Posted on April 25th, 2007 by David Boraks
Davidson town board members got their first glimpse of what the fiscal 2007-2008 town budget might look like Tuesday night when Town Manager Leamon Brice presented his preliminary budget.
The headline for property owners is that the $7 million plan would hold spending close to 2007 levels and won’t require a property tax increase.
The budget [...]
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Posted on April 25th, 2007 by David Boraks
Budget discussions at Tuesday’s Town Board work session raised a variety of long-range planning issues for Davidson, including this burning question: How will Davidson cope with being the terminus of the North Corridor commuter rail line planned by Charlotte Area Transit System?
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Posted on April 25th, 2007 by David Boraks
A follow-up workshop on plans for redeveloping the Stowe’s Exxon site on Main Street is scheduled Thursday, May 3, from 7-9 p.m. at Town Hall.
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Posted on April 24th, 2007 by David Boraks
A free community barbeque dinner is planned on the Green Wednesday evening, April 25, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Citizens are asked to bring a donation of canned goods for the Loaves and Fishes food pantry.
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Posted on April 24th, 2007 by Laurie Dennis
Robbie Swartz, 9, and Mariel Cupp, 8, decorated Stars of David during a class on Jewish Culture last Thursday.
Wearing yarmulkes, munching on Israeli snacks and tossing around Hebrew words, students at Beth Shalom of Lake Norman turn a Davidson church school into a center for Jewish learning every Thursday afternoon.
An open house from 5-6 [...]
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Posted on April 24th, 2007 by David Boraks
As Davidson debates new rules aimed at preserving the character of existing neighborhoods amid market pressure to tear down smaller houses and replace them with big ones, it’s helpful to know we’re not alone.
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Posted on April 23rd, 2007 by David Boraks
The building that houses the Ada Jenkins Center in Davidson has been around for 70 years, originally as a school for African-American kids and now as a community center.
Its alternating periods of activity and abandonment over that time can be seen as a “moral, ethical and spiritual temperature gauge” for the town of Davidson, said [...]
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Posted on April 23rd, 2007 by David Boraks
Davidson’s Ada Jenkins Center is in the midst of a search for a new director to replace Bill Johnson, who will retire June 30 at age 65.
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Posted on April 23rd, 2007 by David Boraks
Davidson Town Day on Saturday, May 5, tops the list of May programs at Davidson Parks & Recreation. The all day festival runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., with food and entertainment, a kiddie train for preschoolers, a kids’ bicycle rodeo a “bungee run” for adults. Entertainment features local bluegrass group Davidson Express, [...]
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Posted on April 22nd, 2007 by David Boraks
The Davidson College Symphony Orchestra, led by instructor Tara Villa Chamra, performs during the first Concert on the Green of 2007 Sunday night. A crowd packed the Village Green to hear the symphony and the college’s Jazz Ensemble. For a full schedule of this summer’s concerts, CLICK HERE>.
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