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Tax incentives for brewery on Monday’s Board Agenda

March 3. By Dave Vieser and Dave Yochum. It looks like Cornelius will provide economic development incentives through tax abatements to facilitate Olde Mecklenburg Brewery’s likely $10 million investment in a […]

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Olde Mecklenburg Brewery taps into Cornelius, LKN

Feb. 20. UPDATED 2pm. It looks like Olde Mecklenburg Brewery will put a significant operation on an industrial site on Zion Avenue formerly owned by MacLean Curtis, the manufacturer which […]

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How we love Valentine’s Day

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, the smart husband-wife-partner is already thinking about how to express their commitment. Last year, according to fundivo.com, Americans spent $19.7 billion on Feb. […]

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Tonya Rivens: Education and hard work are keys to success

Tonya Rivens is one of the most well-known products of Smithville and Cornelius. The former on-air traffic reporter for WBT-TV also gives back to the community through the Ausie Rivens […]

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Arts Center meeting Monday at Town Hall

Jan. 29. An important joint planning session takes place Monday evening in Cornelius Town Hall when the PARC Commission, Planning Board, Architectural Review Board, Historic Preservation Committee and Land Development Code Advisory […]

John Kepner received the Robert T. Cashion Business Person of the Year Award from the Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce. From left: Chamber CEO Bill Russell, Gordon Cashion, Louise Cashion, John and Claudia Kepner and 2016 Chamber Chair Callan H. Bryan. Photo by Ocaid Photography.

John Kepner is chamber’s business person of the year

John Kepner of Raymer Kepner Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Huntersville received the Business Person of the Year award at the Lake Norman Chamber’s annual gala at The Peninsula […]

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Susan Tillis will run Davidson real estate office for Allen Tate

Jan. 19. Susan Tillis, an accomplished residential real estate executive in her own right and the wife of US Sen. Thom Tillis, will head up Allen Tate’s Davidson office at […]

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That old house on Zion: Step back in Cornelius history at Susan Irvin’s new office

By Dave Yochum. New-attorney-in-town Susan Irvin and her husband Bob have transformed a 113-year-old Queen Anne style house on Zion Avenue into an eminently practical law office. But the old Sherrill-Robbins […]

Economic outlook Q&A with top economist Jan. 19

Sarah House, a vice president and economist with Wells Fargo Securities in Charlotte, will be the featured speaker at the Cornelius Today and Business Today Newsmakers Breakfast Jan. 19 at […]

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Mama’s Pizza plans new building for 2018

Jan. 13. By Dave Vieser. If all goes as planned, there’ll be a brand new home for the popular Cornelius eatery Mama’s Pizza Express on South Main Street by Labor […]