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Upcoming: Town Board meets Monday at 5 pm
March 12. Developer Jake Palillo, whose proposal for a mixed-use project on West Catawba generated opposition from neighbors, should have an easier time Monday March 15 when his rezoning applications for 16 single-family home, comes before the Town Board for a second and final public hearing. Palillo is planning nine homes on eight acres on […]
App matches boat owners, renters
March 12. By Dave Yochum. There’s Uber and Lyft, which match car owners and those who need a ride. Airbnb matches homeowners with people who need a place to stay. GetMyBoat hopes to be the sharing app for both sides of the boat ownership equation. GetMyBoat currently has nearly two dozen “boat and water experience” […]
Trending: Fast-growing sport scores in Cornelius
March 12. When the Town of Cornelius held its initial 2022 public hearing on the budget in February, one of the first requests was for more pickleball courts. It demonstrates the increasing interest in the game, especially among seniors. Pickleball is a sport that combines elements of badminton, table tennis and tennis. Two or four […]
Sunrise, sunset
March 12. By now, most everybody knows Daily Savings Time begins at 2 am on Sunday, March 14 and it will remain daylight longer. For safety sake, it’s also good to know that sunrise will be later by an hour. Sunrise Saturday is at 6:37 am. One day later, it will be at 7:34 am. […]
Weekend Weather
March 12. Today’s the last amazing warm spring day, with a high around 77. Saturday will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 62; Sunday, a high near 65 with a 20 percent chance of rain. Monday and Tuesday in the 50s with showers likely starting Monday night and into Tuesday. Back to mid-60s Wednesday […]
Fire safety: More time at home means more risk
March 12. By Dave Vieser. Local and statewide fIre officials are asking residents to be wary of fires in light of so many people staying home. Although there were 1,586 local fire calls in 2020, none of the fires were fatal and only one injury was sustained during the entire year. Statewide, there was a […]
Gov. Cooper opens Group 4 a week earlier
March 11. Beginning March 17, people in Group 4 who have a medical condition that puts them at higher risk of serious illness and people who live in certain congregate settings will be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccination. The rest of Group 4, which includes other essential workers will become eligible April 7. For details, […]
Forum provides many perspectives on work force housing crisis
Graphic: National Apartment Association March 11. Affordable housing, also known as workforce housing, is the subject of an online forum on March 30 called “Our Housing Future: Needs, Goals & Solutions.” It’s sponsored by the Davidson College Deliberative Citizenship Initiative and Center for Civic Engagement, and the North Mecklenburg Economic Mobility Collaborative (NEMC). Property values […]
Much has changed
MODERN DAD | By Jon Show. I sat down a couple weeks ago and started to make a list of things I’d learned about myself and my family in the last year. Things that maybe I wouldn’t have noticed or didn’t realize because, you know, we used to have things to do and places to […]
NC COVID hospitalizations fall; positive test rate less than 4% statewide
March 11. With more than 1.1 million second doses having been administered so far, the NC Dept. of Health & Human Services today reported 1,039 hospitalizations due to COVID-19. That’s down from 1,075 statewide yesterday and down from 3,843 precisely two months ago when pandemic-related hospitalizations were peaking in North Carolina. The statewide positive test […]
