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Big Day at the Lake 18 / Nichie Cole photo

Boat Hosts needed for Big Day at the Lake on July 19

June 4. Big Day at the Lake is July 19, which means hundreds of kids from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Carolinas will come to Lake Norman for a […]

PCF Volunteer Fair tomorrow at Bethel Church

May 7. The Peninsula Community Foundation (PCF) is hosting a Volunteer Fair May 8 in the Bethel Presbyterian Church Family Life Center. The fair, which is designed to connect charities […]

New volunteer opportunities at Ada Jenkins Center

Aug. 28. The Ada Jenkins Center has expanded with two new after-school programs to help area families, which means new volunteer opportunities: Drop In and Volunteer any or all weekdays, […]

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The 20th Anniversary Big Day at the Lake is one month away

June 20. By Dave Yochum. It took me a little while, but after we moved to Cornelius in 1997, I realized Lake Norman was virtually a private lake. There was […]

Susan Tillis: Red White & Bundled founder

Supporting junior enlisted: Red, White & Bundled baby shower at Town Hall nears milestone

May 3. The “Red, White and Bundled Shower,” which grew out of a visit by Susan Tillis to Fort Liberty in early 2015, filled the Community Room at Cornelius Town […]

Fifth Third celebrates 5/3 by giving back

April 30. Team members at Fifth Third Bank’s two Cornelius branches will celebrate “Fifth Third Day” by volunteering and donating to fight food insecurity in the communities where they live […]

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Indomitable John McCurdy: On a wing and a prayer, plus faith, family, friends

Feb. 8. By Dave Yochum. More than $50,000 has been raised so far as John McCurdy, a resident of the Heritage Green neighborhood, prepares to undertake a new life in […]

Melissa Cuff, Santa, back: Natalie Zito, front: Ashley Wolfe-Vega

Moms help LKN families by spreading holiday magic

Oct. 16. With a lot of heart, a little magic, and plenty of merry, three local mothers will help families for the second year through the Merry Magic Project (MMP). […]

Big Day at the Lake / Nichie Cole photo

Boat Hosts needed for Year 19 of Big Day at the Lake

July7. The 19th annual Big Day at the Lake on July 22 still needs Boat Hosts. More than 150 Bigs and Littles are coming and organizers say they are short […]

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Cancer fighter Adiba Barney plans fundraiser this fall

July 1. For Cornelius resident Adiba Barney, stage 4 metastatic breast cancer (MBC) is deeply personal. She was diagnosed with MBC in early 2015, at the age of 37, 10 […]