Cornelius News
But will leaves wait?
Nov. 3. The start of Cornelius’ leaf vacuuming program, scheduled for this week, will be delayed for several more days, while public works employees continue to clean up debris from several recent storms. “We were hit pretty hard last week and we had many trees come down on town streets,” said Mayor Woody Washam. “The […]
Election Day: Scenes from around Cornelius
Polls opened at 6:30 am at four locations in Cornelius: Bethel Presbyterian Church, Community in Christ Lutheran Church, Jetton Park and Town Hall. All voting locations will be open until 7:30 pm. As long as you’re in line at or before 7:30 pm, you’ll be permitted to vote.
Polls open until 7:30 pm
ELECTION DAY. Polls opened at 6:30 am at four locations in Cornelius: Bethel Presbyterian Church, Community in Christ Lutheran Church, Jetton Park and Town Hall. If you still have your mail-in ballot, drop it off to your county board of elections office by 5 pm today. Do not drop it off at a polling place. […]
First responders: There for us, with precautions
Nov. 3. By Dave Vieser. It’s been more than seven months since the coronavirus landed and a significant number of the changes implemented by Police, Fire and EMS Services, to protect both first responders as well as citizens, remain in place. Some of them may be here to stay. Town Manager Andrew Grant says the […]
Two-thirds of Cornelius voters went for Early Voting
Nov. 2. Early voting data shows that 69 percent of Cornelius’ registered voters have already voted during Early Voting. Data from the Civitas Institute Vote Trackers show 17,518 people have voted in Cornelius out of 25,249 registered voters. Those registered as Republicans outnumber Democrats: 6,571 to 4,229. But those registered as Unaffiliated in Cornelius came […]
COVID-19 new case volume fell in today’s NCDHHS report
Nov. 2. The NC Dept. of Health and Human Services today reported 1,336 new COVID-19 cases statewide, the lowest number in a week. The largest increase over the past week was on Thursday, with 2,885 new cases. Exactly one week ago, the new case volume was 1,643. Saturday saw an increase of 2,805 new cases; […]
Modern Dad: What happens when you talk to an anonymous text message
Nov. 2. Jon Show. She came to me out of nowhere. A gift from the ether that arrived one Thursday night in mid-October. It started with a buzzing text notification from my phone. “I’m a volunteer at <political group redacted>,” the text began. “Can we count on your support for Roy Cooper and Christy Clark?” […]
Polls open at 6:30 am tomorrow, close at 7:30 pm
Nov. 2. Tomorrow will be a great day to vote: Sunny, with a high near 63. Polls are open Nov. 3 from 6:30 am until 7:30 pm. If you’re aiming to vote during daylight, sunrise is at 6:48 am; sunset is at 5:26 pm. The four Cornelius precincts are: —242/Jetton Park —240/Community in Christ Lutheran […]
Early voting ends at 3 pm Saturday
Today is the last day for Early Voting. Thirty-three polling places are open until 3 pm: 1 — Cornelius Town Hall 2 — Hough High School 3 — North County Library 4 — North Mecklenburg High School 5 — Butler High School 6 — Matthews Elementary School 7 — Spectrum Center 8 — Bank of […]
NCDHHS reports 2nd-highest gain in COVID-19 cases, but positive test rate improves
Oct. 30. The NC Dept. of Health and Human Services reported 2,809 new COVID-19 cases statewide today, the second-largest daily increase since tracking began in March. The largest increase was yesterday’s, at 2,885, which surpassed the previous record of 2,716 on Oct. 23. The median number of new daily cases during the past week (2,253) […]
