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September Planner: It’s a busy month

Calendar Sponsors Friday, Sept. 1 Groove Machine 6:30 pm Sept. 1. The Groove Machine brings the entertainment atmosphere of the ’70s, surrounding the audience with a good time.  Liberty Park | 255 E. Iredell Ave., Mooresville. Sept. 1- 13 Field of Honor® 9.11 Memorial On the 22nd anniversary of the 2001 attacks, the magnitude of […]

Pluto for Planet tonight at LangTree.

Weekender Aug. 31 – Sept. 3: Music, history re-enactment, food trucks and more

Calendar Sponsors Thursday, Aug. 31 Live at LangTree 6:30-9 pm | Aug. 31. Pluto for Planet, rock ’n’ roll. LangTree Lake Norman, 401 Langtree Rd., Mooresville. Friday, Sept. 1 Groove Machine 6:30 pm Sept. 1. The Groove Machine brings the entertainment atmosphere of the ’70s, surrounding the audience with a good time.  Liberty Park | […]

Cornelius Community Garden 10-year anniversary event

Community Garden party

Aug. 31. The Cornelius Community Garden on Catawba Avenue just east of Statesville Road, now 10 years old, is part of a larger movement toward healthier, local food and improving our food systems. More than 40 community gardeners and Smithville residents gathered for the 10-year anniversary of the garden. The property is leased by the […]

Photo: Carolina Raptor Center

Vultures: Not as foul as you might think

Aug. 30. This may be too awesome to turn down: The Carolina Raptor Center will have a carcass feeding at 2 pm Saturday, which is International Vulture Awareness Day. In honor of vultures’ bald heads, anyone who is bald will get in free. Here’s what the day looks like: 10:30 am: 30-minute presentation by a […]

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Look for more rain and wind as Idalia passes southeast of us

Aug. 29. Gov. Roy Cooper has declared a State of Emergency in advance of Hurricane Idalia’s visit to North Carolina Wednesday and Thursday. The emergency operations plan waives transportation rules to help move fuel and critical supplies and services, help first responders and protect consumers from price gouging. Idalia is expected to produce heavy rain […]

Rural Hill Revolutionary War Re-enactment

Battle of Charlotte re-enactment at Historic Rural Hill

Aug. 29. Want to meet Gen. Cornwallis? Historic Rural Hill will commemorate the Battle of Charlotte this Saturday and Sunday (Sept. 2-3) complete with Revolutionary War re-enactors showcasing the tactics, weapons and strategies used by the soldiers who fought for American independence. The Battle of Charlotte is one of the most important battles in the […]

Pluto for Planet tonight at LangTree.

Weekly calendar Aug. 28 – Sept. 3: Music, farmers market, food trucks and more

Calendar Sponsors Wednesday, Aug. 30 Birkdale Buds 10:30 am – noon | Aug. 30. Bring your pre-school aged child for playtime. Try samples from Green Brothers and enjoy a mobile play gym with My Gym. Bring your own blanket to sit on. Seating space may be limited. This event is subject to cancellation or postponement […]

Mark Plott is moving | Photo: Dave Yochum

Popular roadside nursery getting a fresh new permanent location

Aug. 28. By Dave Vieser. Farm Fresh Nursery, a Cornelius favorite for 32 years, is moving again–this time to 18140 Statesville Road/Hwy. 21, a short distance north of the Waterman Restaurant. If that location sounds familiar, it’s very close to where they were from 2020 to 2022, until they moved to make room for the […]

NC hospitals sued 7,500+ patients, families over medical debt

Aug. 25. North Carolina hospitals sued 7,517 patients and their family members to collect medical debt from January 2017 through June 2022, according to a new study authored by Duke Law School faculty and the Office of State Treasurer (OST). Judgments total $57 million in medical debt owed by patients. Nonprofit hospitals were responsible for […]

Brandon Jones | Photo: Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation

Catawba Riverkeeper: LKN water quality is ‘excellent’

  Aug. 24. By Dave Yochum. Over the past three years there have been more than a dozen sewage spills in and around Cornelius into the waters of Lake Norman, a most regrettable series of events that caused plenty of negativity on various Facebook pages, but no long-term efffect, according to Catawba Riverkeeper Brandon Jones. […]