Posted on 11 August 2009.
To the Editor:
Around Davidson columnist Brenda Barger recently suggested that we get rid of homeowners association covenants outlawing clotheslines (July 21 Around Davidson column). I think that’s a great idea, for reasons I explained here on Davidsonnews.net a while back. But don’t expect any help from the state legislature. According to news reports, a bill to protect North Carolinians’ right to dry died in the NC general assembly this summer. Read the full story
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Posted on 08 August 2009.
Accessories added flair to the creations of campers at the first week of Davidson Art Camp, which had the theme of "fashion design."
Fashion Design Camp ended Friday evening with a show down the cement runway that also serves as the back entrance to St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, the location of a week-long art camp run by Jennifer Faulkenberry and Kristin Skidmore-Ratnofsky.
For more photos from the event, see below. Read the full story
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Posted on 26 June 2009.
Hawaiian-shirt wearers last Friday were, back row from left, Shashank Surresh, Annie Temmink, Kin Lau, Alyndria Thompson, Leland Taylor and Davidson professor Malcolm Campbell. Front, from left, Landy Godbold, Kathy Gabrick, Shamita Punjabi, Olivia Ho-Shing, Davidson professor Laurie Heyer, Romina Clemente and Mark Trawick. (David Boraks photo)
It’s pretty quiet this summer on the Davidson College campus, but if you venture inside the science buildings, you’ll find dozens of students in summer programs. In one laboratory in Dana Hall, summer lab assistants are working with biologist Malcolm Campbell and math professor Laurie Heyer on a project to design and build bacteria to solve math problems. They’ll take their work to an international Genetically Engineered Machines (GEM) competition this fall. The lab group has developed a weekly tradition: Wearing Hawaiian shirts on Fridays.
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Posted on 15 June 2009.
Paul Dimuzio practices for World Juggling Day during the June 14 Concert on the Green.
Highlights on the local calendar over the next seven days: Davidson Community Players’ “West Side Story” opens Thursday. The weekend brings a pair 
of community fund-raisers: Amity & Bailey’s South Main Square block party Friday will support United Family Services. Then Saturday, Ada Jenkins Center, a regional community services center on Gamble Street, hosts its “Fire” fund-raiser, with a morning 5k road race and all-day music and food. The event includes local jugglers’ performing for World Juggling Day.
Also Saturday and Sunday, the Cowbell Challenge mountain bike competition returns to Fisher Farm Park, off Shearer Road.
Meanwhile, this week’s meetings this week include the Design Review Board, which on Wednesday will take up proposed alterations and signs at 131 N. Main St., where Davidson College plans a shop to sell logo clothing and souvenirs.
Read Davidson Weekend Calendar, in The Guide.
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Posted on 15 June 2009.
Nominations are being accepted now through Aug. 31 for the Town of Davidson’s annual G. Jackson Burney Community Service Award. The award is named for Mr. Burney, a Davidson resident who dedicated his life to improving the quality of life for those around him. Read the full story
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Posted on 07 June 2009.
Shelley Rigger, a Davidson College professor and wife of DavidsonNews.net editor David Boraks, handed out leis.
More than 250 people came to Summit Coffee in downtown Davidson Saturday night for “Microbrews for Micronews,” DavidsonNews.net‘s first subscriber party and community gathering.
Local musicians Davidson Express and Rusty Knox & Friends provided the music. Between songs, organizers gave out prizes and a handful of speakers talked about DavidsonNews.net’s impact on the town.
Read on for a gallery of photos from the event. And see the related post below with audio, including testimonials and music.
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Posted on 07 June 2009.
Longtime journalist Bill Ringle said DavidsonNews.net fills a gap in local news coverage.
Saturday night’s DavidsonNews.net subscriber party and community gathering at Summit Coffee included a few testimonials from readers and supporters, who talked about what the site means to our town. And the local musical combo Davidson Express offered its “DavidsonNews.net Song” as well as a new tune written for the occasion, called “Extra Extra, Read All About It,” in honor of the site and the 50th birthday of editor David Boraks.
Listen to audio clips below. Read the full story
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Posted on 06 June 2009.
Rooter, a 7-month-old potbelly pig, paid a visit to the Davidson Farmers Market Saturday morning. Owner Nina Amick gives him a treat after he showed his skill at spinning around. Another photo below. (David Boraks photo)
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