Cornelius News
Building community one cup at a time
June 14. Our path to fully alert, all-systems-go status got slightly easier at 5 am with the opening of the new Starbucks on West Catawba. The store is on the right-hand side just before I-77, but the premises are set up for casual gatherings all day, inside and out,up until 10:30 pm. The first morning of operations is […]
And they serve coffee too
June 14. It seems like only yesterday that the Pizza Hut on West Catawba Avenue was churning out pies, but first thing Friday morning, a full-service Starbucks complete with casual seating inside and a drive-up window outside will be open for business. The 3,237 square foot Starbucks is one of the largest drive-up Starbucks in […]
Land ripe for development hints at our agrarian past
By Dave Vieser. With the 104-acre Augustalee property under contract for a possible sale, it’s a good time to look at three other development sites, two of which hearken back to Cornelius’ past as a farming community during the 18th and 19th centuries. It looks like they will be plowed under in the coming years, […]
The People’s Yacht Club: Anyone can sail
By Debbie Griffin. Lake Norman’s nautical buffet of activities includes everything from motorboat rentals and swimming beaches to fishing holes and stand-up paddle-boarding. You can even learn to sail locally. Lake Norman Community Sailing has offered adventures from Blythe Landing, a county-owned park, for the past 11 years. It is where the Town of Cornelius […]
As Father’s Day approaches, be sure you hug your mom
By Jon Show. This Father’s Day marks my 11th year as a parent, which means I’ve been raising animals for almost a quarter of my life. I mean children. Raising children. I know sometimes I’m a lousy role model but I try to make up for it by explaining the important things I want my […]
Cornelius Vanderbilt: Absent for now
June 12. By Dave Vieser. Cornelius officials say they’re puzzled by the lack of any activity at the future site for Vanderbilt Children’s College, a new day care center to be located on Westmoreland Road in Cornelius. In a 3-2 Town Board vote, plans for a 12,000 square-foot school were approved 17 months ago. And […]
Augustalee site under contract
June 11. Business Today is reporting that the old Augustalee property is under contract. The sale price and buyer likely won’t be disclosed until after a 150-day due diligence period is completed. Executives at Concord-based ACN purchased the 110-acre Augustalee property for $7.3 million in 2012 after Fifth Third Bank took it back from Bromont […]
LKN slowly coming down
June 10. Lake levels are slowly declining and the flood gates at Cowans Ford are now closed. Duke Energy says “significant inflows” from the recent rain have Mountain Island Lake over-flowing, but Lake Norman has crested at about 99.8 feet. The National Weather Service is calling for more showers and thunderstorms after 10 am, with […]
Former NC Rep. John Bradford will run against Christy Clark
By Dave Vieser. The polls had just closed on Election Night this past November, and supporters of incumbent NC Rep. John Bradford III and Democratic challenger Christy Clark gathered a short distance from each other to watch the results come in. By all rights NC District 98 should have been an easy win for a […]
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 […]
