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In honor of Independence Day, the offices of Cornelius Today and Business Today will be closed on Friday July 3. We’ll be back in your inbox on Monday. Thank you Dan Ahlers Photography for the awesome shot of the US flag on a boat at Jetton Park.
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In honor of Independence Day, the offices of Cornelius Today and Business Today will be closed on Friday July 3. We’ll be back in your inbox on Monday. Thank you Dan Ahlers Photography for the awesome shot of the US flag on a boat at Jetton Park.
July 2. By Dave Yochum. With back-to-school still up in the air in North Carolina, COVID-19 data remains headed in the wrong direction. New cases of COVID-19 fell to 1,629 in today’s NC Dept. of Health & Human Services COVID-19 report. It’s down from yesterday’s record high of 1,843 new cases, but well ahead of […]
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools leadership presented three plans for reopening schools at Wednesday’s special meeting of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education. No determination was made regarding which of the three plans the district will enact when school opens Aug. 17, but the board will vote to approve after a statewide announcement is made by N.C. Gov. Roy […]
By Dave Yochum. As turmoil and unrest continue around the country, the Cornelius Police Dept., appears to be an oasis of calm in a small town. This, after a peaceful protest that drew some 400 people to the steps of the police station unaware that one of the last Confederate statues in Mecklenburg County stood […]
July 1. By Dave Yochum. The total number of COVID-19 cases in North Carolina just broke through the 66,000 level, hitting 66,513 as of 12:30 pm, according to the NC Dept. of Health & Human Services. The total number of deaths statewide due to the coronavirus is 1,373, up 40 from yesterday at this time. […]
July 1. The novel coronavirus continues to set unprecedented standards regionally and across the United States. Cornelius Today compares national data through Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering‘s data with NCDHHS’ daily updates. In these charts, CT compares state-by-state new cases in June to their percent increase or decrease from May to June. […]
July 1. Brigit Velletta, born in Manhattan, raised in Brooklyn and now living at Autumn Care in Cornelius, turned 106 years old on May 24. She has three sons, nine grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and 16 great-great-grandchildren. Son Sal and daughter-in-law Terry Velletta, both 75, live in Cornelius. Terry explains that Sal Sr. passed away in 1978. She […]
By Dave Yochum. For the past 16 years, July has been an important time of year for hundreds of Lake Norman Boat Hosts, volunteers and mentors in Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Carolinas, not to mention literally thousands of at risk kids in and around Charlotte. It’s time for Big Day at the Lake, […]
