Firefighters have recovered the body of a man who apparently drowned Sunday night while boating off the Belle Isle Drive area on Lake Norman in Cornelius. The Charlotte man disappeared around 7:15pm. See the full story on CorneliusNews.net.

Updated Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014
Davidson town officials say the tot lot on Caldwell Lane near St. Alban’s Church is closed temporarily because of hornets in the sand. Read the full story

Update 9:54pm
Fire and rescue units on Sunday night were looking for a man missing in Lake Norman off Belle Isle Drive in the Peninsula area of Cornelius. Crews suspended their search just before 10pm, with plans to resume at 7am Monday.  See more on CorneliusNews.net

An open letter to Mayor John Woods, Town Commissioners Rodney Graham, Jim Fuller, Brian Jenest, Beth Cashion, Stacey Anderson.  Read the full story

Janie Blackstock and Scot Slusarick posed in January, shortly after they started serving coffee at The Rumor Mill on Depot Street, Davidson. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Has it been a year already? The Rumor Mill Market, at 217 Depot St. in downtown Davidson, will celebrate its first birthday with a day of events this Saturday, Sept 6.

They’ll offer a free lunch for visitors beginning at noon, with live music all day and evening. Stay Tuned plays from 4 to 6, then Davidson-based band Sunday Union is up at 7pm. Read the full story

Davidson Police responded to a resident’s report of harassing phone calls and texts from a former boyfriend, and officers received reports of several larcenies in the area. There were few traffic incidents during the last week of August, though two arrests were made for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and aggravated assault. Read on for details on those incidents and a summary of this week’s traffic enforcement.

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At their meeting Tuesday, Sept. 9, Davidson commissioners will hear presentations about the town’s affordable housing policy and proposed changes to the town planning ordinance, and they’re also scheduled to vote whether to raise the pay of 24-year Town Manager Leamon Brice. Read the full story

By LINCOLN DAVIDSON
DavidsonNews.net

Davidson College president Carol Quillen told students Thursday night that the college’s decision to make meal plans mandatory was a “business decision” that the administration knew would be difficult to implement.

“We believe that with guaranteed revenue coming in, the dining services budget will be more predictable and able to respond to rising food costs. This was a business decision so that we can continue to provide what we consider to be an essential part of the Davidson experience, so that students and faculty and staff can continue to eat together for meals,” Quillen said. Read the full story