Davidson’s Town Board on Tuesday will hear a consultant’s report with preliminary results from a downtown parking study on Tuesday night, including recommendations for parking enforcement, residential permits and other potential changes. The board also will continue its discussion of a proposed rezoning of the Davidson East site, off N.C. 73, and hold a pair of closed sessions on legal and personnel matters.
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By MICHELE MILLER HOUCK
DavidsonNews.net

After three months of analysis it came down to two questions for the Davidson-Cornelius Day Care center’s task force: First, does our community want to continue to support working families through affordable child care services? And second, can we count on continued financial support? Read the full story

Community meetings planned over next 2 weeks

By MICHELE MILLER HOUCK
DavidsonNews.net

Three community meetings have been scheduled over the next two weeks to discuss the future of Davidson-Cornelius Day Care Center, which avoided shutdown last fall thanks to an outpouring of emergency support. In a postcard inviting stakeholders to the event, organizers explain: “Davidson-Cornelius Day Care is on stable ground, thanks to your support. But its future is not yet secure.” Read the full story

Program Sat. at Ada Jenkins seeks to find homes in need of repairs

Did you know there may be federal stimulus funding available to help make your home more energy efficient? A coalition of local non-profit groups and churches will hold a workshop and neighborhood canvass Saturday in Davidson to seek applications and help get that word out.
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Police charged a 40-year-old man with driving while intoxicated after he was stopped Feb. 3 in the 200 block of Concord Road. Meanwhile, another driver was unhurt Feb. after his car ran off Lakeside Avenue and struck a tree. Those and other incidents are below. Read the full story

Davidson’s Public Works Department has begun its annual tree pruning program, this year targeting neighborhoods west of Main Street. The program targets street-facing trees. In announcement Monday, the town said the goal is to “correct structural defects, ensure the long term health of the tree, and clear growth to permit the safe passage of pedestrians and vehicles.” Read the full story

A woman living on Catawba Avenue told police last week someone had used her credit cards without her permission to charge $3,300 worth of purchases. Meanwhile, a Davidson police officer on the overnight shift struck a deer on N.C. 115 north of town early Tuesday.

Also over the past week, someone stole a firearms safe and guns from a home in River Run. And police responded to reports of attempted break-ins in the McConnell neighborhood at a veterinary office on Griffith Street. Those and other incidents are below, along with a summary of the past week’s traffic enforcement on local streets (more speeding tickets on Griffith). Read the full story

A home in River Run was burglarized over the Christmas holiday, with a large flat-screen TV and jewelry reported missing. Also today, a warning: Local police will be out on the roads tonight looking for drivers who have been drinking.

Those and other incidents are below, along with a summary of the past week’s traffic enforcement on local streets. Read the full story