Our Towns Habitat for Humanity’s annual ReStore ReStyle Design Challenge fund-raiser Tuesday night will show off the work of interior designers who have designed rooms around items they found at the two local ReStores. Read the full story

An 18-year-old man was flown by medical helicopter to Carolinas Medical Center-Main on Monday night after receiving a head injury while skateboarding. The accident occurred around 9:30 p.m. in a cul-de-sac near the Abersham park area, where the man was reportedly “longboarding” with friends.

Three Davidson fire engines carrying a total of eleven volunteers responded to the scene to assist the patient, along with a Medic ambulance and three Davidson police officers. Firefighters assisted with preparing a landing zone for the helicopter nearby. No further details were immediately available.  Meanwhile, read on for a report of other fire and medical calls over the past week. Read the full story

Early voting for the May 8 primary elections in Mecklenburg County expands this week to Cornelius Town Hall, the Huntersville library and other public buildings around the county. Meanwhile, Christina Ritchie Rogers has profiles of the five Republicans vying to become the next state Senator from our area. See our ELECTION page.

Updated Tuesday, 8:35 a.m.
By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

Two people were arrested and at least one person was hospitalized early Sunday after a night of brawling on Davidson College’s Patterson Court fraternity row. The college has released few details, but rumors were running wild on and off campus and on social media, including Twitter where the incident was dubbed #DavidsonRiot. Read the full story

Robert Whitton

Two Main Street music venues – Summit Coffee and The Birdsnest – will host a long list of local musicians in an all-day musical tribute to the memory of Davidson College Professor Robert Whitton this Saturday, May 5, in downtown Davidson. Read the full story

Fog settled on Mimosa Cemetery around 7 a.m. Monday. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

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We’re always looking for good photos of Davidson, people and events. Send us your photos for consideration at editor@davidsonnews.net. Read the full story

The Davidson Police Department will be offering Davidson residents the opportunity to register their dogs, cats and ferrets at the police department booth on Davidson Town Day May 5, 2012 from 10 a.m.– 2 p.m.  Residents will need to provide the rabies certificate that has the tag number and the date of rabies inoculation.  Any questions please call Cheryl Dellinger at the Police Department 704-892-5131.

CORNELIUS - A faulty lamp is believed to be the cause of a fire that destroyed a lakefront house on Norman Shores Drive in Cornelus early Saturday. Nobody was hurt in the pre-sunrise blaze that burned more than half of the house and caused significant smoke damage to the rest. See the full story on CorneliusNews.net.