Cornelius News
Town puts the brakes on truck parking
Oct. 4. By Dave Vieser. Look out trucks and oversize vehicles. The Cornelius Town Board has adopted new laws which will restrict the overnight or long-term parking of large tractor trailer trucks throughout the town. “The Town had received complaints about the tractor trailers parking near Planet Fitness, as well as Kenton Place and Antiquity,” […]
In split decision, Town Board opts for kid-friendly speed on Jetton
Oct. 4. By Dave Vieser. In a split 3-2 decision, Cornelius commissioners have rejected a proposal which would have increased the speed limit on Jetton Road from 35 to 40 miles per hour into The Peninsula. At the same time, they authorized the town to look into improving pedestrian crossings on Jetton. The vote, which came […]
Events October 4 – October 14
Who’s the best canine kisser in Cornelius? Find out Saturday at the All American Dog Show at Robbins Park. Contests include Best Kisser, Best Dressed, Most Ear-Resistible Ears, Cutest Puppy and more. The towns of Cornelius and Davidson have opened registration for youth basketball exclusively to town residents through Oct. 7. After that, registration will be open to anyone. The program is for […]
Incidents, Arrests and Citations as reported by the Cornelius Police Department
Incidents 180928007 B&E Commercial 20601 Torrence Chapel Rd 04:40:47 09/28/18 ACT Sweet Cakes 180928008 B&E Commercial 20601 Torrence Chapel Rd 04:49:40 09/28/18 ACT Domino’s Pizza 180928030 Damage Property 11536 Bailey Rd 09:13:00 09/28/18 CLO Town of Cornelius Arrests 180928073 (M) Cyberstalking Hallback, Troy Joseph 9/1/1987 M W 9/28/2018 19918 N Cove Rd 180928073 (M) […]
Legislators help direct $125K to Cain Center for the Arts
The Cain Center for the Arts continues to gain momentum. NC Rep. John Bradford and NC Sen. Jeff Tarte—the first a former town commissioner and the latter a former mayor of Cornelius—came to the Town Board meeting Monday night to announce a $125,000 state appropriation for the new Cain Center for the Arts. The $24 […]
Events September 27 – October 7
Davidson Community Players will present “Deathtrap,” a comedy-thriller centering around a frustrated playwright with a serious case of writer’s block,Sept. 27-Oct. 14 at Armour Street Theatre in Davidson. Thursday, Sept. 27 Candidate Mixer Meet new people, network and recruit voters to support Senator Jeff Tarte, Representative John Bradford, George Bell for Superior Court, Commissioner Jim Puckett […]
Incidents, Arrests and Citations as reported by the Cornelius Police Department
Incidents 180925047 Injured Person 19329 Watermark Dr 18:43:51 09/25/18 CLO Hernandez, Elias 180925043 Damage Property 19436 Center St 16:56:26 09/25/18 ACT Zapata, Amy Abigail 180925036 Damage Property 20324 Carrington Trace Dr 14:45:00 09/25/18 ACT Conrad, Chad Mitchell 180925030 B&E Vehicle 20740 Torrence Chapel Rd 13:35:27 09/25/18 ACT Jelen, Jeff 180924052 Fraud 17221 Doe Valley Ct […]
Ronald McDonald House Charities gives to DCCDC
The Davidson-Cornelius Child Development Center has received $20,000 from the Ronald McDonald House Charities of North Carolina to renovate the 30-year-old playground. It’s in desperate need of repair. The center has been the only facility in the North Mecklenburg area that offers 5-star, full-time, affordable early education and child care with scholarship support for the […]
The alarming truth about the Opioid Epidemic
By Dave Vieser. As people poured into The Peninsula Club for Cornelius Today’s Newsmakers Breakfast on the Opioid Epidemic, it was clear that concern ran high. A recently published paper by Princeton University’s Alan Krueger, an economics professor, suggests that the widespread use of opioid painkillers may be linked to declining workforce participation among American men […]
Newsmakers Breakfast Sept. 26 on charter schools
The thinking behind the charter school debate—more so than the politics—will be the subject of a Newsmakers Breakfast Sept. 26 at The Peninsula Club. Thought leaders Karen Bentley, a former Mecklenburg County Commissioner, and Jim Fuller, a member of the Davidson Board of Commissioners, will field questions for the better part of an hour over […]
