Cornelius News
Memorial Day ceremony 10 am Monday
A Memorial Day ceremony will be held behind Town Hall Monday at 10 am. The event is hosted by American Legion Post 86. Town Hall, banks and many businesses are closed today. Waste collection is postponed one day this week, so Monday routes are Tuesday, and so on. The National Weather Services is calling for showers […]
County tax hike could average $20-$25 hit for Cornelius property owners
May 23. By Dave Vieser. While most residents were paying attention to the proposed Cornelius town budget and the impact it could have on ttaxes, Mecklenburg County Manager Dena Diorio slipped through the back door with a proposed $1.7 billion budget which would include a 3/4 cent tax rate hike. If adopted, the county budget […]
19 vehicles in Harborside, Edinburgh broken into
The Cornelius Police Dept. is asking for help in identifying suspects involved in vehicle breaking and entering cases that occurred on Sunday, May 20 in the Harborside and Edinburgh Square communities of Cornelius. Approximately 19 vehicles were entered. Anyone with information can call North Meck Crimestoppers at 704-896-7867 or the Cornelius Police Department at 704-892-7773. You can remain anonymous.
Firefighters getting $2 an hour pay raise
May 21. By Dave Vieser. More than two dozen firefighters, residents and TV reporters turned out tonight for the first public hearing on the proposed $23.4 million town budget. But even before the attendees had a chance to speak, town officials unveiled a revised budget which includes funds for a $2 an hour increase. The same […]
Pounding for Parker golf tournament is June 4
Allison Cowherd and Jon Cowherd have presented the Levine Children’s Hospital Neuro-oncology Clinic with a check for $100,000 to help fund the brain tumor survivorship clinic. Their son, Parker, has an extremely rare cancer that has spread down his spine and up into his lower brain. “A child’s battle with cancer doesn’t stop once […]
Miltich backs off firefighter jabs; town meeting may be hot
May 19. By Dave Yochum. A surgical view of firefighters got the mayor pro tem of Cornelius in dutch with people who have a pulse. Dr. Michael Miltich, a two-term Cornelius commissioner and a surgeon, was surreptitiously recorded making disparaging comments about firefighters and their pay. This, as a firestorm over first responder pay appears […]
Jazz Festival is on!
Despite partly cloudy skies and “any rain to come,” the PARC Dept. says the Cornelius Jazz Festival is on. Town officials say bring blankets and maybe rain boots for the event, which runs from 5 pm to 9 pm. Four well-known bands are tentatively on deck, including Calvin Edwards, Shableek, Bradford Ray Bailey and Shades […]
Arts Center staying downtown
May 18. By Dave Yochum. A 60-day study on moving the proposed Cornelius Arts Center from downtown to the old Michael Waltrip Raceworld property on Liverpool is pointing to keeping the multimillion-dollar project where it was originally planned, just west of the police station, almost across from Town Hall. It would help build a […]
Development plan resubmitted to Davidson for 246 apartments on town line
May 16. A development application from Crescent Communities which would permit them to build a 246 unit apartment complex adjacent to Potts Street near the Cornelius town line has been resubmitted to the Davidson Planning Board. At first blush, the new proposal looks much like the original , according to Davidson Senior Planner Chad […]
‘Tate Cares’ donates to arts center, Ada Jenkins
Allen Tate agents in Cornelius, Davidson and Huntersville have presented a check for $6,345 to the Cornelius Arts Center and $7,960 to the Ada Jenkins Center through the company’s annual Tate Cares giving campaign, which benefits arts and culture and United Way organizations. “Tate Cares supports a broad spectrum of organizations that impact the […]
