Category Archives: Union County Weekly

Waxhaw Farmers Market produces local farm-to-fork culture

Union County Weekly Posted by Crystal O’Gorman on April 24, 2015 in News Through the hazy morning sunshine of an early-April Saturday, farmers set up shop and early risers browse through bundles of kale and shitake mushrooms at the Waxhaw … Continue reading

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Waxhaw organization helps victims of human trafficking

Union County Weekly Posted by Crystal O’Gorman on April 9, 2015 in News WAXHAW – In response to the growing problem of human trafficking in the Charlotte area, Debbie Hancock and Kate Stahlman co-founded Compassion To Act, a faith-based nonprofit … Continue reading

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Finish The Wall completes unfinished faith-based construction projects

Union County Weekly Posted by Crystal O’Gorman on April 6, 2015 in News Joel Davis, an engineer from Waxhaw, felt compelled to start south Charlotte-based nonprofit Finish The Wall not long after returning from a mission trip with Carmel Baptist … Continue reading

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Windows into the Soul: Ash Haffner’s parting message and the community’s response

Union County Weekly Posted by Crystal O’Gorman on April 6, 2015 in News Ash Haffner felt pulled in every direction. It was more than she could bear. When it all became too much, the 16-year-old took her own life by … Continue reading

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