By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

MOORESVILLE - Auditors found no accounting concerns in MI-Connection Communications System’s 2009-2010 year-end financial report, though system officials acknowledge that they need to keep focusing on growth. Meanwhile, board members at their meeting Thursday broached the subject of a possible price increase – something the system avoided this year, but is likely to be considered in the coming months. Read the full story

Thom Tillis

State Rep. Thom Tillis (R-Cornelius) is among the top candidates to become the next speaker of the N.C. House of Representatives, thanks to his party’s win in this month’s election. House Republicans are supposed to meet Saturday to nominate leaders for the next session, which begins in January.

Listen to WUNC-FM reporter Laura Leslie’s audio report on the leadership votes below. Read the full story

Matthew Hayes, the principal of Olympic School of International Studies and Global Economics and a West Charlotte High graduate, will be the new principal of North Mecklenburg High School starting Monday, Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools announced. Meanwhile, school board member Kaye McGarry says closing Davidson IB Middle School is a “travesty.” She’ll be having coffee with interested citizens on Tuesday at Birkdale Village in Huntersville. Also below, news from Community School of Davidson and Davidson Day School.

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Looks like a beautiful fall weekend ahead, indoors and out. There’s plenty to see and do, from the debut of the new Harry Potter movie at midnight Thursday at Our Town Cinemas to Davidson College’s theatrical production “Galileo” to a fund-raising Turkey Trot 5K Saturday on the Village Green. There’s music nightly at Summit Coffee, beginning with a songwriter showcase Thursday night. And a cappellafans won’t want to miss Saturday night’s concert at the college, which will raise funds for programs serving children with special needs. On Sunday, the annual Community Thanksgiving Service will honor town officials and promote interfaith understanding. And Davidson Historical Society screens the local documentary “Our Vanishing Americana.”

Details about those and other events in our Weekend Calendar, in The Guide, CLICK HERE>

Mary Catherine Ford

Mary Catherine Davis McClelland Ford died peacefully at Schramm Health Center at The Pines at Davidson, on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010. She was 84.

She was born January 10, 1926 in Charlotte, NC to Luther B. Davis and Mary Pigg Davis.

Mary graduated salutatorian of Oakhurst High School and completed an associate’s degree in Secretarial Science at Central Piedmont Community College. She obtained credentials as a Read the full story

The Metropolitan Transit Commission was in an all-day meeting in Charlotte Wednesday, discussing its long-term strategy for the region’s rail and bus systems amid a bleak funding outlook.  The Charlotte Business Journal reported Wednesday afternoon that the commission was looking at ways of scaling back plans for a light-rail line to the university area of Charlotte and pursuing private funding for a North Commuter Rail Line to Davidson and Mooresville. Read the full story