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Police released this security camera photo of the man who robbed the BB&T branch on Main Street Thursday.

(updated 5:58 p.m.) The BB&T bank branch in downtown Davidson was robbed around 2:15 Thursday afternoon. Police said they are still seeking the suspect, a black man who fled on foot toward I-77. (Davidson College police [...]

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Karsten Voigt, considered ”the architect of U.S.-German relations” will be speaking Friday morning at Davidson College on trans-atlantic diplomacy.  That’s just one highlight from a weekend that will also include a lecture on religion, a Moliere comedy, an organ concert, the annual contra dance benefit for the Davidson Lands Conservancy and even a live recording of gospel music and more [...]

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From left, Harriet Kessler, Susan Nelson, Jane Cain and Tish Kimbrough wore their favorite reds and pinks for Valentine’s Day. (Brenda Barger photo)

Valentine’s Day has passed for another year and it is time to put our “heartfelt” fashions back in the closet. But last week the Around Davidson photographer had to take a moment [...]

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DAVID BORAKS photos
A lunar eclipse was visible over Davidson and most of North America Wednesday. After 9 p.m. (left), the earth’s shadow began creeping across the face of the moon, until totality around 10 p.m. (center). By 11 p.m. (right), the shadow was retreating.Read more on the NASA website.

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Sam Spencer 4th (left), the Precinct 206 chair, and Budd Berro, the chair in Precinct 127

Davidson Democrats elected new officers in the town’s two voting precincts Tuesday night. The elections came as the party reorganized all 123 Mecklenburg County precincts following a state party ruling invalidating the December vote for county [...]

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Christopher Record shooting
a portrait.

Photographer Christopher Record, who opened a studio above Main Street Books last spring, has come up with a great way to get to know our town. He’s scouting for subjects to photograph in a project he’s calling “Faces of Davidson.”
The longtime Charlotte Observer photographer now has his own business doing weddings, [...]

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Davidson residents Scott Galloway and Susan Montague are in the spotlights this month at the Cornelius Arts Center, in the Oak Street Mill, 19725 Oak St., Cornelius. Ms. Montague’s work is on display in the arts center lobby. And Mr. Galloway will give a talk there Feb. 26 about the film he co-directed, “A Man [...]

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Want to help plan county parks, or learn more about what’s coming? Mecklenburg County Park & Recreation Department plans a public workshop in Cornelius next week on a proposed new 10-year master plan for county parks and services. The workshop will be Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 6:30 p.m. at Cornelius Town Hall.
Other sessions are planned [...]

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Stuck in traffic, I-77 at Langtree, Feb. 8. (David Boraks photo)
Northbound lanes of I-77 will be closed between Exits 30 and 33 at Langtree Road (the new Exit 31) from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. tonight (Tuesday) and Wednesday so steel beams can be installed on a new bridge over the highway, the state Department [...]

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By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net
Davidson police stepped up traffic enforcement last year, more than doubling the number of citations for speeding and other driving offenses. The crackdown also led to increases in other kinds of citations, as officers discovered outstanding warrants, or observed drug or alcohol violations in the course of traffic stops.
The data released by [...]

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