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Many of us get a holiday weekend coming up with the Martin Luther King holiday.  Maybe the weather will remember it is January and drop snow on slopes north of us so families can enjoy some skiing.  Interesting this month how we alternate almost daily between winter and spring temperatures! Today, Around Davidson catches up with an annual Freund family trip and a welcome retirement for Bill Tiemann.  We also have a note about Steve Langley’s paddle ball record and a further note about parking. Read the full story

With New Year’s resolutions around the corner, Mt. Zion United Methodist Church in Cornelius offers community members a way to focus on getting fit – financially fit, that is. The church offers Financial Peace University, a program intended to teach practical ways to achieve financial goals. Also in January, Davidson United Methodist Church will hold its annual coat drive to collect coats for Crisis Assistance Ministry and other organizations helping those in need. See details below. Read the full story

Since 1997, the Counseling Center at Davidson United Methodist Church has occupied a small brick house next to the church on South Main Street in Davidson that once served as the church’s parsonage. But the counseling center reaches far beyond its name and location, according to director John Rowe. Read more in HEALTH & FITNESS»

The young British classical vocal ensemble Stile Antico, in the midst of a nine-concert U.S. tour, will make a stop in Davidson Tuesday night, Dec. 13, for a concert at Davidson United Methodist Church. The group performs without a conductor and will be signing a concert of Tudor music for Christmas and Advent from their latest CD, “Puer natus est.”

Tuesday’s concert begins at 7:30 p.m. at Davidson United Methodist Church, 233 S. Main St.
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What a wonderful way to showcase our town!  Christmas in Davidsonhad a marvelous run this year with perfect weather for strolling, shopping, eating, visiting and even voting for your favorite decorated Christmas tree.

Three nights of the sights and sounds of Christmas in Davidson meant talking to lots of visitors, asking about their impression of our annual event and of course, reminding them to look for their faces on DavidsonNews.net.  Some photos may run in the website’s “scrapbook of scenes,” but a few deserve special Around Davidson mention.  And no holiday season reporting is complete without a mention of the Evergreen Court lights at The Pines.

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Davidson police and firefighters are seeking donations of gifts for needy families through their annual holiday Angel Trees, and organizers say the need is greater this year.

The trees, in the Town Hall Rotunda and at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, are decorated with ornaments bearing gift requests for children and families.

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Life Fellowship Church, a large non-denominational congregation that currently meets in Davidson, is seeking zoning approval to build a 17-acre worship campus off I-77 Exit 28 in Cornelius. The $6 million project needs zoning approval, but could be started in 2012, the church’s lead pastor told CorneliusNews.net.