Melody Greene

Reporter and Multimedia Journalist at Spectrum News Coastal NC

Reporter and Multimedia Journalist at Spectrum News Central NC

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Restaurant owner brings a piece of home to Charlotte

4 weeks ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Melody Greene

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - It's the sounds of home that Bryan Li and his business partners wanted to bring to Charlotte.
Charlotte toy store owner looking at tariffs

1 month ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Melody Greene

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dan Weiss of Harper and Skyler’s Toys and Sweets is prepared for whatever impact tariffs could have on his toy store.
Kennedy urges action on microplastics in food chain

2 months ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Melody Greene

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said industry and government can work together to reduce chronic diseases. Kennedy was in Charlotte on Wednesday to address a conference on chemicals and plastics and their effect on health.
Charlotte doula supports moms in the community

2 months ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Melody Greene

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kajarra Caldwell is picking up food, books and other necessities at a pantry at the Ada Jenkins Center in Davidson, North Carolina for a pregnant client.
Charlotte restaurant owner says he'll use more American products as tariffs loom

2 months ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Melody Greene

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As a restaurant owner, Murat Veziroglu, knows a thing or two about uncertain times. What You Need To KnowBusinesses are adjusting to tariffs recently announced by the Trump administration A Charlotte restaurant owner says with the price of imports potentially going up, he’s taking matters into his own hands Murat Veziroglu of Nazo’s Wrapway says he’s will buy mostly American products “Chicken prices I remember, tripled in price, tripled.
The 'bro-tox' bump: More men turning to cosmetic treatments

2 months ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Melody Greene

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Charlotte medical spa says it's seeing more and more men come in for cosmetic procedures. It's a trend some have termed "bro-tox." Rachel White of Infinity MedSpa and Wellness says the procedures inject polylactic acid into skin tissue to stimulate collagen.
Initiative to improve infant and maternal mortality rates coming to Charlotte

2 months ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Melody Greene

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Megan Call is canvassing in East Charlotte to bring awareness to an initiative to improve infant and maternal mortality rates. "If we can help parents be healthy and have healthy babies, I just feel like that's going to help them have a lot more joy in their life," she said.
Resilient senior in Asheville is Spectrum News High School Scholar

Mar 13, 2025 | spectrumlocalnews.com | Melody Greene

Asheville high school senior Judah Dayton has faced a unique set of challenges - he experienced Hurricane Helene, and his father was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. But Dayton has been able to keep his head up with the help of his community. "I'm a warrior, everyone else is a warrior and a warrior helps out another warrior," he said. "Going back to when my dad did get diagnosed with cancer, everyone revolved around me." As vice president of the senior class at Clyde A.
COVID-19 shed a light on loneliness, and it's still an issue

Mar 13, 2025 | spectrumlocalnews.com | Melody Greene

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The COVID-19 pandemic hit five years ago, but many people are still navigating a problem that surfaced in 2020: lonliness. Dr. Megan Smith, an assistant teaching professor in the sociology department at UNC Charlotte, teaches, studies and speaks about lonliness. She became interested in the topic when she felt lonely in graduate school.
5 years after pandemic, many in N.C. still deal with long COVID

Mar 13, 2025 | spectrumlocalnews.com | Melody Greene

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Brooke Keaton's life completely changed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. What You Need To Know COVID-19 continues to leave a lasting impact Across North Carolina, one in six North Carolinians deal with symptoms of long COVID years after contracting the virusOne mother and wife in Charlotte has been dealing with long COVID for yearsLong COVID Awareness Day is March 15"I miss my career. I miss the classroom.

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