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Father’s Day is June 16. While Father’s Day seems to be all about giving ties or shirts or fishing gear to one’s father, June 16 is really all about what fathers and father surrogates either gave or give us. Growing up isn’t the easiest thing. Dads, in whatever size, shape or form, give us the […]
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Father’s Day is June 16. While Father’s Day seems to be all about giving ties or shirts or fishing gear to one’s father, June 16 is really all about what fathers and father surrogates either gave or give us. Growing up isn’t the easiest thing. Dads, in whatever size, shape or form, give us the […]
June 14. Our path to fully alert, all-systems-go status got slightly easier at 5 am with the opening of the new Starbucks on West Catawba. The store is on the right-hand side just before I-77, but the premises are set up for casual gatherings all day, inside and out,up until 10:30 pm. The first morning of operations is […]
June 14. It seems like only yesterday that the Pizza Hut on West Catawba Avenue was churning out pies, but first thing Friday morning, a full-service Starbucks complete with casual seating inside and a drive-up window outside will be open for business. The 3,237 square foot Starbucks is one of the largest drive-up Starbucks in […]
By Dave Vieser. With the 104-acre Augustalee property under contract for a possible sale, it’s a good time to look at three other development sites, two of which hearken back to Cornelius’ past as a farming community during the 18th and 19th centuries. It looks like they will be plowed under in the coming years, […]
By Debbie Griffin. Lake Norman’s nautical buffet of activities includes everything from motorboat rentals and swimming beaches to fishing holes and stand-up paddle-boarding. You can even learn to sail locally. Lake Norman Community Sailing has offered adventures from Blythe Landing, a county-owned park, for the past 11 years. It is where the Town of Cornelius […]
By Jon Show. This Father’s Day marks my 11th year as a parent, which means I’ve been raising animals for almost a quarter of my life. I mean children. Raising children. I know sometimes I’m a lousy role model but I try to make up for it by explaining the important things I want my […]
June 12. By Dave Vieser. Cornelius officials say they’re puzzled by the lack of any activity at the future site for Vanderbilt Children’s College, a new day care center to be located on Westmoreland Road in Cornelius. In a 3-2 Town Board vote, plans for a 12,000 square-foot school were approved 17 months ago. And […]
June 11. Business Today is reporting that the old Augustalee property is under contract. The sale price and buyer likely won’t be disclosed until after a 150-day due diligence period is completed. Executives at Concord-based ACN purchased the 110-acre Augustalee property for $7.3 million in 2012 after Fifth Third Bank took it back from Bromont […]
