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Events Sept 6 – Sept 16
Registration is underway for Fall A Session at the Cornelius Arts Center. The six-week adult and youth classes start the week of Sept. 10. Musicians and singers, check out the opportunities at First Baptist Church in Mooresville. The church has choirs for ages three and up, handbells for children and adults, orchestra and praise band, and In His Steps Dance […]
Police ID homicide victim
Sept. 4. By Dave Yochum. Cornelius Police have identified Marc Loren Mays, 45, as the victim of a homicide late Monday night in a parking lot at the Admiral’s Quarters condominium complex on West Catawba at the foot of Westmoreland. He was pronounced dead at the scene with multiple gunshot wounds. Police say Mays was […]
Murder investigation at Admiral’s Quarters
UPDATED 12 NOON. By Dave Yochum. Cornelius Police are investigating a homicide that occurred before midnight in a parking lot at the Admiral’s Quarters condominium complex just off West Catawba at the foot of Westmoreland. After a report of shots fired, officers found a white male on the scene who appeared to have died as […]
Digital equity: Computers for Habitat kids
Our Towns Habitat for Humanity will provide refurbished laptops for all of its new homeowners with school-aged children, thanks to a partnership with E2D—Eliminate the Digital Divide, another local non-profit. Developing a partnership with E2D was a natural fit. Founded in 2013, E2D relies on donations of decommissioned laptops from corporations such as Lowe’s, Electrolux, Harris […]
LKN Chamber admits 18 students in leadership program
The Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce has accepted 18 high school Juniors in its 2018-2019 Junior Leadership Lake Norman program. The program is coordinated by the 2017-2018 graduates of the Chamber’s adult leadership program as a service project. The high school students will learn more about their community during this intensive eight-month program which was […]
Attention teens: Meeting Sept. 25 to plan trips, dances, retreats, conferences
The parks departments of Cornelius, Huntersville and Davidson, along with the Lake Norman Teen Council Executive Board, are inviting local teens to the council’s first meeting of the year at 6:30 pm Tuesday Sept. 25 in the Community Room at Cornelius Town Hall. The Lake Norman Teen Council—for students in grades 6 – 12—helps create programs […]
Events Aug 30 – Sept 9
Love history? Learn about the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, Colonel Polk and Lord Cornwallis this weekend at Latta Plantation’s Revolutionary War re-enactment. Patriot and British soldier camps will be open to visitors, and the main battle will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Thursday, Aug. 30 Outdoor Concert LangTree Live concerts are held every Thursday during the summer. Alternative rock band U-phonik will […]
CMS board vote angers Cornelius leaders
By Dave Yochum. Aug. 29. UPDATE 6PM. The mean-spiritedness of national politics ain’t got nothing on Mecklenburg County. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board last night passed the “Municipal Concerns Act of 2018,” effectively blocking school construction in Cornelius and Huntersville. This comes only a month after Cornelius and Huntersville voted to reserve the right to create municipal […]
Thank you Cornelius Police for keeping a watchful eye
OPINION. Across Cornelius there are concerns about speeding, distracted drivers and neighborhood cut-throughs. These are mortal threats to children as the new CMS school year gets under way today. Thousands of Cornelius children will be on the streets early Monday morning waiting for their school buses, yet speeding is a crisis here and across the country. Please slow down […]
Police looking for witnesses in bike crash Wednesday
The Cornelius Police Department is asking the public for help in the investigation of a serious bike accident involving a motor vehicle this past Wednesday, Aug. 22. It happened around 11:21 am on West Catawba near Mariner Cove Drive, not far from Sam Furr Road. “We are currently in search of those that may have […]
