Joe Marusak

Mooresville

Breaking News Reporter at The Charlotte Observer

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Retired NASCAR champion lists Lake Norman mansion in Mooresville for sale

3 days ago | charlotteobserver.com | Joe Marusak

Retired champion NASCAR driver Martin Truex Jr. has listed his Lake Norman mansion in Mooresville for sale, according to Ivester Jackson/Christie's International Real Estate. Truex, the Cup Series' oldest active driver at the time, retired from full-time racing after the 2024 season. He won the Cup Series championship in 2017 and the Xfinity Series 2004 and 2005 championships.
Retired NASCAR champion lists Lake Norman mansion in Mooresville for sale

3 days ago | flipboard.com | Joe Marusak

12 hours agoTopless pool party billed on social media prior to Catawba shootingThe party in a Catawba County community where one person was shot and killed and 11 others injured early Sunday morning was advertised in a social …1 day agoEx-NASCAR driver lists European estate on Lake Norman for $7.5MNASCAR champion Martin Truex Jr. is selling his European-style manor on Lake Norman for $7,500,000.
Popular Mooresville Thai restaurant set to reopen

4 days ago | charlotteobserver.com | Joe Marusak

A popular longtime Asian restaurant just south of downtown Mooresville is set to reopen with new LGBTQ+ women owners. "Get your taste buds ready, Mooresville," the new owners of Thai Thai Cafe' said on social media recently. "Your next favorite Thai spot is almost here!"The owners haven't revealed their names on social media and couldn't immediately be reached by CharlotteFive.
Cornelius rejects Charlotte developer's planned business park on farmland

4 days ago | charlotteobserver.com | Joe Marusak

The Cornelius Board of Commissioners unanimously rejected a rezoning late Monday for a Charlotte developer's $39 million business park on a family's 36 acres of farmland. The board voted 5-0 against Greenberg Gibbons Properties' proposed Cornelius Business Park on Bailey Road, directly across from the town's recreational Bailey Road Park.
‘Sharing our rich tradition’: Popular Mooresville Thai restaurant set to reopen

4 days ago | yahoo.com | Joe Marusak

A popular longtime Asian restaurant just south of downtown Mooresville is set to reopen with new LGBTQ+ women owners. “Get your taste buds ready, Mooresville,” the new owners of Thai Thai Cafe’ said on social media recently. “Your next favorite Thai spot is almost here!”The owners haven’t revealed their names on social media and couldn’t immediately be reached by CharlotteFive.
Family has an idea for their centuries-old, Lake Norman farm. Neighbors say no.

4 days ago | yahoo.com | Joe Marusak

Wes Hunter is the ninth generation of his family to grow crops near present-day Lake Norman, a lineage dating to the 1700s. “I’ve been around a lot of farmers, met a lot of farmers,” he said. “I’ve never met a ninth-generation farmer. Never met a ninth-generation anything.”Ten or 12 years ago, he and his father, Gene, worked nearly 700 acres from east Huntersville to Mount Mourne in southern Iredell County near Mooresville, he said.
Family has an idea for their centuries-old, Lake Norman farm. Neighbors say no.

5 days ago | charlotteobserver.com | Joe Marusak

Wes Hunter is the ninth generation of his family to grow crops near present-day Lake Norman, a lineage dating to the 1700s. "I've been around a lot of farmers, met a lot of farmers," he said. "I've never met a ninth-generation farmer. Never met a ninth-generation anything."Ten or 12 years ago, he and his father, Gene, worked nearly 700 acres from east Huntersville to Mount Mourne in southern Iredell County near Mooresville, he said. In recent years, they've farmed at a loss, Wes Hunter said.
1 dead after impaired driving suspect on I-77 in Mooresville crashes into a tree

6 days ago | charlotteobserver.com | Joe Marusak

A passenger died along Interstate 77 in Mooresville Friday night, May 30, 2025, after a driver suspected of speeding and being impaired crashed into a tree, State Highway Patrol Trooper Christopher Casey said. Getty Images A passenger died along Interstate 77 in Mooresville Friday night after a driver suspected of speeding and being impaired crashed into a tree, State Highway Patrol Trooper Christopher Casey said.
1 dead after impaired driving suspect on I-77 in Mooresville crashes into a tree

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Joe Marusak

Joe MarusakSat, May 31, 2025 at 7:17 PM UTC1 min readA passenger died along Interstate 77 in Mooresville Friday night, May 30, 2025, after a driver suspected of speeding and being impaired crashed into a tree, State Highway Patrol Trooper Christopher Casey said. A passenger died along Interstate 77 in Mooresville Friday night after a driver suspected of speeding and being impaired crashed into a tree, State Highway Patrol Trooper Christopher Casey said.
See historic North Carolina hotel-turned home for sale, built before the Civil War

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Joe Marusak

One of North Carolina’s “most storied buildings,” a pre-Civil War hotel saved from demolition and restored as a four-bedroom home, is for sale for $700,000, according to Premier Sotheby’s International Realty. The two-story Lentz Hotel home is the oldest commercial building in Cabarrus County. The former Lentz Hotel in Mount Pleasant was built in 1853, according to its listing by Premier Sotheby’s agent Charlie Williams.