Students at Davidson Day School held a Veterans Day ceremony Friday. (Laura Woods/Davidson Day School photo)

Davidson and Cornelius will host Veterans Day observances on Monday, Nov. 12, which is a federal holiday. The Cornelius event will be at the Veterans Monument at Rotary Plaza, behind Town Hall. Davidson will host a program on the Village Green.

CORNELIUS

Monday, Nov. 12, 11am, Cornelius Veterans Monument at Rotary Plaza, behind Town Hall, 21445 Catawba Ave., Cornelius – Join the Town of Cornelius and the American Legion Post 86 at in a program to honor veterans and those currently serving in the Armed Forces. Info: www.cornelius.org

DAVIDSON

Monday, Nov, 12,, 11am, Davidson Village Green, Main Street and Concord Road, Davidson – Veterans Day Ceremony, with keynote address by Mayor John Woods, music by Community School of Davidson Chorus and band, a Davidson Police Department color guard, and placing of a wreath of remembrance.

Public schools, banks, post offices and federal offices will be closed for the day.

DAVIDSON DAY HONORS VETS

Davidson Day School students in grades 2 to 12 observed Veteran’s Day on Friday with an observance that included music by the pep band and the students sang “My Country ‘Tis of Thee,” “Grand Old Flag,” and “The Star Spangled Banner.” Also during the observance Christopher Graham, Director of Facilities and Gulf War Veteran spoke to the students.

“From the mountains of Korea to the deserts of Iraq, in my mind, my mission, my directives where crystal clear. Protect and serve this country so that these people can live free. Where by which, kids of all ages can go to school in mornings such as this one to pursue all their dreams,” Mr. Graham said.

Mr. Graham served from 1988-1992 in Iraq.

“This was a great event. Sometimes we do not realize how lucky we are to be free. There are people that made sacrifices for my freedom and I thank them for that,” said 10th grader Cameron Caldwell.

BAILEY MIDDLE OBSERVES THE DAY

In honor of our local veterans, Bailey Middle School held its second annual Veterans Celebration on Friday morning in the Bailey gym. The special program featured the Hough High School Drill Team, and Bailey’s own Middle School Band, Orchestra, and Chorus.

Samuel Baez was the guest speaker. Mr. Baez served two tours of duty with the Army in Iraq and is now a CTE (Career and Technical Education) teacher at Bailey.

Davidson firefighters over the past week responded to an automobile wreck on Concord Road as well as variety of false alarms and smoke detector activations. Details on these incidents and a tally of the week’s 17 medical calls may be found below. Read the full story

The parade started on North Main Street Davidson and headed south through downtown. More photos below. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

With sun shining and temperatures in the high 50s, more than 2,300 marchers walked, dance, tumbled and rode from Davidson to Cornelius in the 29th annual North Mecklenburg Christmas Parade. Read the full story

Updated Monday, 10:15 p.m.
Electricities crews Monday night were able to restore power to nearly all of the approximately 2,700 customers who had been without power for close to 20 hours following an explosion at an electrical substation off Zion Avenue early Monday morning. Read the full story on CorneliusNews.net.

Power company crews worked on the Zion Street substation in Cornelius around 3 o'clock Monday morning. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Updated 8:02 a.m.
Power went out in parts of Davidson and Cornelius for hours early Monday, after a transformer blew up at an electrical substation off Zion Avenue in downtown Cornelius. Power wasn’t expected to be restored in parts of Cornelius until 2 p.m., and school was canceled for the day at J.V. Washam and Cornelius elementary schools, and W.A. Hough High School. Lake Norman YMCA also was closed. Cornelius Town Hall remained open, but without power or telephone services.

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A NCDOT crew is replacing storm drain pipes at NC 115 near the Habitat ReStore in Cornelius. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

CORNELIUS – N.C. 115/Old Statesville Road will be closed in both directions at Spring Street, near the Our Towns Habitat for Humanity ReStore, from Friday night to Monday morning while a crew replaces a major storm drain under the road, state officials said Friday. Read the full story

Today’s North Mecklenburg Christmas Parade, tonight’s Christmas in Davidson festival on Main Street, and railroad crossing work at Sam Furr Road and N.C. 115 will affect travel in north Mecklenburg.
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