A committee of town staff, residents and artists is encouraging residents to attend Tuesday’s monthly town board meeting to comment on a proposed Davidson Plan for Public Art. The board is scheduled to vote whether to adopt the plan. Read the full story

Davidson College will play the University of Maryland Thursday in Buffalo, N.Y., in the first round of the NCAA Division 1 men’s basketball tournament. Read the full story

Davidson’s Town Board at its monthly meeting Tuesday night will hold public hearings on two development projects off Exit 30 and on proposed changes to the Village Infill Planning Area rules.

Meanwhile, events around Davidson this week include a Saturday dedication ceremony for the new Southeast Greenway, a gallery talk and opening reception at the college art gallery for “Davidson Collects: 1938-Present,” and lectures on Islamic law at Davidson College.

Read on for details about these and other events …

Brad Thomas and Jessica Cooley with Chris Johanson’s “Two dimensional print of casual post-modern sculpture.” See “Davidson Collects” exhibit opening, Thursday (below). Read the full story

John Woodall of Davidson presented a large facsimile of a $100,000 check to a representative of the Muscular Dystrophy Association on Saturday at a luncheon at Davidson College.

The luncheon honored “Laura’s League” participants who raised the money for MDA, and who walked in a special MDA event at Concord Mills Saturday morning. Read the full story

If you’re a Davidson basketball fan, you may already be biting your nails over where the NCAA tournament committee will put the Cats. Why bite those nails alone? Join the basketball team at the college union Sunday starting at 6 p.m.

Meanwhile, the Wildcats baseball team hosts Lafayette, the folk and blues music continues at Summit Coffee, and a pair of lectures about Islam are on tap Monday and Tuesday as students return from spring break. Read the full story

Architect Babak Emadi describes plans for the Stowe's Exxon site at a Town Hall workshop Thursday. (Bill Giduz photo)

Developer David Stewart unveiled his proposal for redeveloping the Stowe’s Exxon site on Main Street during a public workshop at Town Hall Thursday, and got an earful from residents about the plan.

Mr. Stewart and his firm, Harris Associates, showed rough drawings and site plans for a 4-story mixed-use building that would sit on the front of the half-acre site, right at the “V” formed by the intersection of South and Main streets. Read the full story

With Huntersville’s decision to quit a five-town group considering buying the local cable TV system, officials from Davidson, Mooresville and Troutman on Wednesday night agreed to spend money to study whether a scaled-down business plan would work. Read the full story

Davidson in recent years has required builders of new residential developments to include affordable housing for sale. Now, with more than 200 affordable units under construction or on the drawing board, Town Hall has decided to hire a coordinator to manage this new and unique requirement. Read the full story