Panelists (fom left) Sharon Green, John Concelman, and Lucretia Waston-Collins listen to comments from an audience member

CONCORD – The Cornelius-based anti-bullying group Foundation for Respect Ability hosted a private preview Thursday night of the movie “Bully” that was followed by a panel discussion. The event drew applause and tears, but was not a sob story, it was a call to action. With discussions about bullying growing in the right now, Christina Ritchie Rogers of CorneliusNews.net went to the screening, and also checked in on a session Friday at Bailey Middle School. Read more on CorneliusNews.net»

Police are investigating two cases in which unknown drivers damaged vehicles in the parking lot of the Davidson Clinic and drove away without leaving contact information or contacting the police. Total damage to the vehicles was estimated at $1,000 each. Elsewhere, a woman’s smart phone was stolen from a bench at the Ada Jenkins Center basketball court, and police are investigating a complaint that a 48-year-old woman threatened a 51-year-old man on Jetton Street. Details on these stories and more (along with a tally of the week’s arrests, citations, and traffic enforcement) may be found below. Read the full story

Updated Friday, 12:43 p.m.
Cornelius police on Thursday charged two Charlotte men with murder in the Wednesday night shooting death of a Davidson man at a house near the Food Lion in Cornelius. Bernard Fuller and Jay Wallace also face several other charges in the death of Wilfred Arnold of Davidson. Read the full story on CorneliusNews.net.

Davidson’s Town Board adopted a new animal control ordinance Tuesday night that updates and consolidates existing rules and adds a new ban on “tethering” – the practice of chaining unattended dogs. The board also voted to renew the town’s contract with the City of Charlotte Animal Control for another year, approved master plan changes for the Exit 30-area Northeast Quadrant and River Run Phase 5 projects, and amended planning rules governing building facade design. Officials said the latter change was intended to help an unnamed developer considering a project in town. Read the full story

By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

MOORESVILLE – Owners of boat rental companies on Lake Norman are researching ways to improve rental safety but it could be months before any proposals come back to the Lake Norman Marine Commission, commission member John Marino said Monday. At its monthly meeting, the commission also got reports about the start of the spring boating season, and heard about the state’s plans in May for the annual release of grass-eating carp to help battle invasive hydrilla weeds. Read the full story

The Town of Davidson announced Monday, April 9, that a special meeting/closed session of the Town Board, which had been scheduled before Tuesday’s monthly board meeting, has been canceled.

The monthly meeting will begin as scheduled at 6 p.m. at Town Hall.

The board is expected to vote on a variety of items, including adding $133,300 to the budget for new police cars, approving amendments to Section 9.2 of the planning ordinance, and seeking additional funding from the federal Centers for Disease Control to continue the Davidson Design for Life program, which is studying the impact of planning on public health. Read the full story

Firefighters last week responded to a report of a gasoline leak at the marina on Portside Drive in Davidson Landing. Employees at Archer’s Towing called 911 when a vehicle began to smoke after its battery arced in a storage area, and the Mecklenburg County fire marshal’s office was called to investigate an illegal outdoor fire on Shearer Street. Davidson firefighters also helped out at a house fire in Cornelius’s Peninsula neighborhood. Details on these stories and more (along with a tally of the week’s medical calls) may be found below. Read the full story

HUNTERSVILLE – Duke Energy and county officials will conduct a quarterly test of sirens around McGuire Nuclear Station on Wednesday, April 11, at about 11:50 a.m. Read the full story