Cornelius News
Churches rally for impoverished kids who will miss school lunch Wednesday
May 15. With CMS closing Wednesday May 16 because of a mass teacher demonstration in Raleigh, local church members—and teachers—are looking out for needy kids who might go hungry. Volunteers at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church and Davidson United Methodist were packing lunches Monday and Tuesday and delivering them to local schools so that at-risk […]
LKN Marine Commission stocking lake with sterile carp
May 14. By Dave Yochum. The world, according to sterile carp, is an aquatic environment with Hydrilla, and Lake Norman apparently has plenty. Look for a lot more fish—as in 10,200 more—in Lake Norman starting tomorrow, thanks to the Lake Norman Marine Commission. The fish, which will be placed in the lake at Blythe Landing starting […]
Will 1 GP lane, 1 toll lane fix a ‘pig’ of a project?
May 10. By Dave Vieser. In a meeting which consumed barely more than one hour, the members of the I77 Local Advisory Group voiced nearly universal agreement to complete the current construction, then to modify the I-77 expansion in Mecklenburg County from two toll lanes to one general purpose lane and one toll lane. The […]
Hough High STEM team: New national champs!
May 10. Hough High School’s “Iditarod Motorsports” won first place in the Ten80 STEM League National Finals at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York. The hometown team, which competed against 22 other high school teams from across the country and three teams from China, also took first place in Racing Events and second place in both […]
Debt will help fund roads, parks
Cornelius will prepare a $6.7 million bond sale in late July, with the proceeds being used for transportation/road improvements and upgrades in the town’s park system. Commissioners authorized the sale of the bonds, approved by voters in 2013, at their May 7 meeting. At the same meeting, the board authorized staff to start preparing a […]
It’s Primary Day: Polls open till 7:30 pm
May 8. Turnout is light at polling places around Cornelius on Primary Day. At Jetton Park, there was one voter between 6:30 am and 7 am. By 7:30 am, only about 18 voters had come through Town Hall, according to campaign workers outside. Turnout for One Stop/Early Voting was high—more than 20,000 in Mecklenburg County. Polls […]
Controversial project still alive; developer pays new fee
May 7. By Dave Vieser. The developer of a proposed 99-unit housing development on South Street has paid $3,750 to keep his application active through Oct. 31. Joe Roy, representing Charlotte based Meeting Street Cos, paid the triple application fee for a zoning change permit on April 30. The town code permits such extensions of […]
Draft budget freezes local property taxes
May 6. Cornelius Town Manager Anthony Roberts’ proposed 2018-2019 town budget, his last before leaving for Huntersville to become Town Manager, is expected to keep property taxes at the current tax rate of 25.5 cents for each $100 assessed tax value. The $23.4 million spending plan, which will be unveiled at Monday’s (May 7) Town […]
Anthony Roberts will be new Huntersville town manager; Grant will replace him
May 3. Huntersville is recruiting its new town manager from Cornelius. Anthony Roberts, the veteran town manager of Cornelius, will take a new job heading up the administrative side of the town of roughly 55,000. The population of Cornelius is about 29,000. Both are growing fast and face similar issues around development, I-77 and the […]
Incidents, Arrests and Citations reported by the Cornelius PD – April 18 – April 24
Incidents Incident Nature Incident address Reported Disposition Victim/Complainant 180424028 Fraud 19737 Playwrights Wy 15:29:26 04/24/18 ACT Chambers, Yang Lu 180424020 Fraud 19737 Playwrights Wy 13:18:03 04/24/18 ACT Chambers, Yang Lu 180424019 Fraud 19901 West Catawba Av 13:11:29 04/24/18 ACT Hill, Ronald Creigh 180423038 Fraud 16727 Spinnaker Ln 12:49:15 04/23/18 ACT Busemeyer, Steven Anthony 180423026 Fraud […]
