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DavidsonNews.net: Consultant Says Red Line Financing Plan Can Be Revised
Consultants and officials continue to gather community feedback about the proposed Red Line Regional Rail Project financing plan, and on Friday consultant Mark Briggs said the project task force already has identified one area for potential revisions: timing of the fees to be paid by commercial property owners in Special Assessment Districts along the line. Mr. Briggs's comments came during a Focus Friday issues forum on the Red Line at the Lake Norman Chamber in Cornelius.
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CorneliusNews.net: 3-Hour Red Line Meeting Brings More Questions, Some Answers
The Cornelius Rail Task Force Tuesday night grilled consultants from the Red Line Regional Rail project about project costs, financing and development. N.C. Deputy Secretary of Transportation Paul Morris also attended the meeting at Town Hall, and fielded questions about the state’s role in the financing and its interest in the project.
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CorneliusNews.net: Former Davidson IB School Gets New Life
The halls of the former Davidson IB Middle School building on South Street were filled with students again Tuesday, as Lake Norman Christian School students returned from Christmas break to their school’s new home. The Christian school is renting the space, at 251 South St., from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, which this year moved its International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program to J.M. Alexander Middle School in Huntersville.
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CorneliusNews.net: Red Line Sales Pitch Begins; Will This Rail Project Fly?
Supporters of the Red Line Regional Rail Project north of Charlotte began their sales campaign in earnest Tuesday at a meeting of about 150 area elected and appointed officials. Leaders from across the region were there to hear the pitch, from Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx and Mecklenburg County Commission chair Harold Cogdell to town commissioners from the Lake Norman area.
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CorneliusNews.net: Power Outage Hits Cornelius And Davidson; 3 Schools Closed
Power went out in parts of Davidson and Cornelius for hours early Monday, after a transformer blew up at an electrical substation off Zion Avenue in downtown Cornelius. Power wasn’t expected to be restored in parts of Cornelius until 2 p.m., and school was canceled for the day at J.V. Washam and Cornelius elementary schools, and W.A. Hough High School. Lake Norman YMCA also was closed.
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DavdisonNews.net: N.C. Supreme Court Upholds College's Police Powers
The N.C. Supreme Court has upheld the powers of campus police departments at religious affiliated colleges and universities to enforce state law, saying they do not violate the U.S. Constitution's first amendment separation of church and state. In a ruling issued Thursday, the state's highest court said Davidson College police officers had the right to arrest a driver near campus in 2006 on charges of driving while intoxicated and reckless driving.
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Fireworks Cause Condo Fire Sunday, Man Charged
A 35-year-old Cornelius man faces charges after fireworks he was setting off caused a fire that burned a condominium Sunday night in the Wood Duck Cove subdivision, off N.C. 73 in Cornelius. No one was injured in the fire.
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Farmer’s Market Surprise: Opera With Your Tomatoes
Shoppers at the Davidson Farmer's Market got a bonus with their local berries, meats and veggies Saturday morning: a menu of arias and duets by singers from Opera Carolina. The surprise performance was one of a series of "Random Acts of Culture" organized by the Arts and Science Council of Charlotte.
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Man Charged With Having Police Car Look-Alike
Davidson police on Thursday afternoon stopped a vehicle traveling east on Griffith Street and arrested the driver, John Morse, on a charge of possessing a vehicle resembling a law enforcement vehicle.
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Davidson's New Employees
Davidson College put an unusual new maintenance crew to work yesterday. The crew consists of 30 goats imported from the Asheville area, and their job is to eat all the kudzu vine overrunning the most-used stretch of the college's ecological preserve.
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Look For 'Miracle On The Hudson' Jet On I-77 Friday
The fuselage of the US Airways jet known as the "Miracle on the Hudson" plane reached I-77 in Virginia Thursday morning. After a Thursday night at rest stop at NC line, it's expected to pass through the Lake Norman area on I-77 Friday as it makes its way to a new home at Carolinas Aviation Museum in Charlotte.
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Principal Out At Davidson Charter School
Leadership at Community School of Davidson High School on Armour Street is in transition after the unexpected departure of Principal Ralph Pillsbury on April 6. Officials at the charter school would not discuss the situation, saying it was a personnel matter. Dr. Pillsbury told DavidsonNews.net he did not leave voluntarily, but was let go amid philosophical disagreements with school leaders.
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Christ The King High School Eyes Site In Cabarrus County
Christ the King Catholic High School, scheduled to open this fall at a temporary site in Mooresville, will likely end up permanently in Cabarrus County, following a Kannapolis City Council vote this week to annex a 96-acre site on N.C. 73 east of the intersection with Shiloh Church and Poplar Tent roads, east of Davidson.
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Davidson Mulls Longer Terms For Mayor, Commissioners
Should Davidson revise its town charter to extend and stagger the terms of future mayors and commissioners? A public hearing at Tuesday night's Town Board meeting will seek citizen comment on the proposal. DavidsonNews.net readers who responded to a recent survey about the proposed charter changes leaned toward not changing commissioners' terms and overwhelmingly thought the matter should be put to a vote of citizens.
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Partnership Links WFAE With Davidson, Cornelius News Web Sites
Alliances, collaborations and partnerships among news organizations have become the answer to shrinking news room staffs and increasing demand for local news coverage. WFAE and and DavidsonNews.net/CorneliusNews.net are joining forces through a partnership to provide more news to their audience.
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