Cornelius News
Commissioner plans to introduce ‘Wilson’ at Monday’s Town Board meeting
Jan. 27. By Dave Yochum. Is anybody listening? Based on the 3-2 vote in favor of a 199-foot cell tower just off Jetton Road, it doesn’t seem that way, according to Town Commissioner Jim Duke. He was on the losing side of that vote along with Commissioner Denis Bilodeau, a half-dozen homeowners’ associations and 150-plus […]
Welcome to Kindergarten! Thanks Zoom!
Jan. 27. Life goes on as the pandemic enters its second year: One of the most momentous of life’s occasions—getting a first peek at kindergarten—will take place virtually at Cornelius Elementary School Feb. 17 at 4 pm. It’s a cool plan: Beginners’ Day 2021 at Cornelius Elementary will take place via Zoom. —The Kindergarten team […]
Tune in Monday to ‘Asbestos Town’ on Zoom with WFAE
ON MONDAY. Charlotte NPR station WFAE-FM will host a Community Conversation via Zoom Monday, Feb 1, at 7 p.m. on its series “Asbestos Town,” about contamination from an old cotton mill in downtown Davidson. Developers have tried for years to redevelop the old Linden Mill without success. That’s because cancer-causing asbestos is buried on […]
NCDHHS Secretary Cohen: State will address vaccine inequities
Jan. 26. By Dave Yochum. Is the COVID-19 pandemic receding from the high-water mark earlier this month? The median number of new coronavirus cases statewide during the past seven days (+6,415) is down 5.8 percent from the median of the past 31 days (+6,811), based on data from Johns Hopkins University. There were 3,978 new […]
Cell tower still an issue
Jan. 26. By Dave Vieser. The placement of cell towers in Cornelius remains a hot topic, even after the approval of a 199-foot tower near Jetton Road. At their Monday Jan. 25 meeting, the town’s Land Development Code Advisory Board (LDCAB) asked Planning Director Aaron Tucker to explore the regulations adopted by Matthews. The town […]
YMCA Stars shone at Furman meet
Jan. 26. The Lake Norman YMCA Stars gymnastics team walked away with multiple accolades during the three-day Furman Classic held at Upward Star Center in Spartanburg, SC. Their sweep included 28 first place event finishes, 29 event second place finishes, 14 third place event finishes and 6 first-place All Around winners. All this happened in spite […]
NCDHHS coronavirus data for Jan. 25
Jan. 25. Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 have fallen again, with the total statewide now at 3,287, according to the NC Dept. of Health & Human Services. Meanwhile, there were 4,633 new cases of the coronavirus, 32 percent below the median of the past month, based on data from Johns Hopkins University. (See chart.) The median […]
Should cell towers be closer than they are now?
Jan. 25. By Dave Vieser. On the heels of approving a controversial cell tower near Jetton Road, the Cornelius Town Board now wants to evaluate a possible reduction in permitted distances between cell phone towers. The issue will be discussed at the Monday Jan. 25 Land Development Code Advisory Board (LDCAB) meeting. The recently approved […]
The biggest gasoline spill in the US this century was Colonial in Huntersville
Jan. 25. By Lisa Sorg/NC Policy Watch. When Colonial Pipeline initially estimated it had spilled 63,000 gallons of gasoline from a ruptured pipeline in Huntersville last August, that sounded like a lot—about twice the amount in a backyard swimming pool. Now, five months after the disaster, town residents’ fears have come true: At 1.2 million […]
NCDHHS coronavirus data for Jan. 22
Jan. 22. By Dave Yochum. Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 have fallen three days in a row, with the total statewide now at 3,512, according to the NC Dept. of Health & Human Services. There were 125 new COVID-19 deaths, however, but that’s down from 139 new deaths yesterday. There were also 7,436 new coronavirus cases […]
