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Neighbors, Green Team projects, and life inside Historic Fourth Ward

Fourth Ward Holiday Tour Tickets Are On Sale for Dec. 3–5

Friends of Fourth Ward's 50th anniversary holiday tour runs Dec. 3 to 5, 5 to 9 p.m. each night. Tickets went on sale Oct. 16 and the tour sells out every year.

Jack Beckett·Oct 16, 2026

Victorian houses in Historic Fourth Ward at night, decorated for the holidays with wreaths, porch lights and a red bow wrapped around a balcony, with Uptown Charlotte towers lit blue behind them.

The Clarks Inherited the McNinch House, and Its Restaurant

Mitchell and D.D. Clark inherited the Liddell-McNinch House on North Church Street, and the restaurant inside it. At City Council this week, they described what it takes to keep it going, from thin…

Nell Thomas·Sep 29, 2026

The wrought-iron gate at the McNinch House on North Church Street, with an MH monogram, brick pillars and stone lions, beneath the words The House Came With a Restaurant.

The CMS Dates and Changes Worth Knowing This School Year

CMS opened the 2026-27 year on August 25. Here is the one-page version for families: every break, workday and early release day, plus what actually changed this year.

Nell Thomas·Aug 25, 2026

Typographic card on a deep green field with a red edge stripe and faint large numerals 26 and 27. Text reads: Fourth Ward, CMS 2026-27. Back to School. Every break, workday and early release day, plus what actually changed this year.

Atrium-WakeMed Deal: What Fourth Ward Readers Need to Know

Atrium and WakeMed announced a strategic combination Friday that would put Atrium in corporate control of Raleigh's hospital network. The story is statewide. The implications reach uptown.

Jack Beckett·May 1, 2026

Fourth Ward Charlotte graphic. The words Around the ward. in large white type on a dark navy background, above the line: Neighbors, porches and the people who keep it going.

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