Posted on February 29th, 2008 by David Boraks
Davidson Express: back from left, Tony Hoover, David Conner, John Wertheimer; front Cameron Swallow and Sherman Campbell. (DAVID BORAKS photo)
Davidson Express may be one of the best kept secrets on the Lake Norman music scene. This bluegrass and folk outfit includes Cameron Swallow on guitar, Sherman Campbell on fiddle, David Conner on banjo, Tony [...]
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Posted on February 29th, 2008 by Davidson News Staff
Have you ever heard a music group for the first time and thought “Wow, that was incredible! Their music took me to another world!” In the classical music world, that’s what audiences have been saying about Manhattan Piano Trio (pictured), which appears Sunday, March 2, at 3 p.m. at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 301 [...]
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Posted on February 28th, 2008 by Laurie Dennis
Davidson Day School is preparing to build a new $1.6 million arts and athletics center on the school campus along Griffith Street. The building plans were announced at a capital campaign kickoff Thursday night at the Peninsula Club. Ground-breaking is planned for mid March for the new facility, which will include a 227-seat [...]
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Posted on February 28th, 2008 by Laurie Dennis
This weekend features a forum on open space in Davidson, workshops on stress relief and handling change, an open house with a local potter, a free concert at the college and pianists performing at St. Alban’s. Meanwhile, in sports, home games for the ‘Cats include a baseball series and a women’s basketball game.
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Posted on February 28th, 2008 by Brenda Barger
Here we are at the end of February and about to enjoy tomorrow’s Leap Day! Easy to keep track of Leap Years knowing that each one brings us a Presidential Election. The days between now and November 4 will be interesting indeed. But rather than listening to candidates and their promises, we would rather listen [...]
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Posted on February 28th, 2008 by Laurie Dennis
Charlotte Mecklenburg Utilities has announced that water service will be interrupted temporarily for The Pines neighborhood on Monday, March 3, while a water main along Woodland and Thompson streets is being replaced.
The work affects residents of The Pines retirement community. The interruption is expected to last from 11 a.m. Monday until no later that 6 [...]
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Posted on February 27th, 2008 by Michelle Jester
By MICHELLE JESTER and BRIAN AOYAMA
DavidsonNews.net
For the past five years, Cannon School in Concord has hosted high school students from its Chinese sister school, Tianli International School in Luzhou, Sichuan Province. The program continued this January, but with a hitch: 11 of the 18 students were denied visas to enter the United States. They’re not [...]
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Posted on February 26th, 2008 by Laurie Dennis
From palindromes to tessellation to correlation to random numbers - Davidson Elementary School students displayed a creative range of interest in numbers last week at the largest math fair in the school’s history. We have the scoop on who received top honors and also information on the school’s winning quiz bowl team, plus news [...]
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Posted on February 26th, 2008 by David Boraks
The Charlotte City Council Monday night unanimously approved a contract for up to $8.5 million to begin engineering for the proposed North Corridor Commuter Rail Line, which would run from Charlotte to Davidson and possibly Mount Mourne.
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Posted on February 26th, 2008 by Rodney Graham
The initial meeting of the “Lake Norman for Barack Obama” group was held Sunday afternoon at Summit Coffee in downtown Davidson. About 45 people of all ages and backgrounds attended the first of many gatherings to help Senator Obama win the presidency this November.
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