Students from Metro School listened to a rehearsal for BachFest Friday at St. Alban’s Church (Rachel Goldstein/DavidsonNews.net)

By RACHEL GOLDSTEIN
DavidsonNews.net

Special needs students from Charlotte’s Metro School sat in on a rehearsal Friday for Sunday’s BachFest, the opening concert in the 2011-12 Music @ St. Alban’s music series at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church.

It was the second time this year that the St. Alban’s festival hosted the students. Festival director Barbara Krumdieck, who has a special needs child at the Metro School, invited the group to listen and watch while the orchestra practiced for  Bachfest VI. Ms. Krumdieck  plays cello in the Bachfest Orchestra. Read the full story

Anyone who takes to the roads today will have some version of this view, taken with a mobile phone on I-85. (Kitti Chisholm photo)

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Rabbi Michael Shields of the Lake Norman Jewish Congregation leads the religious school students through a pep-rally parade, under the arms of the teachers, before the start of the 3rd annual Shalom Lake Norman Festival Ramsey Creek Park. (Gayle Shomer photo)

CORNELIUS – The 3rd annual Shalom Lake Norman Festival brought families and friends to Ramsey Creek Park in Cornelius on Sunday. The day had music, food and fun for children and adults.

The festival was sponsored by the Jewish Council of Lake Norman, which consists of Beth Shalom of Lake Norman, Lake Norman Jewish Congregation, Congregation Emanuel of Statesville, Chavurah, and Hadassah, with support from the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte. Read the full story

A full moon shines through the clouds on Tuesday, Sept. 12, marking the Mid-Autumn festival on the Chinese lunar calendar. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Tuesday night’s full moon marked the Mid-Autumn Festival on the Chinese lunar calendar. It’s one of the more important holidays of the year in China, Taiwan and other Chinese-speaking places.
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Predawn light colors Lake Davidson. Kevin Childress took the photo Sept. 3, 2011, from the end of Transco Road, on the Mooresville side of the lake, looking toward Davidson. (Kevin Childress/Childress Art and Imagery)

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Bees buzz around late-summer flowers at South Main Square, off South Main Street. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

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LAST CALL FOR SUMMER PHOTOS

We’re about to publish our annual gallery of readers’ summer photos. The deadline is midnight tonight. Send us your family lineups in interesting places, your favorite shot of a landscape or landmark, or even that quirky photo you shot at the beach. Email to editor@davidsonnews.net and we’ll consider them for publication.

Requirements: Color or black-and-white JPGs preferred. If you have the ability to do so, we ask that you resize photos to not more than 600 pixels wide. We can take any shape.

Wondering if you have something worthy? Call (704-896-0569) or email at the address above. And thanks for joining us!

The charger at South Main Square will be free at first, then for a fee once prices are worked out. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Electric vehicles could become a viable option for motorists in the coming years, but not without a place to charge up. Add South Main Square to the list of places to plug in. Thanks to a federal stimulus grant awarded through the state of North Carolina, the South Main Street shopping center is getting one of the region’s first electric vehicle charging stations.
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A skateboarder jogs across Main Street during a brief shower Monday afternoon. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

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