Posted on 08 May 2012. Tags: Community School of Davidson, Downtown Davidson, town day
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- Face painting at the Town Day festival. (Chris Berl/DavidsonNews.net)
Face painting at the Town Day festival. (Chris Berl/DavidsonNews.net)
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- The Community School of Davidson teamed up the The Davidson Historical Society to help preserve our town's history. The CSD students welcomed passersby into their tent to share favorite Davidson memories and then recorded them with a condenser microphone. The students plan to archive all of the memories for the Davidson Historical Society. pictured from far right are Guydell Connor Jr., Cedric Moore and his father Robert Moore. Eileen Keeley is seated telling her memory. (Monica Galloway/DavidsonNews.net)
The Community School of Davidson teamed up the The Davidson Historical Society to help preserve our town's history. The CSD students welcomed passersby into their tent to share favorite Davidson memories and then recorded them with a condenser microphone. The students plan to archive all of the memories for the Davidson Historical Society. pictured from far right are Guydell Connor Jr., Cedric Moore and his father Robert Moore. Eileen Keeley is seated telling her memory. (Monica Galloway/DavidsonNews.net)
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- The Troop 58 rope bridge is always a challenge. (Bill Giduz/DavidsonNews.net)
The Troop 58 rope bridge is always a challenge. (Bill Giduz/DavidsonNews.net)
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- This brave Acrofitness team member let himself be sent skyward. (Bill Giduz/DavidsonNews.net)
This brave Acrofitness team member let himself be sent skyward. (Bill Giduz/DavidsonNews.net)
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- This Acrofitness routine had a touch of orange to it. (Bill Giduz/DavidsonNews.net)
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- Brownies with Pinewood Derby racers. (Bill Giduz/DavidsonNews.net)
Brownies with Pinewood Derby racers. (Bill Giduz/DavidsonNews.net)
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- Another Acrofitness team showed off its stuff. (Monica Galloway/DavidsonNews.net)
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- Amy Symington (center) leads Davidson Elementary School's popular Cake Walk. Check back Wednesday for a report on the winning decorated cakes. (Monica Galloway/DavidsonNews.net)
Amy Symington (center) leads Davidson Elementary School's popular Cake Walk. Check back Wednesday for a report on the winning decorated cakes. (Monica Galloway/DavidsonNews.net)
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- Elizabeth Myers wanted and rainbow and a sunshine at the face painting station which was a lot like the weather at Town Day this year. We had sunny skies one moment and then a quick rain shower, but it didn't dampen the spirits of the kids or the face painters. The kids were lined up and the face painters hardly had a break all day. (Monica Galloway/DavidsonNews.net)
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- Erin Batty enjoys the newly installed rope swing on the Village Green. (Monica Galloway/DavidsonNews.net)
Erin Batty enjoys the newly installed rope swing on the Village Green. (Monica Galloway/DavidsonNews.net)
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- Girls offered treats. (Bill Giduz/DavidsonNews.net)
Girls offered treats. (Bill Giduz/DavidsonNews.net)
Davidson celebrated its 41st Town Day on Saturday, May 5, with food, music and entertainment on the Village Green. Some of our photographically inclined neighbors contributed these shots of the day’s events.
The day include a 5K race (won by 14-year-old Malia Ellington of Cornelius who beat all the guys), an oral history booth manned by students from Community School of Davidson, and a variety of activities on the green. Local restaurants served lunch, and the Davidson library kicked off its annual book sale, which continues all week.
RELATED LINKS
May 2, 2012, “Town Day lineup: Music, 5K race, food and fun” – our preview article, with background about the history of Town Day.
May 5, 2012, “14-year-old Malia Ellington wins Town Day Spartan 5K”
Posted in Davidson history, kids, Life in Davidson, Photo of the Day, Photos, Schools
Posted on 25 April 2012. Tags: calendar, Charlotte Talks, Davidson College, davidson historical society, Davidson history, WFAE

Levering and Blodgett
Jan Blodgett and Ralph Levering, authors of the new Davidson history book “One Town, Many Voices,” are scheduled to be interviewed Thursday at 9 a.m. on “Charlotte Talks” on public radio station WFAE, 90.7 FM, in Charlotte. (The program also airs Thursday night at 9 p.m.) Read the full story
Posted in Davidson College, Davidson history, WFAE
Posted on 23 April 2012. Tags: Davidson College, davidson historical society, Davidson history, Downtown Davidson

Leland Park lectures about the history of Phi and Eu halls upstairs at Phi Hall Sunday. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)
Phi and Eu halls are some of the oldest buildings at Davidson College, completed around 1849 and 1850. Although the halls and the societies that built them are no longer at the center of campus life, they are among the most celebrated structures in town. Read the full story
Posted in Davidson College, Davidson history, Theater
Posted on 16 April 2012. Tags: Davidson College, davidson historic district, Davidson history, Downtown Davidson

Phi Hall at Davidson College, off North Main Street, hides in the fog. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net file photo)
Leland Park, the former Davidson College library director, will give a lecture Sunday on the history of the college’s Phi and Eu halls, two of the oldest buildings on campus which are on the National Register of Historic Places.
The talk will be at 4 p.m. at Phi Hall, 216 N. Main St. It’s sponsored by the Davidson Historical Society. Read the full story
Posted in Cornelius, Davidson College, Davidson history, Downtown & old Davidson, Mooresville
Posted on 03 April 2012. Tags: audio, books, Davidson College, davidson historical society, Davidson history, terquasquicentennial

Ralph Levering and Jan Blodgett offer a wider-than-ever view of Davidson's history in "One Town, Many Voices." (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

One Town, Many Voices: A History of Davidson, North Carolina; By Jan Blodgett & Ralph B. Levering; Davidson Historical Society, 2012; ISBN: 978-0-615-58311-2; price: $29.95
By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net
Davidson College and the Town of Davidson trace their origins to 1837, when a group of Presbyterians paid William Lee Davidson $1,500 for 469 acres of wooded land along the road between Charlotte and Statesville. In the 175 years since, Davidson has evolved into a unique place with a story to tell, a story about citizens committed to making our town a better place.
It has been more three decades since anyone tried to tell that story in a book, and so much has changed – not only the place, but our way of looking at it. This year, as the college and the town celebrate 175th anniversaries, authors Jan Blodgett and Ralph B. Levering have updated that history with a new volume titled “One Town Many Voices: A History of Davidson, North Carolina.” Read the full story
Posted in Audio news reports, Business, Davidson College, Davidson history
Posted on 13 March 2012. Tags: Davidson history, davidson ib middle school, Davidson Town Board
Davidson’s Town Board will hold its monthly meeting Tuesday night, when commissioners are scheduled to hear an update on the Red Line Regional Rail Project, vote on statehouse lobbying priorities for 2012, and hold a public hearing on one set of planning ordinance amendments and a vote on another. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. Davidson Town Hall, 216 S. Main St. Read the full story
Posted in Calendar, Davidson history, Downtown & old Davidson, Planning & Development, Town Hall
Posted on 21 February 2012. Tags: NCDOT, norfolk southern, North Commuter Rail Line, red line regional rail project
By DAVID BORAKS and CHRISTINA RITCHIE ROGERS
DavidsonNews.net
Updated 5:18 p.m.
Norfolk Southern Corp. has taken another big swipe at the proposed Red Line Regional Rail Project, saying in a letter to the N.C. Department of Transportation Tuesday that while the company “stands ready to study” the project, it believes the current plan to bring commuter rail to the Lake Norman area is “fatally flawed” and based on outdated assumptions. Read the full story
Posted in Business, Commuter rail line, Cornelius, Davidson history, Downtown & old Davidson, Huntersville, Kannapolis, Mecklenburg County, Mooresville, Planning & Development, Politics, Town Hall
Posted on 20 February 2012. Tags: charlotte mecklenburg schools, Davidson history, davidson ib middle school, Davidson Town Board, preservation
Speakers at a public hearing last Tuesday, Feb. 14, offered support for designating the former Davidson IB School on South Street as a historic landmark. Supporters included both the property owner, Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools, and its current tenant, Lake Norman Christian School. See the full story in REAL ESTATE & HOME»
Also on Real Estate & Home today, the latest Davidson and Cornelius home sales. And Teal Michel’s Interior Design column, with a focus on the color green.
Posted in Davidson history, Downtown & old Davidson, Planning & Development, Schools, Town Hall