Cornelius News
Fundraiser noon-2 pm Saturday for Admiral’s Quarters victims
March 28. A “Community Donation Day” for the victims of the devastating Admiral’s Quarters fire will be held Saturday from noon to 2 pm in the clubhouse. The complex, at the foot of Westmoreland on West Catawba, is rallying around the victims, some of whom have lost everything they owned. Others have no renter’s insurance […]
Nonagenarerian recognized for 70 years in Freemasonry
March 26. By Bill Russell. Williams Lodge No. 176 in Cornelius honored Richard Inman Slaton with a 70-Year Recognition Pin and Certificate at a special reception held March 12. The award, presented by Steve Hamlin, District Deputy Grand Master for the 31st District, was an honor from The Grand Lodge of Louisiana where Slaton served […]
Legislators holding I-77 press conference at 10 am
March 25. New legislation called “An Act to Clear Roadblocks to I-77 Toll Relief” will be unveiled at 10 this morning at a press conference near the EMS station just south of the West Marine/Gold’s Gym shopping center. The backdrop for TV new purposes is I-77. Rep. Christy Clark and Sen. Natasha Marcus, who […]
Modern Dad: Nit nabbers need noggin gnats (to feel fulfilled)
By Jon Show. Five years earlier we were sure we were doing all the right things as parents! But I confess: We have cooties. I know a lot about lice. Too much for any person, really, but definitely too much for a bald man in his forties. My first run in with galloping dandruff came when I […]
It’s just a test, but I-77 signs LIGHT UP next week
March 22. By Dave Vieser. It’s another sure sign that the I 77 toll lanes in our area will soon be open: Testing of electronic signs on I-77 between I-485 and Mooresville will begin the week of March 25. Motorists will see the digital message signs on the right-hand side of the road with rotating messages […]
‘Privilege’ raised in Jetton speed enforcement discussion
March 19. By Dave Yochum. The gauntlet was thrown down Feb. 18 at the Cornelius Town Board meeting when Commissioner Kurt Naas demanded that Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden come to Cornelius because he “has some explaining to do.” “The Sheriff owes the town some answers,” said Naas, a first-term commissioner. Depending on your point of view, it could […]
Days Inn: Gone in 60 days?
March 19. By Dave Vieser. It looks like the Days Inn on Holiday Lane in Cornelius will soon be demolished to make way for a new expanded State Employees Credit Union (SECU). No one objected to the plan at the first public hearing March 18 at Town Hall. Meanwhile, workers at the forlorn hotel say […]
Fire displaces occupants of 18 units on W. Catawba
March 19. By Dave Yochum. The fire Monday morning in the Admiral’s Quarters condominium complex on Nautical Drive could have been much worse. Fire officials say it happened at a difficult time—about 4:20 in the morning when residents were asleep. But a quick-thinking resident, Billy Mallette, began pounding on doors as fire quickly spread. The […]
Fire at Admiral’s Quarters
March 18. UPDATE 10 AM. By Dave Yochum. A devastating fire at the Admiral’s Quarters condo complex has displaced multiple families, quite possibly all the occupants of a building at 18741 Nautical Drive. Billy Mallette, a resident, said he awoke around 4:20 am to fire crawling up the exterior walls of the wood-frame building. He […]
Public hearing on Mulberry townhomes
By Dave Vieser. The Cornelius Town Board will conduct the second public hearing on a rezoning request which would permit the construction of six townhomes on Mulberry Street behind Food Lion during their meeting April 1. The first hearing was held in February and concerns were voiced by residents on the height of the proposed […]
