Cornelius News
Hey, candy man, what’s your Top 10?
MODERN DAD | By Jon Show April 8. My love affair with gas station candy began with the Whatchamacallit. When I was learning to swim I would get one after swim lessons because I was a very brave little boy who jumped into his mother’s arms from the edge of the pool. It was sometime […]
Highest and best use: Burned to the ground on purpose
April 7. The chimney is about all that’s left of a ranch home on West Catawba Avenue across from the Westmoreland neighborhood. It was a controlled fire set by Cornelius Lemley Volunteer Fire Dept. for training purposes. The home is in the middle of an exceptional nine-acre parcel assembled by Group Three Holdings in Greenwich […]
Weekend agenda: Best bets include Jazz Concert, Highland Games and Whitewater Triathlon
Friday-Sunday April 8-10 Theatre Department Presents “The Addams Family” 2-3:30 pm. The Addams Family, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a […]
Tax collector will list delinquent property owners in Observer
April 7. Sunday is the day of reckoning for more than 44,000 Mecklenburg County property owners who have not paid their 2021 real and personal property tax bills. Their names and the principal amount they owe will be published in The Charlotte Observer. In the spirit of customer service [with sarcasm] bills paid after Feb. […]
Tenant house: It really is saved, but it won’t move to a town park
April 6. By Dave Yochum. As of April 5, Preserve Mecklenburg says they “can now see a way to preserve the tenant house” on the Alexander Farm property which will soon become a large mixed-use development. It all came down to the wire with the developer at odds with the Town of Cornelius over where […]
Local history: The Alexander Farm
April 6. By Dan Morrill/Preserve Mecklenburg. J. Wilson Alexander (1887-1972) owned and operated a large cotton farm in Northern Mecklenburg. Cotton was a labor-intensive crop. It took a lot of people to plant, cultivate, and harvest cotton. Most of the labor was provided by sharecroppers and tenant farmers. They lived in modest houses on the […]
Cornelius home and property sales
These recent property transactions in Cornelius were recorded by the Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds Feb. 22 – March 25. 2/22/22 $355,000 Mary Ann Frazier to Benjamin & Danielle Norton, 8715 Westwind Point Dr. 2/23/22 $440,000 Gavin ward & Gardner to Jeffrey Rao & Sarah Krupa, 18832 Victoria Bay Dr. 2/23/22 $465,000 Stephen Howell to […]
Happy Easter! Go to church, an egg roll, take a hike
Check back in as more items are included. Submit your Easter and spring events to corneliustoday@gmail.com. April 14 Outdoor Adventure: Spring Stroll 10-11:30 am at Robbins Park (meet at the shelter by the playground). Laura Domingo, a naturalist with Mecklenburg County Park & Recreation, will be leading the hike and providing information about the park’s […]
Financial Independence Group will build $22.3 million campus in Cornelius
April 5. Financial Independence Group will build a state-of-the art corporate campus on a five-acre site on Westmoreland Road. The new $22.3 million campus will be home to Financial Independence Group (FIG) and three of its affiliate companies: Alphastar Capital Management, Barnabas Capital, and Independent Property and Casualty Group. The project will result in the […]
Monthly agenda: Plan ahead for things to do in April
Starting this month — April 2022 — we will publish a monthly agenda at the beginning of each month. You can plan ahead, make reservations, buy tickets and save the date on your personal calendar. April 5 Duck & Bunny Park Hops 10-11 am at North Meck Park. Do a craft and grab a photo. […]
