The annual Children’s Schoolhouse Carnival took over the Village Green Saturday, drawing a crowd of kids and parents to raise money for the pre-school in Huntersville. The day included bounce houses, pony rides, face painting, music and food. The Children’s Schoolhouse was established in 1971.

Police are looking for a man who reportedly exposed himself Wednesday evening outside businesses in downtown Davidson. Davidson police said Friday that two citizens had complained about the man, who “appeared to be adjusting himself” in public. One caller saw him around 6 p.m. Wednesday near Toast Café and he may he been “exercising.” A second witness saw him near the Dance Davidson studio off Jackson Street. Read the full story

Wednesday, Oct. 5, is International Walk to School Day, and organizers at Davidson Elementary School and Community School of Davidson are getting their schools involved in the annual event.

Also on Health & Fitness, Davidson College is hosting an evening symposium on Oct. 13 about “Integrative Medicine and Healthy Living,” with a trio of local health experts.

Meanwhile, Davidson Parks & Recreation has announced a series of October health and fitness related classes, ranging from Zumba and clogging to healthy eating and martial arts.  Read more in HEALTH & FITNESS»

Every year, Davidson Elementary students join in a year-long program of running during recess, hoping to achieve a total of 10 kilometers or even a marathon. The goal is promoting fitness, and the kickoff every September has become a real community event. This year’s start on Thursday, Sept. 29, brought hundreds of kids and family members out to McEver Fields, across South Street from the school.

Students run laps during the school day, and teachers keep track of how many laps each child runs. Students earn rewards for completing specific distance goals, such as 10K, half-marathon and marathon. Last year, 85 percent of the students completed a marathon’s worth of laps over the course of the school year.

An army of young volunteers unloaded pumpkins from trucks Wednesday to stock the Great Pumpkin Patch for Missions at the Davidson United Methodist Church’s Molly McKay Youth House on South Main Street.

The Pumpkin Patch was scheduled to open Thursday, Sept. 29, at noon and run through Halloween, Monday, October 31st. Items for sale include pumpkins of all sizes, decorative corn, gourds, baked goods, and more. Proceeds will go toward youth mission trips at the church. Read the full story

A man snatched purses from two women dining at the Char-Grill restaurant in Davidson Commons Tuesday afternoon. But after the women cried for help, bystanders tackled and held the man until police arrived to arrest him. Read on for details on that and other incidents, along with a tally of the week’s arrests, citations, and traffic violations. Read the full story

Davidson officials are studying the feasibility of moving the Parks & Recreation Department offices from Armour Street to a town-owned site off South Street, near the Southeast Greenway. Parks & Recreation manager Kathryn Spatz presented the idea at Tuesday’s Town Board work session, where she also briefed the board on revised Parks & Rec user fees and policies.

Also at the meeting, the board: Read the full story

The town of Davidson has begun installing new signs and banners around town bearing the new town logo adopted earlier this year.  This week, the empty sign holder in front of Town Hall got its sign back.

The signs on Main Street, South Main Street, and the Exit 30 area, are among a variety of new marketing materials that town officials are rolling out, including parking and town “wayfinding” signs.  Also coming in the next couple of weeks: A new town website for visitors and a town-sponsored calendar site.

The new town logo and signage were developed with the help of consulting firm Arnett Muldrow & Associates of Greenville, S.C., and Davidson-based Bizzell Design Inc.