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Weekend Weather
March 26. Showers should be over by early afternoon, with highs near 80 today, but clouds and showers come back Saturday, mainly after 11 am. Saturday’s high will be around 74, thunderstorms possible. (How about that thunder last night?!) Sunday: More showers and thunderstorms, with a high around 75-76. Monday: Sunny, with a high near […]
Holy Week and Easter services
March 25. Churches, for the most part, have returned to in-person worship with varying capacity, and face mask and social distancing restrictions, while maintaining online options. Please check websites for online availability and advance in-person registration where required. Here is a list of services in Cornelius, unless noted: Bethel Presbyterian Church 19920 Bethel Church Road, […]
Egg hunts mostly full, if not full, and very COVID-aware
March 26. Life may be slowly getting back to normal, albeit a new normal. Indeed, most of the time slots are filled at Saturday’s Mt. Zion United Methodist Church Easter Egg Hunt. Kids will be separated into small groups by age and divided into two sections to make the experience a little less intense and […]
‘NoteWorthy’ fuses Black, brown artists with classical musicians
March 26. WDAV Classical Public Radio and FAIR PLAY Music Equity Initiative are launching a concert series that pairs gifted Black and brown artists from Charlotte’s music scene with classical musicians. The collaboration is called NoteWorthy—what happens when jazz, soul, Latin, rock, hip-hop, pop, and R&B meet classical. WDAV and FAIR PLAY hope to break […]
Police blotter: Incidents, arrests and citations March 17-23
As reported by Cornelius Police Dept. Incidents Incident Nature Incident address Reported Disposition Victim/Complainant 210317046 B&E Vehicle 19501 Statesville Rd 07:11:33 03/17/21 ASN Garstang, Garrett 210318032 Larceny 18724 Statesville Rd 09:43:00 03/18/21 ASN Gregory, David 210318061 Fraud 17824 Statesville Rd 14:49:00 03/18/21 ASN Grainda Builders 210319046 Fraud 18932 Mountainview Dr 10:01:40 03/19/21 ASN Amadeo, Sandra […]
NC opening vaccines to all adults April 7
March 25. All North Carolina adults will be eligible to get vaccinated by April 7, according to the new timeline announced by Gov. Roy Cooper Thursday afternoon. Beginning March 31, all essential workers not yet vaccinated and people living in other congregate settings such as student dormitories will be eligible for vaccination. Essential workers include […]
Chief Dunn: Hate Has No Place in Davidson
March 25. This was written by Penny Dunn, chief of police in Davidson, in response to the shootings in Atlanta and Boulder, Colo: Often, we pause for a moment when we see violent events happening in other parts of the United States and then continue on with our lives, believing terrible things do not happen […]
New COVID-19 cases running 1.13% below past 31 days
March 24. The median of new coronavirus cases over the past seven days (2,004) in North Carolina is running 1.13 percent below the median during the past 31 days (2,027), based on COVID-19 data supplied by Johns Hopkins University. Reopening As of tomorrow, Gov Roy Cooper is easing COVID-19 restrictions such that retailers, museums and […]
High school students can enter Congressional Art Competition
March 25. US Rep. Alma Adams (NC-12) is sponsoring the North Carolina Congressional Art Competition, which is open to Charlotte-Mecklenburg high school students who reside in and/or attend school in the 12th Congressional District. “From Romare Bearden of Charlotte to Herb Jackson of Davidson and many others, the 12th District has a lot of artistic […]
Passover begins Saturday evening
March 25. Passover, also known as Pesach in Hebrew, is one of the most important festivals in the Jewish calendar. lt begins the evening of Saturday March 27 and ends the evening of Sunday April 4. It commemorates God liberating Jews from slavery in ancient Egypt and Moses leading them to their freedom as a […]
