Items from Davidson Police Department incident and arrest reports, as well as staff reporting.

Monday’s knife-point robbery in the parking lot of the Cornelius Food Lion was the big news on the police beat over the past two weeks. Cornelius police had no new information Wednesday and are still looking for a black male who threatened a 21-year-old Cornelius woman with a knife and stole $14.

Meanwhile, several auto break-ins were reported in the South Street/Walnut Street neighborhood on Sept. 3. And someone stole a moped from a Delburg Street home on Sept. 5. Read the full story

Davidson firefighters were called to a Davidson College dormitory early Saturday morning, Sept. 12, after a student smelled smoke. It wasn’t a fire, at least not one that needed to be put out.

Read below for more about that and other fire calls handled by Davidson Fire Department so far this month. Read the full story

Julie Rogers helps out Thursday as Baybridge Management moved into Stowe's Corner downtown. (Lyndsay Kibiloski photo)

As the town continues its year-long focus on downtown redevelopment, a couple of milestones are looming, Downtown Director Sandy Lemons said in a presentation at Tuesday’s Town Board meeting.

• First, Davidson has been named a finalist in the N.C. Main Street Program, which helps cities and towns develop their downtowns. Ms. Lemons wasn’t sure how many finalists there are, but said three or four might be accepted. A final decision is expected in October. If selected, Davidson would get money and technical help in revitalizing downtown.
• Ms. Lemons also announced that Davidson has hired the consulting firm Arnett Muldrow & Associates of Greenville, S.C. to develop a branding and marketing plan.

Read on for news about the opening of Stowe’s Corner at South Main and South streets, new doctors on staff at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center, a concrete industry award for Eric Wayne Inc. of Davidson, and a new company called Pet Grab-n-Go. Read the full story

Davidson volunteer firefighters will be out on Main Street Saturday morning from 9 a.m. to noon collecting donations for muscular dystrophy research in their annual “Fill the Boot” drive. Read the full story

Davidson police warned local businesses Monday after an unidentified woman entered a downtown office seeking help relocating to Davidson. The woman may be harmless, the police said in an email alert, but she may also be assessing security and looking for items of value. Read the full story

Map circulated in a CATS riders' alert Friday.

Charlotte Area Transit System said Friday it will discontinue a temporary commuter parking lot next to Community School of Davidson (formerly Children’s Community School) as of Friday, Sept. 4. That will leave riders of the 77x commuter bus to return to parking on Griffith and other streets, closer to downtown.

The temporary lot had been arranged while construction crews resurfaced Griffith Street beginning last October. That work is now complete and the road has been re-striped. Read the full story

Items from the Davidson Police Department’s incident and arrest reports.
Incidents and citations reported this week included a 17-year-old charged with possession of marijuana on Griffith Street, a stolen bicycle off North Main Street, a couple of stolen wallet reports. Meanwhile, we have a traffic alert for Saturday and Sunday, when the YMCA Triathlon may disrupt traffic on local streets.
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One-story building (behind tree) next to town hall (top) would be demolished. (David Boraks photo)

The Design Review Board voted 4-3 on Wednesday to approve a “certificate of appropriateness” allowing the demolition of a one-story building at 212 S. Main St., next to Town Hall. The demolition, which has yet to be scheduled, would make way for a proposed multistory mixed-use building, called Mooney’s Corner.

The existing one-story building once housed the town library. Current owner Artisan Builders wants to tear it down and build a new office and retail building on the site.

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