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Stream restoration to begin in Fisher Farm Park
Sept. 21: The NC Division of Mitigation Services is partnering with the Town of Davidson to develop the unnamed tributaries to West Branch Rocky River Mitigation Site, located in Fisher Farm Park. This project will begins today and should take four months to complete. Several sections of existing project channel are significantly degraded with poor […]
Awesome weekend weather
Sept. 18. Get ready for a beautiful weekend, starting this afternoon with a mix of sun and clouds, high around 79-80. The National Weather Service says Saturday will be partly sunny and breezy, with a high only around 68. Sunday will be sunny with a high near 67. Open your windows Saturday and Sunday night: […]
Meck COVID-19 case volume down 17%; positive test rate falls to 4.4%
Sept. 18. Based on John Hopkins University’s data, the median number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases in Mecklenburg County over the past week is down 17.6 percent from the volume of new cases over the past month. Mecklenburg is doing better in that regard than the state as a whole: Statewide the volume of new […]
Development proposal in early stages would have density of 1.87 units per acre
Sept. 18. By Dave Vieser. A developer is proposing 166 high-end homes on 88 acres of vacant farm and wooded land off of Mayes Road on the east side of Cornelius. The proposal was unveiled at the town’s Sept. 15 Pre Development Meeting, and the first reaction was generally positive. “This is an important decision, […]
Final public hearing Monday on Alexander Farm development
Sept. 18. By Dave Vieser. Monday evening Sept. 21 will be the last opportunity for residents to speak out for or against the $110 million mixed-use development planned for the 55-acre Alexander Farm in Cornelius. The Town Board Public Hearing is scheduled to begin at 6 pm, and those wishing to comment will have two […]
Meck COVID-19 case trends much improved from July
Sept. 17. By Dave Yochum. Despite accounting for 10.5 percent of the state’s population, Mecklenburg County accounted for 7.6 percent of North Carolina’s new confirmed cases over the past week. When Mecklenburg was the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in North Carolina this summer, the county was contributing more than 20 percent of cases statewide. […]
Planning a town: Fast growth means revisiting 2015 plan
Sept. 17. By Dave Vieser. When the Cornelius Town Board was holding public hearings concerning the controversial Townhomes at Washam Potts development, members of the community as well as current and former Commissioners noted that the town’s land use plan needed an update. They are all about to get their wish. A Land Use Plan […]
Back to school: CMS outlines schedule, starting with Pre-K
Sept. 16. CMS will begin phasing students back into classrooms for in-person instruction beginning Oct. 12 with pre-kindergartners leading the way. Then, starting on Nov. 2, groups of K-5 students will return to classrooms on a rotational basis, with middle schoolers returning Nov. 23 on a rotational basis. Groups of high school students will return […]
Statewide, COVID-19 deaths drop, but rate of positive tests increases
Sept. 16. By Dave Yochum. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services today reported 1,137 new cases of the coronavirus statewide, up from 1,106 new cases yesterday. There were 38 new deaths statewide as well, but the number of new cases is well below the median of the past month (1,263) and the past […]
Break in previously repaired pipe cause of Colonial Pipeline’s massive gasoline spill
Sept. 16. By Lisa Sorg/NC Policy Watch. At 42 years old, the pipeline could take no more. Colonial Pipeline has identified a break in a previously repaired segment of pipe as the cause of a 272,580-gallon gasoline spill in Huntersville in August. Details of the accident were made public in a 30-day report filed with […]
