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Town Hall

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 […]

Shades of Brown from Charlotte performed their soulfull jazz songs as the crowd grew at the innaugurial Old Town Cornelius Jazz Festival.

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

‘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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

Town Hall

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 […]