Grady McDaniel, 3, played with his own fire truck as Davidson firefighters checked on a gas leak on Walnut Street Friday. (Meredith McDaniel photo)

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A sign of summer on the way? Sunset put this sailboat in silhouette the other evening on Lake Norman, off I-77 in Davidson. (Jay Wilson/DavidsonNews.net)

Sun shone on the bridge at Roosevelt Wilson Park, off Griffith Street, on Monday. Click to enlarge (Jay Wilson/DavidsonNews.net)

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The Lake Norman Chamber will host a Focus Friday discussion this Friday morning, March 23, on the Red Line Regional Rail Project. Bill Thunberg, executive director of the Lake Norman Transportation Commission, and two property owners along the line – Bob McIntosh and Matt Gallagher – will be the featured speakers. Read the full story

These daffodils on South Street picked the first day of spring Tuesday to reach peak bloom. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

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U.S. Olympic runner Anthony Famiglietti ran away from the field at the Summit Coffee Leprechaun Loop 8K Saturday night, finishing nearly four minutes ahead of the second place finisher in the race along Davidson streets and greenways. Jill Rafiee of Huntersville was the top woman finisher in the race, which attracted 235 runners and raise money for Levine Children’s Hospital. Story in SPORTS»

Norfolk Southern Corp. has told the Red Line Task Force and NC DOT it is “not logistically possible” to meet a summer goal for completing a new study of the rail line north of Charlotte, and such a study might take years. The latest letter from the owner of the tracks between Charlotte and Mooresville raises questions about whether the proposed Red Line Regional Rail Project can meet the task force’s timetable, which already has been revised amid concerns from Norfolk Southern. Read the full story

Fog crept along the tracks in downtown Davidson on Wednesday. More photos below. (Jay Wilson/DavidsonNews.net)

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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