Posted on 10 January 2013. Tags: gas pipeline, photo of the day, Piedmont Natural Gas

Piedmont Natural Gas workers are installing the pipeline in a cut through the east and northern parts of town. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)
Work is continuing on an 8-mile section of natural gas pipeline through Davidson, which eventually will help supply gas to a new gas-fired electrical plant in Wilmington. Piedmont Natural Gas began the work in October, as part of a 127-mile pipeline project.
The 30-inch pipes follow a route in Davidson that runs roughly northwest to southeast. The work – and vast areas of brown dirt – is visible where it crosses N.C. 115 north of town, on Grey and Shearers roads, at East Rocky River Road and on N.C. 73 near the Summers Walk neighborhood.
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Posted on 03 January 2013. Tags: big boi, jake troth, letterman, music, Video
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Davidson native and musician Jake Troth got a moment in the spotlight Wednesday, Jan. 2, when he performed live on CBS’s “Late Show With David Letterman” alongside rapper Big Boi. They performed “Apple of My Eye,” a hit-in-the-making Mr. Troth co-wrote with Big Boi, of Outkast fame.

Jake Troth sings with Big Boi on “Late Night with David Letterman.”
The tune comes off Big Bio’s recently released album “Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors,” available on iTunes.
In a Facebook post Wednesday afternoon he described the gig on “Letterman” as his first TV appearance.
Mr. Troth, 24, is making a name for himself well beyond his home town, both behind the scenes as a ghostwriter and producer and for his own music.
He studied fashion design at Savannah College of Art and Design, but has long been into music. He’s been profiled as a “GreyGoose Rising Icon,” where he’s noted for mixing “rock, folk and Broadway-inspired tunes into his own songwriting and performances.” His song “Material Things” was the theme song for the VH1 show “House of Consignment,” and his music has been featured on the VH1 show “Mob Wives,” ABC Family’ s “Jane by Design,” and MTV’s “TeenWolf” and “Underemployed.”
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Posted on 03 January 2013. Tags: charlotte bobcats, davidson ib middle school, Downtown Davidson, Life in Davidson, Schools, under armour
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Posted on 02 January 2013.
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