May 30. By Dave Vieser. Water enthusiasts seeking to rent a boat on Lake Norman take note: The Lake Norman Marine Commission (LNMC) has new Boat Rental Regulations. For the first time, firms or individuals who offer rental boats are required to adhere to a list of regulations or they will be subject to a […]
May 29. By Mark Washburn. Christopher Palmiter, the stepfather of a missing Cornelius girl, took the witness stand on Tuesday to describe his stark, loveless and sexless marriage with the girl’s mother that deteriorated into a near-cult experience. Palmiter, charged with failure to report Madalina Cojocari missing in 2022, said he met Diana Cojocari through […]
May 29. Willie Jones, the inaugural executive director of the Smithville Community Coalition, received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to affordable housing, community development, and social justice at the Affordable Housing Awareness Month breakfast hosted by Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region. Jones, a resident of the Antiquity neighborhood, has dedicated his professional […]
May 29. By Dave Vieser. It’s taken longer than expected, but the first structures at the 55-acre Alexander Farm development are beginning to come out of the ground. Framing for some of the 70 single-family homes is under way near Chagrin Drive River Rock Construction of Mooresville is building the homes, as well as a […]
May 29. Mortgage rates are still high, but the spring home-buying season is off to a better start than many brokers expected earlier this year. Meanwhile, Charlotte home prices rose by 8.1 percent from January of 2023 to January 2024, according to the CoreLogic S&P Case-Shiller Index. “After a disappointing start to 2024 things did […]
May 28. Casey Powell, one of the biggest names in college and professional lacrosse, will be holding a three-day kids lacrosse camp in June to benefit a North Carolina teenager fighting cancer. The Powell Lacrosse camp will be June 11-13th at Spartan Park in Huntersville for boys and girls ages eight to 17 years old. […]
May 28. Members of F3, a national network of free, peer-led workouts for men, honored the fallen on Memorial Day next to the Veteran’s Monument at Rotary Plaza in downtown Cornelius. Their mission is to “plant, grow, and serve small men’s workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership.” Locally, F3 serves the communities […]
Tuesday, May 28 National Hamburger Day Noon – 2 pm | May 28. Join the Cornelius Police Department at Robbins Park, 17500 W. Catawba Ave. Author Jerel Law’s latest book launch 4-7 pm | May 28. Come meet Jerel Law, Huntersville author of the Jonah Stone: Son of Angels series and get his exciting new […]
May 27. James Edward Duke, who served three terms on the Cornelius Town Board, passed away on Friday, May 24 after a brief illness. He was born in Monterey Park, CA on Sept. 2, 1941. After graduation from Venice Senior High School, he obtained his undergraduate degree from Southern Methodist University and graduate degree from […]
May 24. By Mark Washburn. Fingers were pointed three times at the stepfather of a missing Cornelius girl in a Mecklenburg courtroom Friday. First by Austin Butler, the assistant district attorney prosecuting Christopher Palmiter for failure to report the girl missing for three weeks after her disappearance in 2022. “Twenty three days,” thundered Butler, pointing […]