Posted on 27 January 2013. Tags: belo corp., Business, Cable TV, MI-Connection, retransmission, wcnc
By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net
The CEO of MI-Connection warns that the Lake Norman-area cable TV network may have to drop Charlotte NBC affiliate WCNC from its lineup if the two sides can’t agree on a new contract by Jan. 31. The dispute is over how much MI-Connection will pay the broadcaster to keep carrying its signal.
MI-Connection, which has about 15,000 customers in the Lake Norman area, is in negotiating a new “retransmission consent agreement” with WCNC, Channel 36 (Channel 6 on cable), which is owned by, Texas-based Belo Corp. Read the full story
Posted in Business, Cable TV, Cornelius, Huntersville, Mooresville, Town Hall
Posted on 27 January 2013. Tags: Cable TV, communications, internet, MI-Connection, municipal broadband
(SOURCE: MI-Connection)
By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net
Revenues rose and expenses fell again during the most recent quarter at MI-Connection Communications System, the local communications network owned by the towns of Davidson and Mooresville. The company also continued to add customers, including users of its new “Warp Speed” internet service.
In a report to MI-Connection’s board Thursday, CEO David Auger said revenues rose 4.2 percent during the three months that ended Dec. 31 (the 2nd quarter of fiscal year 2013) compared with the same period a year earlier. The year-to-year comparison included a one-time miscellaneous gain of $32,000 a year ago. Excluding that, revenues would have risen 5.2 percent, he said. Revenues were flat – up just 0.16 percent – compared with the previous quarter. Read the full story
Posted in Business, Cable TV, Concord, Cornelius, Huntersville, Mooresville, Town Hall
Posted on 25 January 2013.
The Ada Jenkins Center will hold its annual fund-raising gala this Saturday night, Jan. 26, in Mooresville, with a live and silent auctions, a raffle and dinner. The fundraiser is at 6:30pm, Charles Mack Citizens Center, 215 N. Main St., Mooresville. Read the full story
Posted in Calendar, Cornelius, Fund-raisers, Mooresville, West side
Posted on 25 January 2013. Tags: gayle som, Photos, quiet moments
Tru and Simba (Gayle Shomer photo)
This week we introduce “Quiet Moments,” a new feature by Gayle Shomer. That’s what Gayle’s co-workers called her feature photos when she worked at The Charlotte Observer
. She’s a Mooresville resident and a frequent contributor here. She’ll produce this feature on the fourth Friday of the month, focusing on people and places in the Lake Norman area.
TRU AND SIMBA
Tru Kim and her dog, Simba, greet customers like family. Read the full story
Posted in Business, Cornelius, Exit 30 area, Gayle Shomer Quiet Moments, Huntersville, Mooresville, People, pets, Photos
Posted on 25 January 2013. Tags: commentary, jaletta albright desmond, jocelyn desmond, life happens
Jocelyn Desmond
Jocelyn never expressed an interest in being a teacher, but she taught many people lessons they say they’ll never forget.
My daughter would have turned 18 on Jan. 27. I want to share with you the lessons and gifts that others felt she gave in life and in death. But, first, I want to share something I posted a while ago on her Facebook page, a place where many of us gather to remember her:
“It is evident when I read this page how much you are missed, Joc. How terribly big and gaping is the hole left in so many lives. I pray that these words of affection and longing to have you here read as a cautionary tale to anyone feeling alone and desperate enough to do what you did, Jocelyn. NOTHING is solved with suicide. It only spreads the pain around to everyone else. So, I hope no one touched by the love expressed here, and feeling alone in their own lives, romanticizes this or glamorizes it … because, we can all tell you, this grief isn’t pretty or glamorous. And anyone who feels alone should know that she sometimes felt that way, too. But she was wrong. She was only alone in her own mind. Because we all held her in our hearts. Always.”
Read the full story
Posted in Cornelius, Huntersville, Jaletta Albright Desmond, Mooresville
Posted on 23 January 2013. Tags: cornelius town board, hot lanes, I-77, lake norman transportation commission, tolls, Transportation
Cornelius Commissioners on Tuesday added their voices to those questioning the state’s plans to construct toll lanes to help pay for widening I-77 north of Charlotte. In a 4-0 vote, the board approved a resolution asking the Lake Norman Transportation Commission – a regional lobbying group that includes Cornelius – to study how the jammed interstate might be widened with general purpose lanes instead of tolls.
Read more and listen to an audio replay of the discussion on CorneliusNews.net
Posted in Cornelius, Huntersville, Living with Growth, Mooresville, Transportation
Posted on 22 January 2013. Tags: Cable TV, calendar, Davidson Town Hall, MI-Connection
Updated Tuesday, 1/22/13, 8:34pm
The MI-Connection Communications System board of directors will hold its quarterly meeting on Thursday, Jan. 24, in Davidson. The meeting begins at 6:30pm at Davidson Town Hall, 216 S. Main St. Read the full story
Posted in Business, Cable TV, Calendar, Cornelius, Mooresville, Public art, Town Hall
Posted on 21 January 2013. Tags: cornelius town board, hot lanes, iredell county commission, tolls, Transportation, widen I-77
By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net
A grass-roots campaign against plans for High Occupancy Toll lanes on I-77 north of Charlotte is gaining momentum, with a vote last week by the Iredell County Board of Commissioners to reject the idea. The citizens group Widen I-77 is celebrating that vote, and plans another strategy session Tuesday night. Meanwhile, Cornelius commissioners are also scheduled to discuss the issue at their meeting Tuesday night. Read the full story
Posted in Calendar, Cornelius, Huntersville, Living with Growth, Mooresville, Planning & Development, Transportation
