Roy Alexander (left), executive director of Davidson Lands Conservancy, and Russ Gavitt hatched the idea of a jazz-and-art fundraiser. They're standing in front of a new gazebo the DLC built at the Lake Davidson Nature Preserve, off Jetton Street.

Russ Gavitt has been a longtime supporter of the Davidson Lands Conservancy, but this year, he was looking for a way to do more. Over coffee with the conservancy’s executive director Roy Alexander recently, the photographer and Davidson resident helped come  up with the idea of staging an art and music fund-raiser.

On Friday, Feb. 24, Mr. Gavitt and other artists will be selling their work while a jazz quartet performs at “Spread the Love,” an arts reception to benefit three Davidson institutions: the lands conservancy, the Community School of Davidson and the Ada Jenkins Center. It will run from 7-10 p.m. at Homewood Suites, 125 Harbour Place Drive, off I-77 Exit 30 in Davidson.
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Police are investigating two instances of intimidation this week, including one case in which a 52-year-old woman reported that a 46-year-old man has been stalking her in person and via text messages/email since December. Elsewhere, a 55-year-old man was charged with trying to pass a forged check for $978 at Aquesta Bank, and a Davidson Gateway Drive resident’s vehicle window was busted out by an unknown suspect on Tuesday. Details on these stories and more (along with a tally of the week’s arrests, citations, and traffic enforcement) may be found below.  Read the full story

Firefighters over the past week assisted an occupant stuck in a stalled elevator at the Davidson College Baker Sports Complex and responded to multiple alarm activations caused by burned food on kitchen stoves. Engine 1 was canceled while responding to assist with searching for a missing 2-year-old once the child was found, and emergency personnel helped manage a car wreck on N.C. 73 at Stanley McElrath Road after fluid began to leak from one of the vehicles. Details on these incidents and others (along with a tally of the week’s medical calls) may be found below. Read the full story

This week, firefighters assisted homeowners with fire alarm activations caused by burned food on a stove and a malfunctioning carbon monoxide detector. Units also were called to and then canceled from several minor collisions on I-77. Details on these stories and a tally of the week’s medical calls may be found below. Read the full story

Police obtained a search warrant and broke up a teen drinking party Saturday night in the River Run neighborhood. Alcoholic beverages were seized and a 17-year-old woman is now facing misdemeanor charges of aiding and abetting underage drinking, along with resisting, obstructing, and delaying.  Four other partygoers also were cited for underage drinking and resisting, obstructing, and delaying. Elsewhere, five drivers were charged with DWI on local streets over the past two weeks, and a Davidson Pointe resident reported that someone shot a BB through a side window of the home. Details on these stories and more (along with a tally of the past two weeks’ arrests, citations, and traffic enforcement) may be found below. Read the full story

Traffic approaches Exit 30 in the fog Tuesday night. (Jay Wilson/DavidsonNews.net)

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It was a foggy morning Saturday on Lake Davidson. (Jay Wilson/DavidsonNews.net)

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Davidson firefighters assisted emergency personnel in Cornelius with a number of calls this week, including a kitchen fire on Torrence Chapel Road that produced heavy smoke that could be seen outside of the residence. Davidson units also came across an accident on I-77 at Exit 30  involving five vehicles while responding to assist Cornelius firefighters with an accident at Exit 28. No one was injured in the Exit 30 accident, and firefighters quickly cleared the scene after helping a state highway patrol officer manage the vehicles along the roadway. Details on these incidents and more (along with a tally of the week’s medical calls) may be found below. Read the full story