Davidson News
More questions, more answers on I-77 toll lanes
The new lanes in Cornelius and Huntersville will be completed and open by January but closer to Charlotte work won’t be done until later in the year. Detectors have been installed above the toll lanes to read license information on cars using the toll lanes. We put together a Q&A Nov. 24. Here are more questions and answers, […]
Tarte loses; Clark leads Bradford by fewer than 500 votes
Nov. 6. 11 PM. A leading Republican legislator has lost his seat in the North Carolina Statehouse. Challenger Natasha Marcus trounced incumbent Jeff Tarte, a former Cornelius mayor, in the race for NC Senate District 41. With 17 of 28 precincts reporting, Marcus, a Davidson resident, had 56 percent of the vote to Tarte’s 43 […]
Polls closed, some Early Voting results are in
Nov. 6. 8 PM. Early Voting results, which tend to favor Democrats, show Democratic challenger Natasha Marcus leading incumbent Jeff Tarte, a Republican, 30,838 to 19,909 in NC Senate District 41. In NC House District 98, challenger Christy Clark, a Democrat, is ahead of incumbent John Bradford, a Republican, 13,008 to 11,203. Election Day results, […]
Elegantly simple Zion Ave. house gets Historic Landmark designation
Nov. 6. A restored 113-year-old Queen Anne style house on Zion Avenue has received Historic Landmark designation, one of only a handful in Cornelius. The Sherrill-Robbins House, now the offices of real estate attorney Susan Irvin, retains its wide wood trim, wooden floors and a distinctive wooden cross design in the front gable. The left […]
Antiquity Woods project withdrawn from re-zoning process
Nov. 5. By Dave Vieser. Plans for Antiquity Woods, a 99-unit housing development on the edge of Davidson—but inside Cornelius—have been withdrawn even though the developer has paid thousands of dollars in fees to extend the application at Town Hall. Charlotte-based Meeting Street Cos. paid a total of $7,500 to the town in application and […]
NC General Assembly provides grant to GiGi’s Playhouse
Oct. 24. GiGi’s Playhouse Charlotte, part of the GiGi’s Playhouse network of Down syndrome achievement centers, recently received $50,000 in state funding from the North Carolina General Assembly. NC Rep. John Bradford, a Cornelius resident, lobbied on behalf of the Down syndrome community to secure $500,000 in funding and resources for the state of North […]
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 […]
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 […]
Red Cross opens in N. Meck High; Florence on her way
Sept. 12. With Hurricane Florence approaching the coat, North Mecklenburg High School opened at noon today as an American Red Cross shelter for people fleeing the Category 3 storm. “This is a dangerous storm and could have significant impact inland.” said Angela A. Broome Powley, regional executive officer for American Red Cross Greater Carolinas Region. […]
Community invited to 9/11 Remembrance Vigil
A Cornelius 9/11 Remembrance Vigil will be held on Tuesday, Sept.11. The community is invited to quietly reflect and remember at the site of the 9/11 monument located at Fire Station No. 1, 19729 S. Main Street, as members of the Cornelius Fire Department toll a bell marking the key moments of that day. […]
