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Marine safety improves in wake of new rental regulations
March 27. By Dave Vieser. Boaters are hopeful the Lake Norman Marine Commission’s (LNMC) new Boat Rental Regulations have improved safety on the lake. There was one fatality in 2024 related to an unlicensed boat rental company. Why it matters Lake Norman, the largest lake in North Carolina, saw 28 boating-related deaths between 2012 and […]
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April 4. Sure sign of spring: Tomorrow is the start the of 17th season of the Davidson Farmers Market. The market will be open rain or shine 9 am to noon Saturday, April 5, every Saturday through Thanksgiving. No pets allowed. But there’s music: Mayor Rusty Knox will kick off prime market season with a […]
MODERN DAD | By Jon Show April 4. Gene Hackman died in February at the age of 95. I’m not much of a Hollywood guy. I don’t really care about celebrities. I don’t think they resonate with me because I don’t really know them. My only connection to them is the characters they’re pretending to […]
FAITH COMMUNITY| By Dave Yochum April 3. The new rector at Good Shepherd Anglican on West Catawba is steeped in the traditions, beliefs and rituals that are making the relatively new denomination—founded amidst turmoil in the Episcopalian denomination 16 years ago—among the fastest-growing nationwide. “We live in a world that is rapidly changing. There is […]
April 3. The Cain Center’s new redevelopment project—preserving and repurposing two historic houses at Catawba and School Street—has earned plaudits from Preserve Mecklenburg in a new video. To view the video, click here. A new ceramics studio and additional office space for the $25 million Cain Center will be ready this fall. The new facility […]
April 3-6 The Addams Family: A New Musical April 3-5, 7 pm; April 6, 2 pm | Presented by Hough Theatre. Tickets are $12 for students, $15 for adults. Click here for tickets. Hough High School Performing Arts Center Auditorium, 12420 Bailey Rd., Cornelius Thursday, April 3 So Good: The Neil Diamond Experience Starring Robert […]
April 2. Humpty Dumpty is back out in front of Cornelius Elementary School, where he sat for six years before being discovered stolen in June of 2023. He sat atop a brick wall in an open book with the nursery rhyme engraved on the left side and a word search on the right side; that […]
April 2. Cornelius’ annual municipal budget retreat—a busy, two-day work session—gets under way tomorrow at the Graylyn International Conference Center in Winston Salem. The mayor, members of the Board of Commissioners and key staff members attend and, like a large business, dive into the details of budgeting and goal-setting. The workshop begins at 8:30 am […]
Tuesday, April 1 An Evening with Laurie Hernandez 8 – 9:30 pm | April 1. 2016 gold medal–winning Olympic gymnast and Dancing with the Stars champion Laurie Hernandez shares her story in her own words. Ticket required. Knobloch Campus Center DFPH-Duke Family Performance Hall, Davidson College. April 3-6 The Addams Family: A New Musical April 3-5, […]
