The Stoney Creek Boys from Cornelius will provide the music for Flatiron’s first Fall Festival

By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

For the past couple of years, Davidson College’s Connor eating house and Flatiron Kitchen + Taphouse have teamed for a “Drink Pink” fundraiser for breast cancer research. This year, they’re going in whole different direction – trading a night of drinking for a daytime festival in Flatiron’s back parking that organizers hope will raise more money for the cause. The Flatiron Fall Festival will run Saturday, Oct. 20, from 11 a.m. to 3 pm, out back at 215 S. Main St., Davidson.

Several hundred people are expected at the event, which will feature music by The Stoney Creek Boys of Cornelius, a cornhole tournament, a silent auction, pumpkin and face painting and more. Read the full story

Annie Magee of Huntersville enjoyed the “Surprise House” game at the 2011 Children’s Schoolhouse carnival. This year’s carnival is Saturday, Oct. 20. (Rachel Goldstein/DavidsonNews.net)

The Children’s Schoolhouse 31st Annual Fall Carnival will fill the Davidson Village Green this Saturday, Oct. 20, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

As many as 3,000 people are expected for the day of games (such as the Cake Walk), live entertainment, crafts, face and hair painting, food and drink. Most games are $1 to $5. A silent auction and raffle also will help raise money – the raffle prize is a year’s supply of organic dairy products from Organic Valley. Read the full story

Updated 6:02 p.m. Monday
Davidson police received at least 20 complaints of automobile break-ins over the weekend, including two stolen cars that later were recovered in Cornelius. The break-ins, nearly all involving unlocked cars, came in neighborhoods around town from Davidson Gateway Drive and the Delburg Street area to Lorimer Road and the McConnell neighborhood. Read the full story

Davidson police are investigating two cases of financial card fraud this week, including one where someone made 99 purchases with a victim’s debit card between July and September. Also this week, a known suspect vandalized a Windward Drive resident’s Bennington pontoon boat, and officers arrested two suspects for DWI and driving while license revoked. Details on these incidents, plus a report on Huntersville police department’s search for man wanted on robbery and other charges. Also below: a tally of the week’s arrests, citations, and traffic enforcement. Read the full story

Davidson United Methodist Church will have another meeting with church members Oct. 14 on proposed expansion at the campus. Meanwhile, down the road in Cornelius, Mt. Zion United Methodist Church will break ground on Wednesday for the planned Autumn Care long-term care facility off Zion Street. Read the full story

Ben & Jerry’s in Davidson and local celebrity ice cream scoopers helped raise more than $400  Wednesday night for Davidson Cornelius Child Development Center. We got ice cream, the day care got a little financial boost. See more in FOOD & DINING»

Davidson town intern Matt Christian was a volunteer crossing guard at South and Cathey streets on International Walk to School Day Wednesday. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Hundreds of area schoolkids and parents joined Wednesday morning’s International Walk to School Day, in many cases breaking from a routine of daily automobile drop-offs. In the area, the event included students from Woodlawn School, Davidson Elementary School, Community School of Davidson and Cornelius Elementary School. Read the full story

Kids charged away from the start Thursday at the kickoff of Davidson Elementary’s 10th year for the Tigers on the Prowl exercise program. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Hard to believe, but it’s been 10 years since a group of parents and teachers organized the first schoolwide running program at Davidson Elementary School.  The 10th season of Tigers on the Prowl kicked off Thursday with waves of students circling a baseball field at McEver Fields off South Street, across from the school. Read the full story