More than 550 people attended last year's Barnstock, at the Brown farm. Organizer Miles Brown thinks there could be 750 this year.

Wow, what a weekend we have ahead for local music, from two nights of music at Barnstock on the Brown farm in Huntersville to outdoor concerts Saturday in Cornelius and Sunday in Davidson. And there’s a lot more in between.

It’s the third year for Barnstock, so named because it’s in and out of the Brown family’s barn on Black Farms Road, off N.C. 73 in Huntersville. This year, Barnstock is expanding to two nights: Beside Saturday’s lineup of five bands of teens and 20-somethings, they’ve added a Friday night concert they’re calling “Old Folks Barnstock” – for the over-21 crowd. Read the full story

Police are investigating several break-ins at local homes and vehicles over the past week, including a theft on Beaty Street where someone stole more than $800 in electronics and U.S. Treasury Bills from a parked car. In a separate report, a Jetton Street resident reported someone stole a bicycle valued at $350 from her house after breaking into an attached, unsecured porch.

In other news, a woman was transported to a local hospital last Thursday with injuries suffered in an automobile  crash on Davidson-Concord Road. Three vehicles were involved in the collision, and both Odell and Davidson firefighters assisted Medic with patient care and scene stabilization.

Details on these incidents and others (along with a tally of the week’s arrests, citations, and traffic enforcement) may be found below. Read the full story

The unbuilt Abersham development in Davidson may be sold to the county for open space and a future park. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

Mecklenburg County Commissioners on Tuesday authorized county officials to move forward with a deal to buy the former Abersham development in northeast Davidson, for $3.733 million. The complex deal involves the Trust for Public Land, which has contracts to buy the 243-acre site from Community One Bank and Fifth Third Bank, which own the land after foreclosing on the failed project. Read the full story

Mecklenburg County commissioners will hold a closed session Tuesday night to consider the county’s proposed purchase of the 243-acre former Abersham development, off Shearer and Grey roads in Davidson. If the county goes through with the deal, it would create a more than 500-acre block of protected open space in Davidson’s northeast corner. Read the full story in Real Estate & Home.

A subcommittee of the Mecklenburg County Planning Commission on Tuesday recommended that the county buy the failed 242-acre Abersham site off Grey and Shearer roads northeast of Davidson. County officials say the Mecklenburg County Commission could consider approving the purchase at its Aug. 2 meeting. Full story in REAL ESTATE & HOME »

Police are investigating the theft of an electric paddle boat last Friday from a 64-year-old man’s home on Lake Davidson. A deer sprinted out of the woods and struck a car on Davidson-Concord Road late last Wednesday night. And a Cornelius man who was injured in a moped accident off East Rocky River Road July 1 was cited for driving with no tag and no insurance.

Details on these incidents and more, along with a tally of the week’s arrests, citations, and traffic enforcement, may be found below. Read the full story

Davidson commissioners will get an update next week on the town’s proposed purchase of two affordable homes in the Bradford neighborhood. At their regular meeting Tuesday night, July 12, they’re also scheduled to vote on a $102,000 budget for the planned “Book Garden” public art project off Main Street, between the CVS and the public library. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. at Town Hall, 216 S. Main St. Read the full story

A solo moped driver was taken to a Charlotte Hospital Friday afternoon after he lost control of his moped and crashed on East Rocky River near the entrance to the River Run neighborhood. Also over the past week, firefighters responded to a number of “good intent” calls, including a report of smoke around North Main Street that was found to be coming from The Soda Shop. Another caller reported that a boat was on fire in the middle of Lake Norman, but upon firefighters’ arrival the fire was determined to be a brush fire on the bank in Iredell County. Details on these incidents and others, along with a tally of the week’s medical calls, may be found below. Read the full story