Stephen Curry teed off on the third hole Monday. Check out that swing - smooth as a three-pointer. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

For a while Monday morning it seemed like Stephen and Dell Curry and dozens of other golfers might never get around to teeing off at the Curry Celebrity Classic at River Run Country Club. There were photos to be taken, hands to be shaken and old friends to visit with. But then, after a mass photo with all the sports celebrities and other golfers, the 30 or so foursomes loaded into carts and headed onto the course.

It was the third year for the Curry Celebrity Classic, which Davidson basketball star turned NBA standout Stephen Curry organizes with his retired NBA star dad. While it was a chance to play some golf on a beautiful late-spring day, it also was a fund-raiser, bringing in a net $65,000 for the Ada Jenkins Center in Davidson. Read the full story

The work is happening overnight. (Bill Giduz/DavidsonNews.net)

They’re nowhere to be found in daylight, but paving crews are out in force overnight this month on N.C. 115, the main street through downtown Davidson and Cornelius. Charlotte-based Ferebee Corp. is doing the work under a $7.8 million contract with N.C. Department of Transportation.

The DOT is resurfacing Main Street/N.C. 115 from the Iredell County line in Davidson south to Washam-Potts Road in Cornelius. The patching and repaving project is happening nightly from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. It began the first week of June and is expected to last at least through the end of the month. Read the full story

Cast Iron Filter reunited at Davidson reunions Saturday, June 9. From left, Dustin Edge, Mike Orlando, Tim Helfrich, Mason Bissett (Bill Giduz photo)

The bluegrass folk rock band Cast Iron Filter was a favorite on concert circuit in Charlotte and across the Southeast in the late 1990s and early 2000s before its breakup in 2004. This weekend the band returns to its old haunt, the Visulite Theater in Charlotte, and to Summit Coffee in Davidson, as part of weeklong reunion. Details below.

By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

A decade ago Cast Iron Filter was having the kind of success most young bands dream about. Founded in 1998 by students at Davidson College, the group was making records and doing national tours. Within a few years, the band had a manager in Atlanta and reviews in major newspapers. Its revved-up bluegrass/Americana sound even earned its own nickname – “Irongrass.” Read the full story

Davidson College photographer Bill Giduz lined up the class of 1962 for a photo at Saturday's reunion. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

More than 1,700 Davidson College alumni and guests were on campus this weekend – about as many as attend during the school year – for the 2012 Davidson College reunions. Many stayed in college dorms as they attended lectures, dinners and outdoor concerts.

Major reunions were held for classes whose anniversaries fell in even 10s and 25s, including the Class of 1962, the oldest group, which celebrated its 50th. Read the full story

Ashley Ackerman of Davidson won a hilly 10-kilometer race through the new Abersham Park in northeast Davidson by two minutes, while 15-year-old Patrick Hunter of Harrisburg won a simultaneous 5K run at the park on Saturday. The inaugural Pick your Poison 5K and 10K races were the first races of their kind at the area’s newest park, off Grey and Shearers roads. Story and photos in SPORTS»

Bob McKillop entertains the crowd as Flatiron's celebrity bartender Thursday night. (Christina Ritchie Rogers/DavidsonNews.net)

Davidson College basketball coach Bob McKillop was pouring drinks at Flatiron Kitchen + Taphousein downtown Davidson Thursday night.

He was the latest celebrity bartender in Flatiron’s ongoing fundraising series, with proceeds benefiting Ada Jenkins Center, the regional community services center on Davidson’s west side. Read the full story

Local skywatchers had a chance to see a once-in-a-lifetime event Tuesday afternooon: the transit of Venus, in which the planet passed in front of the sun. Davidson College physics professor Mario Belloni used his telescope and camera to capture this image. That tiny spot near the top is Venus. See another photo below. (Mario Belloni photo)

Davidson College physics professor Mario Belloni (left) watches an image of the Transit of Venus on a telescope outside Davidson College's Chambers hall Tuesday night. With him are Prof. Julio Ramirez and son Julian Ramirez (right). (John Syme/Davidson College photo)

Davidson College’s physics department had four telescopes out in front of the Chambers building Tuesday evening for the Venus Transit. The transit started about 6:04 p.m., with the first contact (Venus starts to enter the disk of the Sun) and then second contact (Venus completely in the disk of the Sun) at about 6:22 pm. We were out until 7:30 pm when the Sun became too low.

More than 150 people wandered by and witnessed the transit from in front of Chambers. It was partly cloudy from 6-6:30pm, but it was clear enough to witness most of Venus’s entry into the disk of the Sun. After 6:30, the clouds cleared yielding excellent views. Read the full story

Sun sets Friday night at Davidson Landing, on Lake Norman. (Rhonda Boggs photo)

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