Home Careolina press release

Seniors don’t have to forego quality care just because the economy is bad. A local company called Home Careolina is offering a free automated telephone service for seniors in the Lake Norman area. Up to six daily phone calls can be scheduled to check on the well-being of a senior, or remind him or her to take medication. Read the full story

Charles Collver “Chuck” Adams died Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at The Pines at Davidson following a valiant battle against esophageal cancer. He was 78. He was retired after a long career in marketing at IBM.

A memorial service is planned Saturday at Davidson United Methodist Church. (Details below.)
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Updated Wednesday, 4/1/09, 7:30 a.m.

By DAVID BORAKS
and BRENDA BARGER
DavidsonNews.net

Relatives, friends, and coworkers of Shatona Robinson were still in shock Tuesday over the death of the 20-year-old Davidson woman, whom they described as a hard worker and compassionate friend. She died and three passengers were injured Sunday night when their car was rammed by a speeding police cruiser at a north Charlotte intersection.

Relatives and friends gathered on the front porch and in the living room of the tiny home on Mock Road, on Davidson’s West Side, that she shared with aunt Velvet Robinson and her cousins.

“It’s hard to believe she’s gone,” said Crystal Robinson, her cousin and housemate.

The sad news also touched residents of The Pines at Davidson retirement community, where Ms. Robinson was an award-winning employee and had made an impression on many. Read the full story

Davidson Parks & Recreation is now accepting registration for its March programs, including a March 19 trip to the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, Senior Scholars presentations on March 11 and 25, and classes in health and fitness, art and photography, youth Irish step dancing, after school programs, and more.

Most programs are held at the Parks & Recreation office, 416 Armour St. For more about the programs, or to register online, go to www.d-Recs.org or by calling 704-892-3349.

Cornelius Food Lion added to route

The Town of Davidson said Wednesday it will expand the weekly Davidson Dash shuttle bus service to all residents beginning next Monday, Feb. 2, and extend its route to include the Food Lion shopping center in Cornelius. Read the full story

HITCH A RIDE If you’d like to ride the Davidson Dash, you’ll need to reserve a seat by noon on the Friday before your Monday trip. So the first shuttle day reservations are due by noon tomorrow (Friday, Jan. 23). Sign up on the Davidson Parks & Recreation Department website, d-recs.org, or by calling Parks & Rec at 704-892-3349.

By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

A year ago when the town’s Aging in Place Task Force reported its findings on the needs of local seniors, high on a wish list of local services was improved local transportation. On Monday, Jan. 26, local officials will be able to check that task off the list with the launch of the Davidson Dash – a weekly shuttle bus to help seniors get to shopping, offices or meetings.

Davidson Dash will operate Mondays from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., with seating by reservation only. For $1 a roundtrip, driver John Anderson and his town bus will pick up seniors ages 55 and older, as well as disabled residents who can get on off without assistance, at their home. He’ll deliver them to the Harris Teeter near Exit 30, Sadler Square on Griffith Street, on Main Street downtown, or along South Main Street. Read the full story

Do you have the information you need to make the right decisions when buying a home? With the stock market in the tank, how should you handle your retirement savings?

“You’ll learn a step-by-step process of buying a home.”

– counselor Robin Brown

Those and other questions will be addressed in a series of seminars organized by  Davidson Housing Coalition in the coming year on home ownership and financial literacy for homeowners and prospective home buyers.
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Davidson Senior Scholars will host a free program on community news Wednesday, Jan. 28, from 2-3:30 p.m. at the Davidson Parks and Recreation offices on Armour Street. The featured speaker for the January meeting will be David Boraks, a veteran journalist and founder of DavidsonNews.net.  Mr. Boraks will discuss the Internet and local news coverage, and also how this site came into being in his talk, “Reporting Community News in the Internet Age.” Read the full story