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Save the date: Tree lighting Nov. 28
The Fourth Annual Light Up Cornelius tree lighting will be Saturday, Nov. 28 from 4 pm to 6 pm on the Town Hall lawn. Festivities will include a visit from Santa, carriage rides, entertainment and arts and crafts. The tree lighting ceremony will take place at 5:30 pm.
Early voting under way
Oct. 24. Five of the six candidates for Cornelius Town Board were on hand at Town Hall to greet early voters. Early voting resumes Sunday at Town Hall and 16 other sites around Mecklenburg County; the hours are 1 pm to 4 pm weekends and 8 am to 7 pm Monday through Friday through Oct. […]
Land Development Code on board agenda
The Cornelius Town Board will consider a series of technical changes to the Land Development Code in order to bring it in line with recent changes passed by the state. Planning Director Wayne Herron said the recent adoption of Senate Bill 25 by the General Assembly means an amendment to Chapter 4 of the Land Development Code is […]
Town attorney will retire next year
Oct. 15. It looks like veteran Town Attorney Bill Brown will retire at the end of the first quarter next year. Brown, who graduated from UNC School of Law in 1979, also serves as the town attorney for Cramerton. Prior to that, he was a partner in the Parker, Poe law firm in Charlotte and practiced […]
Coffee chat with officials at 9 am today
The Town Commissioner “Coffee Chat” gets started at 9 am at Acropolis Café, featuring Police Chief Bence Hoyle. Sen. Jeff Tarte will provide a brief legislative update from Raleigh. The chats are hosted by Commissioners Woody Washam and Jim Duke, both of whom are running for re-election.
Pittenger Town Hall is Aug. 12
U.S. Rep. Robert Pittenger will host a Town Hall meeting Aug. 12 starting at 6:30 pm in the Assembly Room at Cornelius Town Hall. The meeting is open to the public and is part of the Congressman’s efforts to stay in touch with constituents.
Town Board meeting tonight
At their meeting tonight, the Cornelius Town Board will consider adopting a 30 day grace period for new residents to register their home alarms with the Cornelius Police. There is currently no specified grace period written into the town’s False Alarm Reduction Program. In addition, the town board is expected to annex a 63-acre parcel on […]
Commissioner Bruce Trimbur announces move
July 20. Cornelius Town Commissioner Bruce Trimbur, who was appointed to the board to fill a vacancy left by John Bradford, announced Monday that he and his wife will be moving away from Cornelius. Trimbur is the lone sitting commissioner to not file to run this fall. He issued this statement to the media: “In June/May […]
Thurman Ross files for re-election
July 16. Long-time Commissioner Thurman Ross has filed to run for another term on the Cornelius Town Board. He lost by a mere three votes in 2011, but was re-elected to the five-man board in 2013. He is the only African-American on the town’s governing body and for many years was the only member from […]
Commissioner Jim Duke announces re-election campaign
June 22. Jim Duke officially announced today that he will seek a second term on the Cornelius Board of Commissioners. Duke, who was the long-time president of the Peninsula Property Owners Association, is a retired Army Officer and served 24 years as an analyst and supervisor with the federal government. “I have championed improvements to […]
