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Save the date: Shred Event
Sept. 4. The Cornelius Police Department, Truliant Federal Credit Union and Shred-It will host a Community Document Shredding Event in the parking lot of Cornelius Town Hall, 21445 Catawba Ave., 9 am to noon Saturday Sept. 26. The document shredding event is free to the community. If there is heavy volume, Truliant & Shred-it may […]
Phase 2.5 begins with COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations up
Sept. 4. By Dave Yochum. The median number of new cases this past week is running 5.2 percent ahead of the past month for a third day in a row, meanwhile the NC Dept. of Health & Human Services today reported 2,045 new cases of the coronavirus statewide. The largest statewide increases in new COVID-19 […]
Town Board meeting Tuesday due to Labor Day
Sept. 4. Dave Vieser. The second and final Town Board Public Hearing on the Forest at Bailey Glen project, originally scheduled for Tuesday Sept. 8, will likely be postponed until Sept. 21, according to Town Planning Director Aaron Tucker. The Labor Day holiday and the alternate meeting date have created “some issues” with the legally […]
Business Today and Cornelius Today closed for Labor Day
Business Today and Cornelius Today will close Monday in honor of Labor Day. We’ll resume our daily newsletter on Tuesday.
The Davidson Art Festival is back on
Sept. 4. This year’s festival will be held 4-7 pm Saturday, Oct. 17 with an Oct. 31 rain date. To help local artists, the $40 application fee is waived. Although there is no charge for this festival, participants must fill out an application and be accepted into the show. Space is very limited and coronavirus […]
COVID-19 hospitalizations still at 2-month low
Sept. 3. As the NC General Assembly passed a plan to spend another $1 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds—with almost half going to families in stimulus-style checks—the NC Dept. of Health & Human Services reported 1,656 new cases of the coronavirus statewide. It means that at least 172,209 North Carolinians have been infected with […]
Today’s report: NC, Mecklenburg new daily case trends
Sept. 3. Using John Hopkins University’s data, we compiled North Carolina’s new confirmed COVID-19 cases from Aug. 3 through Sept. 2. The state’s median number of new cases since Aug. 3 is 1,345 and the state’s median over the past seven days is 1,415—exactly the same as yesterday. It means that new case volume over […]
CMS buses out and about with food, WiFi
Sept. 3. By Dave Vieser. The school buses you are seeing around town don’t necessarily mean that Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools are getting back to normal anytime soon. CMS buses are delivering meals pursuant to federal food programs, while other CMS buses are being used to establish WiFi connectivity in areas with weak internet connectivity. “My […]
Police blotter: Incidents, arrests, citations Sept. 3
Incidents Incident Nature Incident address Reported Disposition Victim/Complainant 200828079 Damage Property 17035 Nat Bynum Ln 12:20:00 08/28/20 CAA Peyton, Adam 200828104 Fraud 18927 North Beatties Ford Rd 15:30:00 08/28/20 ASN Woods, Rhonda 200829014 Larceny Unauth 19501 Statesville Rd 02:41:10 08/29/20 CLO Dees, Nicole 200830020 Larceny 22415 Market St 09:03:00 08/30/20 ASN Keener, Eugene 200830051 B&E […]
Lakefront concert Sept. 5 benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters
Aug. 29. What is a local rock band to do during a pandemic when all their usual gigs are cancelled? Why not throw a party? But the question is how to do that while socially distancing and adhering to the 25 person gathering limit? Answer: Hold it on Lake Norman. Where, exactly: Anchor off of […]
