Specialty food maker PreGel America Inc. announced an $11.4 million expansion in Concord Wednesday and said the move would create 48 new jobs. Meanwhile, Habitat for Humanity’s Mooresville ReStore and the Mooresville-South Iredell Chamber are hosting a ribbon cutting and party Saturday on the store’s one-year anniversary. Davidson merchants and town officials are gearing up for Christmas in Davidson, which will be Dec. 1-3. And Restaurant X and DavidsonNews.net both have 5th birthdays this week. Read the full story

Family and friends of Davidson College math professor Robert Whitton are invited to a celebration of his life, which will be held Saturday, Nov. 19, at 10:30 a.m. in Davidson College Presbyterian Church, 100 N. Main St. in downtown Davidson.
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Updated Nov. 17, 10:24 a.m.
By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

Davidson businesses can begin using new and larger signs under planning ordinance changes Davidson’s Town Board adopted on Tuesday. Commissioners also authorized the town to rent the two vacant homes it owns, at Fisher Farm and off Beaty Street, and approved 2012 fees for everything from parks & recreation to planning to cemetery plots.

At meeting’s end, the board went into a closed session with its lawyer to discuss a legal matter – the recent lawsuit filed by CommunityOne Bank against the town seeking to overturn the September re-zoning of the former Davidson East site off N.C. 73 east of town. Read the full story

We’re always looking for good photos of Davidson, people and events. Send us your photos for consideration at editor@davidsonnews.net. Read the full story

Updated 8:02 a.m.
Power went out in parts of Davidson and Cornelius for hours early Monday, after a transformer blew up at an electrical substation off Zion Avenue in downtown Cornelius. Power wasn’t expected to be restored in parts of Cornelius until 2 p.m., and school was canceled for the day at J.V. Washam and Cornelius elementary schools, and W.A. Hough High School. Lake Norman YMCA also was closed. Cornelius Town Hall remained open, but without power or telephone services.

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RELATED LINKS

Nov. 11, 2011, DavidsonNews.net Sports, “Hovuat, Schauder win first Summit Twilight 5K”

Nov. 4, 2011, “Nov. 11 race at Summit could become a regular thing.”

Friends from a local CrossFit training center are organizing a fitness-related fundraiser on Saturday, Nov. 19, for Erin Cobb, the 28-year-old Davidson woman who is recovering after she was shot by her ex-husband on Sept 24 at her east Davidson home. Read the full story

South Street will be closed at South Main Street Friday night for the running of the Summit Coffee Twilight 5K, a race on town streets and greenways. The road will close around 5 p.m., and the race is expected to begin at 6 p.m. Read the full story