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Butterscotch Scones, a Taste of The Pewter Rose

Kanku Michelsen's butterscotch scones began as a memory of family brunches at The Pewter Rose. Now they are her daughter's favorite and a staple at home. Here is her recipe.

Stroll Dilworth·Nov 11, 2026

Close-up of baked scones, beside the words Butterscotch Scones, a Taste of The Pewter Rose.

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National Charity League Unites Mothers and Daughters

National Charity League pairs mothers and daughters in grades 7 to 12 for hands-on volunteer work. In Charlotte, members serve with partners from Crisis Assistance Ministry to The Relatives, and…

Stroll Dilworth·Nov 10, 2026

A round table set with food and flowers, beside the words National Charity League Unites Mothers and Daughters.

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Tucker, 18, Dilworth's Longtime Four-Legged Ambassador

Elizabeth and Joe Davant adopted Tucker at about 2. Sixteen years of walks later, the spaniel mix knows Dilworth by heart, rides in a dog stroller when he needs to and has introduced his family to…

Stroll Dilworth·Nov 8, 2026

Close-up of Tucker, an older black dog with a white muzzle, beside the words Tucker, 18, Dilworth's Longtime Four-Legged Ambassador.

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The Harrison Family Finds Its Way Back to Dilworth

Katie Harrison bought her first condo in Dilworth in 2013 and always hoped to come back. In 2023 she did, with her husband, Brian, and their two children, and the family walks everywhere.

Stroll Dilworth·Nov 7, 2026

Cover: Katie and Brian Harrison with their daughter and young son on a front porch in front of a dark glass door. CHILDREN ARE IN IT. Every photo in the feature includes the children, beside the words The Harrison Family Finds Its Way Back to Dilworth.

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Chastain Family Finds Home in Dilworth, Years in the Making

Chapman and Blaire Chastain spent years around Charlotte hoping to land in Dilworth. Just over a year after they did, with four children, cousins around the corner and Latta Park out the door, Blaire…

Stroll Dilworth·Oct 1, 2026

Blaire and Chapman Chastain walking hand in hand down a tree-lined path, beside the words Chastain Family Finds Home in Dilworth, Years in the Making.

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Welcome to Strolling Dilworth

Neighbors, pets, recipes, causes and the businesses that support the neighborhood magazine, now online. Here is what you will find, and how to share your own story.

Nell Thomas·Oct 1, 2026

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Goose, the Foster Kitten Who Never Left Home

Goose came to the Holofchak home at 5 weeks old as a foster kitten pulled from a muddy ditch. Five years later he eats lying down, naps under the Christmas tree and runs the house with two dachshunds.

Stroll Dilworth·Oct 1, 2026

Goose, an orange tabby, curled in a fluffy round bed with a long-haired dachshund, beside the words Goose, the Foster Kitten Who Never Left Home.

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World Peace Cookies: A Dilworth Baker's Holiday Recipe

Kanku Michelsen tried Dorie Greenspan's chocolate sable cookies for the name alone. Sandy, crumbly, deeply chocolatey and salty-sweet, they have become her go-to holiday treat. Here is her recipe.

Stroll Dilworth·Oct 1, 2026

Full-page close-up of chocolate sable cookies on a dark surface, beside the words World Peace Cookies: A Dilworth Baker's Holiday Recipe.

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Charlotte Art Collective Holiday Show Returns Nov. 14

The Charlotte Art Collective's Holiday Show returns Saturday, Nov. 14, after the group skipped its traditional Spring Show this year.

Stroll Dilworth·Oct 1, 2026

Artworks from the page: a dot-painted mandala in orange, blue and white, beside the words Charlotte Art Collective Holiday Show Returns Nov. 14.

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Hydrate Medical Adds Performance and Longevity Program

Hydrate Medical opened its first doors in Dilworth 12 years ago. Now seven locations strong, the physician-led practice is adding a Performance & Longevity program built around NAD+ IV therapy.

Stroll Dilworth·Oct 1, 2026

Keith Parris and Dr. Jonathan Leake, two men in suits, standing outside a building, beside the words Hydrate Medical Adds Performance and Longevity Program.

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Theatre Charlotte Opens Season 99 With Come From Away

Theatre Charlotte's 99th season opens Sept. 11 with Come From Away, 25 years to the day after the events behind it, and runs seven shows through BKLYN The Musical next May.

Stroll Dilworth·Sep 1, 2026

Stage scene from Little Shop of Horrors: an actor inside the open mouth of a giant green-and-red plant puppet under colored stage light, beside the words Theatre Charlotte Opens Season 99 With Come From Away.

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Lexi the Goldendoodle Is the Heart of a Dilworth Family

Lexi, a miniature goldendoodle who turns 5 on Thanksgiving Day, came to the Remsen family as a guardian dog, raised two litters of puppies and now rates, by her owner's count, an 11 out of 10 on…

Stroll Dilworth·Sep 1, 2026

Lexi, a white miniature goldendoodle, lying on a cream sofa in a sunlit living room, beside the words Lexi the Goldendoodle Is the Heart of a Dilworth Family.

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Mother's Comfort Food & Cocktails at Park Road

Breakfast, lunch and dinner all day, a patio with a Yappy Hour and a habit of showing up for local schools: in under a year, Mother's Comfort Food & Cocktails has become one of Park Road Shopping…

Stroll Dilworth·Sep 1, 2026

Three adults at the bar inside Mother's: a young woman in a cream top and cap raising a glass of beer, beside a man in a blue shirt and a woman in green, with the red MOTHER'S sign and globe pendant lights behind, beside the words Mother's Comfort Food & Cocktails at Park Road.

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The Mannering Family Found Dilworth Before Moving In

Michele and Matt Mannering were already spending their days in Dilworth, at school and on the ballfield, before they moved here in 2024.

Stroll Dilworth·Sep 1, 2026

A waterfall running down a rock face among ferns, beside the words The Mannering Family.

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Homemade Brownies, Perfected Over a Few Years

Dutch cocoa, a tablespoon of instant coffee and 35 minutes in an 8 by 8 pan. Emily Brietz shares a friend's much-tested brownie recipe.

Stroll Dilworth·Sep 1, 2026

Stacked brownies studded with chocolate chunks on a painted plate beside a row of cookbooks, beside the words Homemade Brownies, Perfected Over a Few Years.

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Mickey Coffino on Generational Health and Asking for Help

Michelle \"Mickey\" Coffino built Queen City Metal Recycling into a second-chance employer for people coming out of addiction, homelessness and prison.

Stroll Dilworth·Sep 1, 2026

$Michelle \"Mickey\" Coffino, a woman in a black suit, standing beside a seated German shepherd-type dog wearing a bandana, against a white studio background, beside the words Mickey Coffino on Generational Health and Asking for Help.$

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24 Hours of Booty Raises $1.6 Million in 25th Year

The 25th 24 Hours of Booty drew more than 900 riders, walkers and runners on July 24 and 25 and raised more than $1.6 million for cancer survivorship and patient navigation programs.

Stroll Dilworth·Sep 1, 2026

Cyclists in blue jerseys and helmets riding at night, beside a frame of a panther mascot in a blue shirt posing with a cyclist, beside the words 24 Hours of Booty Raises $1.6 Million in 25th Year.

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Vegan Lemon Cake With Lemon Buttercream Frosting

A two-layer lemon cake made with soy or oat milk, oil and vinegar instead of eggs and butter, finished with a plant-butter lemon frosting. Contributing writer Pamela May shared it in the August issue.

Stroll Dilworth·Aug 1, 2026

A frosted two-layer lemon cake topped with blueberries and lemon zest on a floral-rimmed china plate, a white orchid behind it on a wooden table, beside the words Vegan Lemon Cake With Lemon Buttercream Frosting.

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Milly, Dilworth Elementary's Therapy Dog, Remembered

For more than a decade, a golden retriever named Milly listened to Dilworth Elementary students read and visited patients at local hospitals. She died January 5.

Stroll Dilworth·Aug 1, 2026

Close-up portrait of Milly, a golden retriever, sitting on grass and looking at the camera, beside the words Milly, Dilworth Elementary's Therapy Dog, Remembered.

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Myers Park High School Turns 75 With a Reunion Week

Myers Park High School opened in 1951. For its 75th anniversary the school's foundation invited alumni back for a week of events Sept. 22–26 and launched a $2.5 million endowment campaign.

Stroll Dilworth·Aug 1, 2026

The Myers Park High School building with a 'WELCOME MUSTANGS!!' banner over the entrance and a mosaic horse sculpture at right, beside the words Myers Park High School Turns 75 With a Reunion Week.

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La Paz Global Links Charlotte to a Costa Rican School

La Paz Global funds scholarships at a bilingual school in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. A Charlotte board president turned her family's year there into Let's Rock, a house-party fundraiser that raised more…

Stroll Dilworth·Aug 1, 2026

Three adults at the front of a living room during the Let's Rock fundraiser, one man speaking into a microphone, beside the words La Paz Global Links Charlotte to a Costa Rican School.

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Corcoran HM Properties Marks 20 Years in Charlotte

Valerie Mitchener started the brokerage that became Corcoran HM Properties in 2006, just before the housing recession. Twenty years on it has more than 150 brokers and offices from Charlotte to the…

Stroll Dilworth·Aug 1, 2026

Valerie Mitchener in a purple pleated dress, seated in a white outdoor chair with pink flowers behind her, beside the words Corcoran HM Properties Marks 20 Years in Charlotte.

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The Areskog Family Found Their Place in Dilworth

Andrea and Cris Areskog met on her first night in Charlotte, built their lives around Dilworth United Methodist Church and moved into the neighborhood in late 2023 with three children and a rescue…

Stroll Dilworth·Aug 1, 2026

Andrea and Cris Areskog standing in a parking area in front of hedges and a wooden building, captioned as their 10th anniversary in Sonoma and Napa, beside the words The Areskog Family Found Their Place in Dilworth.

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4th of July Sugar Cookie Bars Recipe

A soft sugar cookie base, vanilla buttercream and a top of strawberries and blueberries. The July Resident Recipe makes 24 bars and comes courtesy of Your Cup of Cake.

Stroll Dilworth·Jul 1, 2026

Frosted sugar cookie bars topped with strawberries and blueberries, one lifted on a wooden-handled spatula, on a gray surface, beside the words 4th of July Sugar Cookie Bars Recipe.

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Reagan, a Setter-Poodle Mix Who Rules the Couch

Reagan came home to Lori Culicerto's family in 2017 after six years of begging from the youngest daughter. She sleeps on her back, walks with the neighbors and only gets up early for the beach.

Stroll Dilworth·Jul 1, 2026

Reagan, a curly-coated golden dog, standing on a beach with the surf behind her, beside the words Reagan, a Setter-Poodle Mix Who Rules the Couch.

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Oliver Badir, Myers Park Grad, Heads to Florida

Lifelong Dilworth resident Oliver Badir graduated from Myers Park High School after balancing the IB program, varsity soccer, student government and an after-school job.

Stroll Dilworth·Jul 1, 2026

Oliver Badir alone, in a striped polo and white pants, leaning on a white stair railing in a school hallway with colored chairs mounted on the wall, beside the words Oliver Badir, Myers Park Grad, Heads to Florida.

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Jami Masters School of Dance Marks 37 Years

Jami Masters School of Dance held its 37th Anniversary Celebration of Dance at Queens University in May: 21 shows, dancers from 2 to 18, and 11 graduating seniors honored.

Stroll Dilworth·Jul 1, 2026

Four adults on a stage in front of a starry blue backdrop, one holding a broom, two holding a sign reading Jami Masters School Of Dance, Ltd. SPRING CONCERT, beside the words Jami Masters School of Dance Marks 37 Years.

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Fran Miller of Dickens Mitchener on Dilworth

Fran Miller moved to Dilworth in 2008 thinking it was temporary. Nearly two decades later, the Dickens Mitchener Realtor sells the neighborhood she still walks every day. A paid Partner Spotlight.

Stroll Dilworth·Jul 1, 2026

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Charlotte Mecklenburg Dream Center Gets $2M Grant

For 12 years, volunteers have shown up through Adopt-A-Block, a standing commitment to the same neighborhoods.

Stroll Dilworth·Jul 1, 2026

A group of about 16 adults posing with balloons behind a lighted marquee numeral 10 in a brick-walled room, beside the words Charlotte Mecklenburg Dream Center Gets $2M Grant.

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Simply Granola: a Nut-Free Recipe From Kanku Michelsen

Six ingredients, one bowl, two sheet pans and a low oven. Dilworth resident Kanku Michelsen's nut-free granola is the batch she makes for her own kitchen and gives as gifts.

Stroll Dilworth·Jun 1, 2026

Finished granola in a metal pan with a wooden spoon, on a plaid cloth, beside the words Simply Granola: a Nut-Free Recipe From Kanku Michelsen.

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Hank, a Golden Retriever Who Never Meets a Stranger

Hank Brewer, a 4-year-old golden retriever, came home with Meghan and Merritt Brewer in Denver and now makes friends on every coffee walk in Dilworth.

Stroll Dilworth·Jun 1, 2026

Hank, a golden retriever, lying in bed with his head poking out from under a white waffle-weave blanket, beside the words Hank, a Golden Retriever Who Never Meets a Stranger.

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Cheryl and Sam Little, 14 Years on McDonald Avenue

Cheryl and Sam Little met in high school outside Greenville, S.C., followed Bank of America to Charlotte and bought on McDonald Avenue in 2011.

Stroll Dilworth·Jun 1, 2026

Rosie, the Littles' goldendoodle, sitting on grass, beside the words Cheryl and Sam Little, 14 Years on McDonald Avenue.

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B&B Pools: 35 Years of Building and Servicing Pools

Bryant Bedingfield and Troy Budenhagen started B&B Pools in 1991 to build pools the right way. Thirty-five years on, the company employs almost 40 people and services pools in Dilworth, Myers Park…

Stroll Dilworth·Jun 1, 2026

Two men in blue polo shirts leaning on the tailgate of a black pickup truck, beside the words B&B Pools: 35 Years of Building and Servicing Pools.