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Whitewater Triathlon 

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. […]

Sharecropper/tenant house / Photo by Jason Benavides

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 […]

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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 […]

$1,050,000 | 18720 John Connor Road, Cornelius

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 […]

Easter egg hunt

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 […]

Bill, Ericka Cain

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.  […]

Property Tax Concept

With revaluation under way, look for ‘significant’ increases

April 5. By Dave Vieser. On an evening with a light agenda, Cornelius commissioners spent much of their meeting on a detailed update from the Mecklenburg Tax Assessment Officers Office regarding property revaluations. Deputy Assessor Brad Fowler said that a team of eight county workers and a senior manager have been laser-focused on the reval […]

The Tawba Walk Arts and Music Festival is held on Saturday April 23 / Photo courtest Bella Love Inc.

Local festivals, music come back to life

April 5. By Tripp Liles. Spring is officially in the air and we’re getting back to normal one day at a time. We’ve largely ditched the masks and, after a two-year hiatus, many local events are returning full force. It’s feeling like the right time to get out and enjoy life again and Robbins Park […]