Cornelius News
Is a cycling-friendly Cornelius within biking distance?
By Dave Yochum. Cornelius is getting serious about making the town bicycle friendly. More than two dozen bike signs are expected to go up this month. The signs will help cyclists—and motorists—get to know five key routes around town. The goal is to make cycling a meaningful way to get from Point A to Point […]
Honor Flight seeks sponsors, donations
March 8. By Dave Vieser. Queen City Honor Flight is accepting donations to honor WWII, Korean and Vietnam veterans by flying them to visit memorials and monuments in Washington, D.C. Stephanie Bradley, president of Queen City Honor Flight, whose dad was a Marine, began the Charlotte group early last year. It usually takes […]
Meeting on Hwy. 73 widening is Monday
Although Hwy. 73 is a key east-west artery in Lake Norman, it traverses only a small portion of Cornelius. That section will be the focus of a special drop-in a meeting that starts at 7 pm Monday March 12 at Cornelius Town Hall. There will be no formal program, but residents will have the opportunity […]
Town budget: Property taxes look flat in new fiscal year
March 8. By Dave Yochum. It looks like the property tax rate in Cornelius will stay the same in the upcoming fiscal year which begins July 1. Town officials are concluding two all-day sessions today at the Graylyn Conference Center in Winston-Salem—the traditional start of the months-long budget setting process which results in the tax rate […]
Feedback sought on new rec center
The Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation Department, along with the parks departments from Cornelius, Davidson and Huntersville, will host an open house at Bailey Middle School from 10 am to 1 pm Saturday, to discuss the planning process for the Northern Regional Recreation Center. The facility will be located at 18121 Old Statesville Road in […]
Eat This Up: Clean Juice growth spurt
It turns out that the little organic juice bar in Birkdale Village is one of the hottest franchises in the country. Clean Juice, based in Huntersville, has been named the NextGen in Franchising Global Competition Winner of 2018 and Franchise Gator’s fifth fastest-growing franchise of 2018. Their first location is in Birkdale. Since 2015 they […]
How do you merge gradually in bumper-to-bumper traffic?
March 5. By Dave Vieser. Local officials kicked the tires on the I-77 exit scheme and pronounced the plan a clunker at the third meeting of I77’s Advisory Group. “It appears that the design calls for about a half mile of stacking space,” said County Commissioner Jim Puckett. “I can tell you from personal experience […]
Eudean Knox passes away
March 5. UPDATE. Eudean Knox, a beloved community leader, church leader and Smithville resident, was killed in a car accident this afternoon in Charlotte. She was a deaconess at Torrence Chapel AME Church. The widow of Monroe Knox, another beloved community leader, she leaves three children, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She was in her […]
First Baptist pine needle sale
The Youth of First Baptist Church of Cornelius are having their annual pine needle sale fundraiser Saturday, March 10 and 17, from 8 am to noon at the church. Funds raised will support their summer camp. Pine needles are $4.75 per bale on-site, or $5.50 delivered. Pre-order by phone by calling the church office (704) […]
Are ‘Facebook Memories’ a white-washed version of our lives?
By Jon Show. While sitting and contemplating life one morning in February in the only room a parent is guaranteed solitude, I grabbed my phone and popped open Facebook to see what people I used to be friends with, people I’ve never been friends with, neighbors, and people I’m somehow connected to because are somehow […]
