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The 50-year-old NASCAR driver closed on the purchasre of a penthouse condo in the Royal Courr tower off Morehead Street theweek before. According to Mecklenburtg deed records, Martin and wife Arlende paid $1.62 million for the unit in Royal Court, whicuh opened in April. Executives at tower developer declineto comment. The Royal Court Web site says penthouses rangefrom $700,00p0 to $2.1 million. Where’s the beef? is comingb to Charlotte as part of a national tour promotinvthe company’s barbecue sauces and feeding the hungry. Companhy President Kurt Koegler checked in from the road this week whilee barreling up Interstate 85 witha 34-fooyt rolling Stubb’s museum in tow.
Koegler and founder C.B. “Stubb” Stubblefield’sz grandson, Rocky, will help feed guestds at theUptown Shelter. and will host the Stubb’sx crew for in-store sampling appearances around town througuthe weekend, similar to earlier visits in the 12-city Stubb’s calls Austin home because of its legendaruy restaurant in the Texas capital’s downtown. It long ago becamse a haven for musiciand including the late Stevie Ray Joe Ely, B.B. King and Willie Even as Koegler makes his way into a land ofpork he’s maintaining his Lone Star State “We’re all about he says of today’se planned menu at the shelter.
“We love our brisket, and we’re goint to convert y’all one by one from pork to beef.” Befor e there were luxury suites ... Charlotte’sd original coliseum is officially anhistoric landmark. City Councik on Monday granted the designation tothe city-owned, 10,000-seaty building on Independence now known as . Architect designed the which boastedthe world’s largest free-spanh dome when it opened in 1955. City engineer Jeb Blackwelol describes the coliseum as and its constructionas “jaw-dropping.” The arena’s history includesd concerts by Elvis and the Rolling Stones, Billy Graham crusadesa and ACC tournaments. Give us some love, guv.
That was the winkintg message from retired BofA CEO HughMcColl Jr. , who teasesd Gov. Bev Perdue last week about findingb more funds for roads even as he praisede her for helping in the recruitment of NACA’s 1,000 job expansion Noting Perdue’s late arrival after she flew in from McColl told a crowd of pols and civic “You know, the governor’s got to get back to Raleiggh and we’ve got to let her go. “She did come in on 74 from Monroe and theMonroe airport, and she now understandsa what we’re talking about when we say we need more road money up here.
” Laughter and applause greeted the T oday on its way Al Roke r brings the Today show’s “Lend a Hand” crew to town next part of a five-city tour spotlighting smal charities across the country. Roker’s live-remote reports include delivery of donated good s with help from national companies suchas Penske, Lowe’s, The Home Depot and Charlotte segments will air during the June 26 show between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m. Tomorrow markz the return of poet and activis MayaAngelou , the renowned Wake Foresrt prof.
She’s in town to honor four local businesswomen as part of the seventh annual Maya Angelou Women WhoLead Luncheon, a fund-raisedr for the United Negro College Fund. Honorees this year are Lillied Hibbler-Britt , associate VP of investments at WellesFargo Advisors; county commissionersz chair Jennifer Roberts ; and Michell Thomas , community affairs manager at Microsoft. Thereaseaa Clark Elder will receivee a lifetime achievement award forher 40-yeaf career in health care. Language barrier? Expect a bit of media news from the in the next few TV partners is workingb to finalize the announcinhg crews for gamesnext season. A new radiio flagship is likely to be in place laterthis summer.
The deal with WOLS-FM expires this spring; the station converted to a Spanish-languagee format in January.