The Stoney Creek Boys from Cornelius will provide the music for Flatiron’s first Fall Festival

By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

For the past couple of years, Davidson College’s Connor eating house and Flatiron Kitchen + Taphouse have teamed for a “Drink Pink” fundraiser for breast cancer research. This year, they’re going in whole different direction – trading a night of drinking for a daytime festival in Flatiron’s back parking that organizers hope will raise more money for the cause. The Flatiron Fall Festival will run Saturday, Oct. 20, from 11 a.m. to 3 pm, out back at 215 S. Main St., Davidson.

Several hundred people are expected at the event, which will feature music by The Stoney Creek Boys of Cornelius, a cornhole tournament, a silent auction, pumpkin and face painting and more. Read the full story

Annie Magee of Huntersville enjoyed the “Surprise House” game at the 2011 Children’s Schoolhouse carnival. This year’s carnival is Saturday, Oct. 20. (Rachel Goldstein/DavidsonNews.net)

The Children’s Schoolhouse 31st Annual Fall Carnival will fill the Davidson Village Green this Saturday, Oct. 20, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

As many as 3,000 people are expected for the day of games (such as the Cake Walk), live entertainment, crafts, face and hair painting, food and drink. Most games are $1 to $5. A silent auction and raffle also will help raise money – the raffle prize is a year’s supply of organic dairy products from Organic Valley. Read the full story

Dogs can dress, too. Costumed kids and parents strolled up Main Street collecting candy from merchants in the 2011 Halloween March. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Put on your costume and join hundreds of fellow marchers for downtown Davidson’s 2012 Halloween march on Friday, Oct. 26 along Main Street. The parade begins at 5 p.m., with lineup beginning at 4:45 p.m. at Town Hall, 216 S. Main St.

Davidson’s shops and businesses will be handing out treats along Main Street. The march starts at Town Hall and heads north to to Depot Street.

Meanwhile, planning has begun for the next major Main Street event, Christmas in Davidson, running Nov. 29-Dec. 1 in downtown Davidson: Read the full story

The new Shoe Zoo children’s shoe store is planning an Oct. 27 grand opening and fundraiser at the shop in Davidson Commons. Meanwhile, deadlines approaching for businesses and organizations that want to participate in both the 25th annual Christmas in Davidson festival Nov. 29-Dec. 1, and the North Mecklenburg Christmas Parade on Dec. 1. Also below: News about a home-based business networking meeting in Davidson Nov. 9, a location change for Fifi’s Fine Resale in Cornelius, a new hotel at I-77 Exit 33, and the closing of Roxy’s Coffee and Wine in Cornelius. Read the full story

Recycling weeks are highlighted in red. Click to enlarge the schedule.

The Town of Davidson is reminding residents that recycling will be picked up this week, the week of Oct. 15, and every other week from now on under a new schedule that took effect this month. In a news alert this weekend, the town also announced that it no longer will pick up used appliances.

The town reminds residents to put out red 96-gallon recycling carts on their designated trash pickup days this week. Read the full story

The Davidson Village Green has seen just about every kind of gathering in recent years, from candle-light vigils and concerts to a bass-fishing tournament weigh-in and even a Guinness world record paddle-ball gathering. Get ready to add one more unique event: Yoga on the Green. The free festival and fundraiser is this Saturday, Oct. 13, on the Green. Read the full story, including an interview with Kelley Gardner, The Bindu founder and event organizer, in HEALTH & FITNESS»

Two of the three candidates for the 9th Congressional District seat – Jennifer Roberts and Curtis Campbell – will answer voters’ questions during an election forum Thursday night, Oct. 11, at Davidson College. Former Republican state Sen. Robert Pittenger has opted out, saying he plans to campaign elsewhere in the district that night. The forum also includes candidates for Mecklenburg County Commission at-large and District 1. Read the full story on our ELECTION 2012 page.

McGuire Nuclear Station (Duke Energy photo)

HUNTERSVILLE – It’s time for the quarterly test of sirens around Duke Energy’s McGuire Nuclear Station. The sirens, which alert residents in the event of an emergency, will be tested Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 11:50 a.m. Read the full story