The calendar may say Friday the 13th, but there’s nothing suspicious about the festivities in Davidson this Friday night. It’s time for the annual April Is for Arts Gallery Crawl in downtown Davidson, and for a Toast the Earth wine-and-art benefit for Davidson Lands Conservancy at Homewood Suites. Here are details about both events: Read the full story

Taylor Wilson, 14, of Davidson, was fishing on Easter Sunday at Roosevelt Wilson Park off Griffth Street. That provided a scene for his photographer dad. See another photo below (Jay Wilson/DavidsonNews.net)

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By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

MOORESVILLE – Owners of boat rental companies on Lake Norman are researching ways to improve rental safety but it could be months before any proposals come back to the Lake Norman Marine Commission, commission member John Marino said Monday. At its monthly meeting, the commission also got reports about the start of the spring boating season, and heard about the state’s plans in May for the annual release of grass-eating carp to help battle invasive hydrilla weeds. Read the full story

The Town of Davidson announced Monday, April 9, that a special meeting/closed session of the Town Board, which had been scheduled before Tuesday’s monthly board meeting, has been canceled.

The monthly meeting will begin as scheduled at 6 p.m. at Town Hall.

The board is expected to vote on a variety of items, including adding $133,300 to the budget for new police cars, approving amendments to Section 9.2 of the planning ordinance, and seeking additional funding from the federal Centers for Disease Control to continue the Davidson Design for Life program, which is studying the impact of planning on public health. Read the full story

There are home decor shops and there are landscaping businesses. And then there are businesses like the one Brandon and Amy Morris of Cornelius opened last fall, called The Elements 4 Life Home & Outdoor Living. The new retail store on Davidson-Concord Road, across from the Bradford Store, offers both outdoor design items and gifts, and is a showroom for the couple’s 8-year-old business MINT Landscaping, for Morris Irrigation Nature & Turf. They’re having a grand opening this Saturday. Read our Small Biz Spotlight in REAL ESTATE & HOME»

Firefighters last week responded to a report of a gasoline leak at the marina on Portside Drive in Davidson Landing. Employees at Archer’s Towing called 911 when a vehicle began to smoke after its battery arced in a storage area, and the Mecklenburg County fire marshal’s office was called to investigate an illegal outdoor fire on Shearer Street. Davidson firefighters also helped out at a house fire in Cornelius’s Peninsula neighborhood. Details on these stories and more (along with a tally of the week’s medical calls) may be found below. Read the full story

Gordon Clark (left), Clan Cameron, and Ian Robb, Clan MacFarlane, posed in downtown Davidson Friday. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

A kilted Gordon Clark greeted kilted Ian Robb in the lobby of the Wells Fargo at midday Friday with a handshake and two words, “Clan Cameron.”

“Clan MacFarlane,” replied Mr. Robb.

The two men were dressed proudly in the tartans of their Scottish families to celebrate National Tartan Day, which believe it or not is a Congressionally-proclaimed national holiday.
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HUNTERSVILLE – Duke Energy and county officials will conduct a quarterly test of sirens around McGuire Nuclear Station on Wednesday, April 11, at about 11:50 a.m. Read the full story