Cornelius News
Craft brewers can open in Phase 2
May 22. UPDATE 6PM. By Dave Yochum. North Carolina entered Phase Two reopening at 5 pm Friday, with restaurants at half capacity, and, at the last second, craft breweries opening as well. Bars are still closed until Phase 3 reopening. Local breweries like Eleven Lakes and Lost Worlds are not bars, and they’re able to […]
Modern Dad: I’m so ready for this
By Jon Show. As we progressed through this spring I began numbering these weekly columns after I submitted them – Coronavirus Newsletter 1, 2, 3 and so on. Somewhere around week seven I promised if we reached week ten that was I going to submit a column with a single profane word copy and pasted […]
Pines executive director asks for caution
May 22. By Dave Yochum. As the final countdown to Phase Two reopening begins, the executive director of The Pines in Davidson is calling for caution, while still recognizing the need to lessen “quarantine fatigue” and the economy to rebound. There are seven cases of COVID-19 among residents and seven among staff at The Pines, […]
Girl Scout Troop 2493 ‘pinning’ at Jetton Park
May 22. Cornelius-based Girl Scout Troop 2493 celebrated a Court of Award ceremony at Jetton Park on May 15, after having to cancel a Formal Award ceremony because of the coronavirus pandemic. Troop leaders Jenny Alexander and Carla Hord presented ceremony and awards to six girls who earned the prestigious Girl Scout Silver Award. Ellis […]
COVID-19 data encouraging one day before Phase 2 begins
May 21. By Dave Yochum. At least 20,910 people in North Carolina have tested positive for the coronavirus, and 716 have died as of late Thursday morning, but testing statewide is way up. According to new data from the NC Dept. of Health & Human Services, 290,645 COVID-19 tests have been given, up 4.7 percent […]
Many restaurants will open for dining at 5 Friday
May 21. Phase Two reopening—dubbed Safer at Home by Gov. Roy Cooper—begins at 5 pm on Friday, May 22. Alton Updike, the owner of Alton’s Kitchen & Cocktails in Jetton Village, is ready. He has pulled about half the tables from the main dining room and stored them in the private dining room, as per […]
CMS heading into summer
May 21. Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools will continue meal distribution and other services at grab-and-go sites this summer. The current meal continuity program will be suspended June 5. CMS will provide extra food on the last day to take families into the week of June 8. The summer grab-and-go meal program and a modified mobile meal […]
In Davidson: Masks ‘strongly’ recommended
May 21. The Davidson Board of Commissioners called a special meeting to discuss the town’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. and whether it should take a path different from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Emergency Management and Mecklenburg County Public Health. “Every community has unique characteristics and Davidson will adopt our policies based on the best possible outcomes […]
Lauren Thomas: A ‘purposeful life’ at age 14
May 21. Lauren Thomas learned to sew when she was just 8 years old. After the “shelter-in-place” order closed her school doors recently, she began making masks for family and friends. Family members say the word got out quickly and to date the 14-year-old has made more than 75 of them. There’s a steady list […]
COVID hospitalizations continue leveling trend
May 20. It’s more and more clear, at least in North Carolina, that COVID-19 kills the elderly at a far greater rate than any other age cohort. A new more interactive report from the NC Dept. of Health & Human Services says 64 percent of those who have died of COVID-19 are over 75 years […]
