Cornelius News
Cold rain or freezing rain?
Feb. 18. The National Weather Service says we’re in for rain or freezing rain, becoming all rain after 1 pm. Cornelius and Davidson appear to be on the edge of the rain/ice line, with freezing rain more of a sure thing to the north. Our high will be around 35; north-northeast wind 6 to 10 […]
COVID-19 update Feb. 17
Feb. 17. With President Biden suggesting things won’t get back to normal until around Christmas, the rate of new coronavirus cases during the past week was 21.7 percent lower than the preceding 31 days. (See chart, based on Johns Hopkins data.) The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services is reporting 3,167 new cases today, […]
Pew Research: Update on how some churches are meeting
Feb. 17. As Lent gets under way, some churches are making plans to go back to in-person worship, while others are continuing to meet in their sanctuaries and parking lots, or online. In addition to online, Mt. Zion United Methodist plans to resume in-person worship on Feb. 28 with services at 9 am and 11 […]
Carolina Farm Trust plants urban farm in Huntersville
Feb. 17. Carolina Farm Trust will break ground on Free Spirit Farm, a 28-acre urban farm in Huntersville, later this month. It is the Cornelius-based non-profit’s largest undertaking yet. “During a time where we feel powerless in so many ways, Free Spirit Farm is an opportunity for all of us, as Mecklenburg County residents, to […]
The roads ahead: Better later than never
Feb. 17. By Dave Vieser. There’s some good news coming from the NCDOT pertaining to road improvements in Cornelius: Several of the smaller projects which had been on hold have been reactivated. However, the widening of West Catawba Avenue from Jetton to Sam Furr is still a long way off. “We are happy that NCDOT […]
NCDHHS update for Feb. 16
Feb. 16. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services at noon reported statewide hospitalizations at 1,958 today, slightly higher than yesterday, but half that of one month ago. There were 1,998 new cases of the coronavirus in today’s NCDHHS report, down from 1,988 new cases yesterday. Exactly one month ago, there were 7,986 new […]
OMB unveils draft plans for major development near downtown
Feb. 16. By Dave Vieser. The initial reaction to Old Mecklenburg Brewery’s plan for a large mixed-use project, complete with 398 apartments, 50 townhomes, a brewery and a beer garden, was all positive at Monday’s Cornelius Town Board Meeting. Greenway Gartens would occupy about 24 acres on the northern end of Zion Avenue where Curtis […]
Young mom killed in accidental shooting in Cornelius
Feb. 16. UPDATE 6 pm. A 25-year-old mother has died after a child accidentally fired a weapon, hitting the mother and another child, according to members of the grieving family. The tragedy occurred in the Cornelius Village apartments around 7 pm Monday on Meridian, not far from the Cornelius Animal Shelter. Family members identified the […]
NCDHHS: Hospitalizations, deaths due to COVID-19 drop
Feb. 15. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services at noon reported statewide hospitalizations were down 17 percent in the space of a single week, even as Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, says the next 14 weeks will be the most difficult […]
Town Board meets at 5 pm, OMB project on tap
Feb. 15. By Dave Vieser. While a public hearing regarding 180 homes on Mayes Road has been canceled, growth and housing in the town will still be on the agenda at tonight’s Town Board meeting. Here’s a summary of items on the Feb. 15 agenda: —Olde Mecklenburg Brewery is requesting permission to build 398 multi-family […]
