Cornelius News
Hough student representing NC at JDRF Children’s Congress
A 16-year old from Hough High has been selected by JDRF, the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research, to join a delegation of youth advocates in Washington, D.C. this summer at JDRF 2019 Children’s Congress. Jack Cusick, whose parents are Tracey and Chris Cusick, will join other youth delegates in lobbying members of Congress […]
Former legislator, psychiatrist will field questions on medical marijuana
Jeff Tarte, a 6-year member of both the NC Senate Health Care Committee and Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health Care, has been added to the Newsmakers Breakfast agenda Wednesday morning June 19 at The Peninsula Club. The former NC senator is a graduate of the Legislative Health Policy Fellows Program at the NC Institute […]
Shelf awareness
By Dave Yochum. Entrepreneurs aren’t always bookish types, but Melinda Humphreys is. The owner of Walls of Books in the Shops on the Green, taught high school English in Virginia for seven years but before that she was a bookseller with Barnes & Noble. The Antiquity resident, who hit the books at Ohio University, is […]
OSHA investigating fatal roofing accident
June 7. By Dave Yochum. UPDATED. The North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the circumstances around the death Wednesday of a father of four who fell from the roof of a mansion on Paradise Cove in The Peninsula. Jason Ray Thomas, 41, was employed by Taylor Roofing in Waxhaw. Cornelius Today has learned that OSHA also […]
Healing Dragons paddle for a cause
By Dave Yochum. Ramsey Creek Park came to life May 18 with the Asian Festival and the Charlotte Dragon Boat Race. In the midst of all the action there was a determined group—many of them Cornelius cancer survivors—absolutely stoked for the challenge. Their name: The Healing Dragons. Pam Boileau, a Cornelius resident and a local […]
Strip shopping center sells
June 6. Turnberry Place, the strip shopping center that is home to Matt’s Chicago Dogs, has sold for $3.5 million. Ziff Properties, based in Mount Pleasant, SC, bought the property from Turnberry Equities in Charlotte. The property was the home of Sushi at the Lake as well as the old Mail Boxes Etc. franchise, owned […]
Big Day at the Lake XV needs Boat Hosts July 20
Big Day at the Lake XV is July 20, which means hundreds of children and youth from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Carolinas will come to Lake Norman for a full day of fun. More than 100 Boat Hosts are needed to take the children—along with their mentors—out on the lake for a morning […]
Father killed in fall from roof
June 5. UPDATED. A roofing company employee fell to his death from the roof of a large home on Paradise Cove Lane this morning. He has been identified as Jason Ray Thomas. Police have not released any other information. The incident, which happened around 9 am at a 7,300 square foot house, took place in […]
Street Smarts: Everyone in Cornelius can have them
By Dave Yochum. A new online program called Street Smarts lets Cornelius residents report traffic and transportation problems from their laptop or cell phone. Conceived by the town’s Transportation Advisory Board, Street Smarts addresses both problems and opportunities on town roads, not necessarily I-77. The website is www.cornelius.org/streetsmarts. Street Smarts will ultimately help the Transportation […]
Town Board splits 3-2 on tax increase
June 4. By Dave Yochum. In a 3-2 vote, the Cornelius Town Board approved a 2 cent increase in property taxes after a public hearing that saw a half-dozen residents speak out last night in favor of higher wages for staff and police. Even with a 2 cent increase from revenue neutral, to 22.2 cents, […]
