Public Health leaders have important news for uninsured residents:, free COVID and flu vaccines are now available. With the respiratory illness season now in full force, health officials advise that vaccinations are an important way to protect yourself and your loved ones during this holiday season.  

Four notable Charlotteans, including one-time mayor Charles Edward Lambeth, have called the Lambeth-Sullivan House home. 

The Georgian Colonial styled H. M. Wade House was the home of the entrepreneurial founder of the Wade Manufacturing Company.

Mecklenburg County Veterans Services Division has been selected as the Veterans Bridge Home Janene Stewart McGee Provider of the Year. 

One of the older houses in Myers Park, the Stephens House was also the home of the developer of that prestigious Charlotte neighborhood.

Public Health leaders are seeing a worrisome trend, an increase in pertussis or whooping cough cases in Mecklenburg County. Some counties in the western part of North Carolina are seeing outbreaks of pertussis.

The Queen Anne style Sherrill-Robbins House was once the home of one of the original co-owners of the Stough-Cornelius Company. 

Prominent real estate developer Charles Ervin housed his namesake firm, once a leading U.S. home builder, in this first skyscraper east of downtown Charlotte. 

The responsibility of foster home licensing includes general recruitment of foster and adoptive parents, training, licensing, and ongoing monitoring of the foster parents in Mecklenburg County.  Applications are provided at the Monthly Orientation Meetings.  The applications are screened based on agency need.  Individuals will be invited to attend the foster parent training or provided information regarding why they are being screened out.

The home of the Matthews Heritage Museum is itself one of the oldest buildings in Matthews.