Oct 8, 2026
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Pita del Toro started by decorating her daughter's birthday in Texas. In Charlotte, friends kept asking, and the hobby became a balloon and draping business. A…
Nell Thomas·Oct 7, 2026
Two couples who are longtime friends saw porch pumpkin decorating catching on in other cities and asked why Charlotte did not have it. Now they design and set…
Nell Thomas·Oct 6, 2026
Charlotte's first Wegmans opens at 9 a.m. Wednesday, October 14, at 11550 North Community House Road. What opening day will look like, what's inside, and what…
Nell Thomas·Oct 5, 2026
The October 2026 edition of Stroll Ballantyne Country Club is out and free to read online. Inside: the Galbraith family on the cover, a rescue with 160-plus…
Nell Thomas·Oct 1, 2026
Violinist Irena Benak met her future husband at a concert in Serbia, came to Charlotte to visit him and stayed. Now she is building her name here from the…
Nell Thomas·Sep 25, 2026
With fourteen homes on the market in Ballantyne Country Club, the Lorimers kept a listing off the public system entirely and found a buyer anyway. A paid…
Nell Thomas·Sep 18, 2026
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Businesses·Sep 17, 2026
An Egyptian-born banker whose experience did not count when she arrived, and the doctor who treated her, now make…
Neighbors·Sep 15, 2026
Pita and Omar del Toro say they were two of just twenty candidates selected for an Independence Day naturalization…
Businesses·Sep 12, 2026
The monthly mixer for local business owners is on Wednesday, September 16, from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. in the lobby bar at…
Neighbors·Sep 11, 2026
Tacos Las Catrina's is parking outside Summit Coffee Ballantyne for the September 25 gathering, with birria tacos on the…
Neighbors·Sep 11, 2026
Rick Kingston made the second hole in one of his life, on the third. Plus ten honors across five championships at…
Neighbors·Sep 10, 2026
Stroll Into Wellness filled the Stephenson Room at Ballantyne Country Club on Thursday, September 3. Photographs by…
