Cornelius News
Improvements at Hwy. 21 and Westmoreland take shape
March 26. By Dave Vieser. It’s taken years of headaches, but finally a left-turn lane for eastbound traffic has been created at the Westmoreland Road/Highway 21 intersection. Motorists can thank Atrium Hospital for getting the added lane done, along with a complete resurfacing of the intersection, and the addition of new traffic signals. The resurfacing […]
Save the date and get ready for 4 fun events
March 26. Get ready for some spring fun with an egg hunt in your yard, family campout, cardboard boat regatta or a Hop into Spring. Registration required for some activities. Egg My Yard! Get into the holiday spirit with a special surprise visit. Choose between 25 or 50 candy- and toy-filled eggs hidden in your […]
Seaboy opens tomorrow on N. Main
March 25. Seaboy Restaurant and Bar opens tomorrow on North Main in Cornelius, focusing on “good food, community and sustainability.” The cozy—and hip at the same time—eatery is in the former DanielSan space at 20822 North Main. There are 10 tables in the dining room, with more seating on the patio. Owner Jonathan Cox, the […]
Update: Power restored at 3:05 pm
March 25. Power went out around 8:15 am for about 1,600 Duke Energy customers in areas on either side of Jetton Road, inbound from West Catawba. Power was restored shortly after 3 pm. The original estimated time of restoration was 11:15 am and then it was revised to 5:30 pm. The cause of the outage […]
Weekly calendar March 24 – 30: Theater, music and more
Tuesday, March 25 Armour After Dark: Lake Town Stories 7:30 pm | March 25. Inspired by the legendary organization The Moth, Lake Town Stories will be a live night of community storytelling. Anyone who is interested in performing can bring a 5-minute personal narrative that relates to the evening’s theme. Storytellers will be selected in […]
Spring cleaning? Don’t forget to check attics and chimneys for bats
March 24: The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) recommends that homeowners check now for bats that may be getting into their home and evict them responsibly before pup-rearing season begins on May 1. Bats are highly beneficial, offering free pest control by devouring nearly their own body weight in insects each night. Their hunger for insects peaks during pup-rearing season, which […]
Latta Place: ‘All people to feel welcome’ at former plantation where 65 were enslaved
March 21. Mecklenburg County unveiled plans for Latta Place that include a new interpretive trail, a new visitor center and updates to the plantation farmstead that will uncover the “entangled stories of the people and cultures” who lived there. That includes enslaved people, Indigenous people, tenant farmers, artisans and historic landowners. The county closed the […]
Greenberg Gibbons plans another community meeting for business park on Bailey Road
March 21. Greenberg Gibbons Properties, the commercial developers behind the business park proposal on Bailey Road, will hold another community meeting to respond to questions about the project. Their revised plan—it was withdrawn in July of 2023—reduces the number of buildings from five to four. It also: ±Reduces the square footage by over 10,000 square […]
Davidson Home Sales
March 21. These property transactions have been recorded by the Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds. 01/23/2024 $1,375,000 Copper Builders to Shawn & David Williams, 835 Naples Dr. 01/28/2024 $1,350,000 Uday & Vinita Deshpande to Mark Boomgarden, Lot 194 River Run 01/31/2024 $295,000 HC Davidson Walk LLC to Purcell Bonesteel, 723 Beaty St. 01/31/2024 $705,000 Thomas […]
Protestors gather at West Catawba and Jetton
March 20. Approximately 30 protestors gathered at the intersection of West Catawba and Jetton between 11:30 am to 1:30 pm attempting to get the attention of US Sen. Thom Tillis as he attended a fundraising lunch. Protestors are “demanding representation” and question the “lack of Town Halls” by Tillis according to protestors Joan Adams and Karen […]
