Firefighters assisted Mecklenburg County Medic with injured passengers involved in two motor vehicle collisions this week. One happened on Shearer Road when a driver accidentally drove down an embankment into a grove of trees. The other involved a Davidson College Campus Police at the intersection of North Main Street and Ridge Road. In addition to these incidents, emergency personnel also investigated a vehicle fire on I-77 that turned out to be an overheated wheel bearing on a pickup truck trailer. Details on these and other calls (along with a tally of the week’s medical calls) may be found below.
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Former Davidson firefighter John Allen and company at last year's "Fill the Boot" campaign for MDA

Davidson firefighters will once again be raising money this Saturday for the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s annual “Fill the Boot” campaign. Watch for emergency personnel stationed at the intersection of Main Street and Concord Road from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Volunteers will be accepting donations as drivers wait at stop lights, but donations may also be sent to the Davidson Fire Department at P.O. Box 579, Davidson, NC 28036. Firefighters ask that checks written directly to the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Meanwhile, firefighters put out a fire in a gas line that had ruptured and ignited during Sunday’s severe thunderstorm. Also this week, three students were freed from an elevator that was stuck in the Davidson College Chambers academic building, and firefighters assisted Mecklenburg County Medic ambulances with patients at two separate vehicle collisions (2 hurt in Concord Road crash).

Details on these calls and more (along with a tally of the week’s medical calls) may be found below.

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Davidson United Methodist Church's Great Pumpkin Patch was scheduled to open Thursday at noon at the McKay Youth House on South Main Street. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

DUMC's pumpkin patch is open on South Main Street. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

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

The sign in front of Davidson Town Hall has been replaced with a new one that includes the new town logo. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

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.

Davidson police are investigating a series of thefts from parked vehicles this week, including one case in which $800 in cash was stolen from an unlocked car. GPS devices also were the target in other break-ins. Also, a Huntersville woman was charged with DWI and hit & run Friday after leaving the scene of an accident at Griffith and North Main Streets.

Elsewhere, a motorcyclist ran into a BMW after illegally passing a number of stopped vehicles on the right as the cars waited for a Cannon School bus to drop off schoolchildren. And three wrecks involving drivers that failed to stop in time were reported, as well. Details on these incidents and more (along with a tally of the week’s arrests, citations, and traffic enforcement) may be found below. Read the full story

A small pink-and-black pot-bellied pig wandered into the Twin Oaks neighborhood Thursday morning, where residents scrambled to corral it. Now, the pint-sized porker is Animal No. A1015904 in a cell at Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department Animal Care & Control in Charlotte, while a hunt is on for its owner. Will the owners come forward in time to save him?Story & photo on our PETS & ANIMALS» page.

Bees buzz around late-summer flowers at South Main Square, off South Main Street. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

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LAST CALL FOR SUMMER PHOTOS

We’re about to publish our annual gallery of readers’ summer photos. The deadline is midnight tonight. Send us your family lineups in interesting places, your favorite shot of a landscape or landmark, or even that quirky photo you shot at the beach. Email to editor@davidsonnews.net and we’ll consider them for publication.

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Wondering if you have something worthy? Call (704-896-0569) or email at the address above. And thanks for joining us!

The charger at South Main Square will be free at first, then for a fee once prices are worked out. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Electric vehicles could become a viable option for motorists in the coming years, but not without a place to charge up. Add South Main Square to the list of places to plug in. Thanks to a federal stimulus grant awarded through the state of North Carolina, the South Main Street shopping center is getting one of the region’s first electric vehicle charging stations.
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