Senior adults are being sought to join Davidson College students this fall in a relaxed and social atmosphere to provide companionship and create new experiences in the Davidson Parks & Recreation Department’s Friendship Program. Call Sharon Williams at Davidson Parks & Rec at 704-940-9644 to register for this fall.

Greyson Oxidine of Davidson-Cornelius All-Stars belts a double to drive in his team’s first two runs in the second inning Sunday against New Bedford, Mass. (David Boraks photos)

Davidson-Cornelius pitcher Sam Marshall throws during Sunday’s first inning.

Davidson-Cornelius All-Stars and Hagerstown, Md., won first-round games in the regional Pony-13 East Zone regional baseball tournament Sunday at McEver Fields in Davidson. Four teams of 13-year-olds from around the East Coast are vying for a chance to advance to the Pony 13 World Series next month.

Hagerstown beat CBC Richmond, Va., 10-0 in the first game. Davidson jumped out to a 4-0 lead over New Bedford in the second inning and won the second game, also 10-0. Read the full story

Some boats docked at the Woods at Lake Davidson have larger motors than permitted in Davidson. (David Boraks photo)

By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

A new joint committee of Davidson and Mooresville officials has begun meeting to seek consensus on how to protect water quality and recreational safety on Lake Davidson. The Lake Davidson Working Committee plans a public meeting Sept. 3 where citizens will be invited to comment, including on proposals to bring the two towns’ rules into agreement on boat sizes, development buffers and other issues.

The 341-acre Lake Davidson is bounded by I-77 on the west, Mooresville to the north, and Davidson on the south and east. The two-town initiative follows steady development that has increased the number of people living along and using the lake. Read the full story

Youth baseball teams from around the East Coast will be at Davidson’s McEver Fields in the coming days for a regional tournament that will help determine who plays in youth World Series beginning Aug. 1 in California.  The Davidson/Cornelius 13-14 year-old Pony League team is among the competitors in the East Zone-South Region Tournament, which runs Sunday through Tuesday. For a schedule … Read the full story

Planning director Kris Krider talks about possible traffic flows during a walking tour of the Metrolina Warehouse site with residents, town officials and developers Wednesday night. (David Boraks photo)

A mixed-use development proposed for the Metrolina Warehouse site at Jackson and Depot streets downtown could create new ties between downtown and the West Side by bringing new residential and commercial uses to what is now an industrial block, planners and a developer said Thursday.

Representatives of developer GreenHawk Partners LLC, of Raleigh, joined planners, and residents at a two-day planning workshop to develop potential layouts for the warehouse site. The meeting, which wrapped up Thursday night at Town Hall, was the first step in what could be a year-long process for a development that is likely to transform downtown Davidson.

“It has a great potential for making a connection between the West Side and downtown,” Davidson planner Parviz Moosavi said Thursday. Read the full story

Kate Minogue

Almost the end of July and although real estate is pretty slow in Davidson, we are seeing evidence of U-Hauls and moving vans taking some families to new adventures in other towns and bringing new faces to our community. In one instance, with tears in our eyes, we say good-bye to Kate Minogue who has become a good friend to so many during her years in Davidson. Following seven years in our town, Kate is headed for the “home of the bean and the cod.” Eager to be in Boston for its Irish music and cold weather, Kate already has found a job in Cambridge with Millennium Pharmaceutical as a project associate.

Also this week, Around Davidson visits with the Appleyard family at the beach, Boy Scouts at Camp Grimes, DUMC’s Music Camp, the Wehrung’s in China, the Ratchford’s in Argentina and Happy Birthday to The Pines. Read the full story

Hopewell Baptist Church is proposing to build a new family life center on its property east of town, at 18841 Davidson-Concord Road. The town will host a two-day public planning workshop for the project Aug. 6-7 in the church fellowship hall.

Founded in 1879, Hopewell Baptist owns about 33 acres on four parcels at Davidson-Concord and Barnhardt roads. The property currently encompasses the 1949 church sanctuary, the fellowship hall built in 1957 and a parsonage build in 1966-67.

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The nationwide real estate slowdown is hitting home in the Charlotte area and across North Carolina, according to new data from the N.C. Association of Realtors. The association on Wednesday reported sales of existing homes in June fell 29 percent from a year earlier. Average sales prices fell as well. Read the full story