Rachel Keener

A pair of book related events are scheduled in Davidson Tuesday night. North Carolina author Rachel Keener will be at Davidson public library branch at 7 p.m. Tuesday to read and discuss her first novel,“The Killing Tree.”

Across the street at Main Street Books, the Main Street Readers monthly book club will discuss “The Help” by Kathryn Stockwell.
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Outgoing Mayor Kincaid administers the oath to successor John Woods Tuesday night. With Mayor Woods are wife Diana and daughter Kristin. (Bill Giduz photo)

Davidson inaugurated new Mayor John Woods and a new Town Board Tuesday night in a Town Hall ceremony that included tearful send-offs to retiring Mayor Randy Kincaid and commissioners Bruce McMillen and Cary Johnston. In his farewell, Mayor Kincaid offered his own David Letterman-style “Top Ten List” of things he’ll miss about being Mayor of Davidson. Read the full story

The Town Board will have a limited agenda at its monthly meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m., where the main business will be to welcome newly elected members and honor those retiring. After 28 years in town government, Mayor Randy Kincaid is stepping down, as are board members Cary Johnston and Bruce McMillen. Read the full story

Mayor-elect John Woods says he’s ready to get back to work on town issues after a hard-fought campaign that he said was unlike any the town has ever seen. DavidsonNews.net‘s David Boraks interviewed Mayor-elect Woods outside Town Hall Tuesday about the vote, the new Town Board and the need for better communication and regional cooperation. Listen by clicking the play button below.

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North Mecklenburg voters came out strongly in support of keeping the county’s 1/2-cent sales tax for transit and in favor of the $516 million in school bonds, signaling support for efforts to deal with growth in the region. The school bond vote will have an immediate effect on North Meck, providing a new high school in Cornelius and renovations at Davidson IB Middle School. And transit supporters say the transit vote bodes well for the north commuter rail project.

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Davidson voters elected John Woods (photo) as mayor Tuesday, giving him 1,521 votes or 67 percent of the vote with all the ballots counted, according unofficial results from the Mecklenburg Board of Elections. William E. Jackson Jr. received 733 votes or 32 percent.

In the Board of Commissioners race, incumbents Margo Williams and Evan Webster both were re-elected. Also earning seats were political newcomers Laurie Venzon, Brian Jenest and Bill Johnson. About 40 percent of Davidson’s registered voters cast ballots. (Turnout figure corrected Nov. 9 on new information from the Board of Elections – the editor). Read the full story

DavidsonNews.net offers a printable guide to the 2007 town board and mayoral elections. Included are our previously published profiles of Town Board candidates, based on questionnaires they submitted, as well as our profiles of the two mayoral candidates. It’s a PDF file, formatted to print on 8 1/2 x 11 sheets of paper.  (Requires Adobe Reader software) CLICK HERE> 

Davidson College students are getting involved in this fall’s town election, hosting candidate forums and following candidates through the student newspaper, The Davidsonian. Meanwhile, last minute endorsements are coming in for some of the candidates. Read the full story