Cornelius News
Eat at Brixx on Pi Day and support Big Day at the Lake, Big Brothers Big Sisters
March 14. Enjoy dinner out on Monday, March 14 at Brixx Pizza in Birkdale Village and a portion of your order will be donated to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Carolinas. Bring a completed Brixx Buxx form with you in order for Big Day at the Lake to get credit for the donation to […]
Dogged pursuit of small business ownership
March 11. By Tripp Liles. It’s spring. We’re putting COVID in our rearview mirror, I hope, and there is nothing that screams outdoors and the good old USA like a hot dog. Every week for the past five years Cornelius resident Mary Zima has run her hot dog cart on West Catawba Avenue in downtown […]
Nothing in the kitchen works. Let that sink in.
MODERN DAD | By Jon Show I—like most people my age—grew up in a home that had appliances. I don’t remember anything specific about them other than they had buttons and knobs and churned through daily performances like workhorses. They were the backbone of the house. Cleaners of dishes and underwear. Cookers of breakfasts and […]
COVID update March 10: Not quite an endemic, but Mayo doc says we’re close
March 10. The volume of new COVID cases fell to 1,783 today after climbing for two days. Two years after the global pandemic began, rates of infection, hospitalization and deaths are tumbling, but a Mayo Clinic infectious diseases specialist says it’s still too early to call the pandemic over. Are we in the endemic phase […]
Weekend agenda March 11-13: Early St. Patrick’s Day celebrations and more
Happenings this weekend: Through March 26 Home Grown Visit the exhibit during Cornelius Arts Center gallery regular business hours, 10 am to 4pm Monday to Friday. Admission is free. Friday, March 11 Live music 9 pm-Midnight. Brightside performs your favorite hits from the 90s. Bin110, 19712 One Norman Blvd Suite 110. Live Music 7 pm. […]
Neighborhood car show benefits The Childrens Home Society
March 10. Remember those old Mickey Rooney movies where he says his dad has a barn, let’s put on a show? Bernie Kunz did that only the barn was the Oakhurst clubhouse parking lot. On March 6 he held a car show and fundraiser for The Children’s Home Society. It brought out lots of residents—and […]
Historic preservation: A contact sport for all involved
March 10. By Dave Vieser. As downtown redevelopment kicks in—and more historic properties are threatened—the town’s Historic Preservation Committee seems poised for change. New members were appointed at a February Town Board meeting and 2022 goals were reviewed by commissioners, including the need for naming more historic designations in Cornelius. 2022 goals The committee announced […]
Davidson home and property sales
These property transactions were recorded by the Register of Deeds. 1/20/22 $646,500 Standard Pacific of the Carolinas to Kirsten & Travis Cocrane, 16922 Setter Point Ln. 1/21/22 $450,000 Daniel & Nicole Gersper to Patricia M Montgomery, 815 Jetton St. 1/25/22 $750,000 Brian & Hilary Green to Jennifer Green & Snaebjoern Gunnsteinsson, 13347 Bally Bunnion Way […]
Prime downtown real estate hits the market
March 9. By Dave Yochum. With less than 10 months before the Cain Center for the Arts grand opening, downtown Cornelius is poised for redevelopment. A four-lot parcel along Catawba Avenue at School Street has hit the market for $1.6 million. Three of the four parcels contain turn-of-the century houses in various states of repair. […]
Cyber-bully attacked key community Zoom meeting
March 8. By Dave Yochum. A cyber-bully hijacked a Zoom meeting of the Smithville Community Coalition, startling and insulting a variety of attendees with the n-word and pornographic images. The meeting had several senior citizens participating when the obscene images took over the screen, according to Willie Jones, a member of the coalition who is […]
