DavidsonReads launches Book #2 at Town Day

Need some summer reading? The DavidsonREADS committee has just the book to put at the top of your list. “One Foot in Eden,” by North Carolina writer Ron Rash, is the 2008 selection for a community read. The book will be available for purchase on Davidson Town Day, May 3, at a [...]

Planning dept. hires new GIS expert

Erica Palmisano

The Town of Davidson has hired Erica Palmisano as GIS technician and planner in the planning department. Ms. Palmisano comes to Davidson from Endicott, N.Y.

Free clinic open house on Thursday

The Community Dental Clinic and the Free Clinic of Our Towns at the Ada Jenkins Center will join 74 free clinics in a Statewide Open House Thursday, May 1, 5-8 p.m. at Ada Jenkins, 212 Gamble St.

Summer camps in and around Davidson

A variety of local schools, organizations and the town Parks & Recreation Department are offering summer camps this year. Here’s a partial listing, based on information submitted to DavidsonNews.net. TO SEE THE LIST, CLICK HERE>
If you operate a camp that still has space and you’d like to add to our list, send an email [...]

Davidson Community Players need you

Davidson Community Players are seeking volunteers as they prepare for another summer season of theatre in Davidson. If you’d like to join in, they’re having a volunteer reception at their soon-to-be-renovated theatre in the old Baptist church, 307 Armour St., on Wednesday, May 7, at 7 p.m. For details on how to volunteer…
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Blind golfers join in at Lions tourney

Golfers were in fine form. The course was in fine shape. Lions Clubs across north Mecklenburg were fine hosts. If only the weather had cooperated, the 4th annual Russell B. Knox Memorial Golf Tournament would have been perfect. Though play had to be called early because of thunderstorms, the Monday, April 28, outing [...]

Geo bee success, third-grade olympics

Which country has the world’s largest Muslim population? The port of Rotterdam is built on the delta of which major European river? Those are the kinds of questions Aidan Berkey has become a whiz at answering. The eighth-grader represented Davidson’s Woodlawn School at the state geography bee, where he placed second, making him North [...]

Holocaust ceremony on the Green Thurs.

Thursday, May 1, is Holocaust Remembrance Day, and Beth Shalom of Lake Norman is planning a candle-lighting ceremony at 7 p.m. on the Village Green, at Main Street and Concord Road. Survivors will deliver first-hand accounts and student anti-genocide activists will speak as well.

Watching Kabul from Davidson

Bob Maier, right, with Nathan Hartle, who has helped editing and writing for Afghan news websites.

Davidson may be a long way from Kabul, Afghanistan, but it’s hardly out of mind for resident Bob Maier. Mr. Maier is in the midst of writing a five-part series of articles about conditions there for an English-language news [...]

Afghan adventures of Ivan Brown

Recognize the Davidsonian in this photo? Check the back row, second from right - that’s Ivan Brown, former training officer for the Davidson Police Department. He’s pretty far from home, in Davidson’s St. Alban’s neighborhood. In fact, he’s in Afghanistan with a class photo of Afghan police trainees. Read on for his story.