Young cyclists cross Main Street last week. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Town officials, residents and local cyclists will take a bicycle ride through town on Saturday, Sept. 25, to promote bicycle safety, an issue much in the news recently because of collisions between vehicles and bicycles. The 10 a.m. ride will cover about 3 miles of Davidson’s South Prong Greenway as well as town streets, and coincides with the official marking of the greenway as part of the Carolina Thread Trail.

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It wasn’t anything like the recent gas-line explosion in San Bruno, Calif., but residents of the McConnell and St. Alban’s neighborhoods got a scare late Wednesday morning when a contractor accidentally cut a gas line. Firefighters and gas company crews spent about 90 minutes clamping off the line so it was no longer a danger. Meanwhile, on Monday, a River Run homeowner who was using a lighter to check a control panel outside his home accidentally started a fire in pine straw that burned the side of this home. Also in this column, other fire calls and the week’s tally of medical calls.

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(Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Storm Water Services)

Residents who received county utility bills in recent weeks have noticed increases in the town’s storm water fees. The Town Board this summer approved the hikes as part of the 2010-11 budget. The fees a little more than tripled, adding $38 to $71 a year for homeowners and an extra $700 a year per acre for commercial property owners.

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Police issued an alert Thursday for residents to be on the lookout for suspects in a pair of August daylight burglaries who may be knocking on doors. Also, a thief or thieves broke into a Beaty Street residence last week and made off with electronic equipment worth nearly $2,000. And the police department is seeking applications for patrol officer. Those and other items below, as well as the week’s traffic enforcement report.

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Two students in a Davidson College senior apartment decided to have a late-night meal early last Friday, but fell asleep while cooking. That triggered an alarm, and brought a warning from local firefighters. Also over the past week, firefighters responded to a couple of other calls on campus, where classes are now back in session. And they were called two accidents involving bicycles and cars – one of them serious. Those and other fire calls are below.
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Davidson police are investigating a series of daytime break-ins or attempted break-ins in the Concord Road and Pine Road area on Wednesday. At one home, the thief or thieves got away with a $1,500 TV set. Meanwhile, police on Tuesday charged a 16-year-old Davidson man with possession of marijuana and other charges after being called to a home in the Boardwalk condos, off Exit 30. And they are investigating a break-in at Community School of Davidson high school on Armour Street, where a large TV was stolen during construction. Details on those and other incidents below.
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