Miles Atkins was sworn in as Mooresville's new mayor Monday with family and friends. (Ken Charnock/Mooresville Tribune photo - reprinted with permission)

Mooresville’s town board on Monday swore in new mayor Miles Atkins as well as new and returning commissioners who won their races in the November. The board said farewell to outgoing Mayor Chris Montgomery, who did not seek re-election, and to longtime Ward 1 Commissioner Mitch Abraham, who lost to Eddie Dingler on Nov. 8. Meanwhile, commissioner Chris Carney resigned after his appointment to fill the District 41 state representative vacancy.

LINK: Dec. 7, 2011, Mooresville Tribune, “Changing of the Guard: Mooresville welcomes new mayor and commissioners, says goodbye to three”.

Davidson’s incoming Town Board and top town staff will be in Huntersville all day Friday, Nov. 18, for a quarterly retreat that town officials are billing as a “team-building” day. The meeting is 8:30 to 4:30 at the Huntersville Rotunda Conference Room, 105 Gilead Road, Huntersville. Read the full story

Miles Atkins

Davidson Mayor John Woods was among several area mayors re-elected Tuesday, while voters in Mooresville chose a new leader – Miles Atkins – who stepped up from an at-large seat on the Mooresville board. Huntersville Mayor Jill Swain kept her job despite a challenge, while Cornelius Mayor Jeff Tarte ran unopposed.

The results could mean at least some continuity as the towns continue to cooperate on regional issues. They include the MI-Connection Communications System, which Davidson owns with Mooresville, and transportation issues, including I-77 widening and bringing the Red Line commuter rail to the Lake Norman area. Read the full story

Ericka Ellis-Stewart, Mary McCray and Tim Morgan won a 14-way race for three at-large seats on the Charlotte Mecklenburg school board Tuesday night. The trio captured seats being surrendered by three at-large members stepping down from the board.

[Listen to an audio Q&A about the school board results with WFAE reporter Lisa Miller. See below.]

In Charlotte, Mayor Anthony Foxx easily won re-election, while fellow Democrats took all four of the city council at-large seats, giving their party a 9-2 majority on the council. Read the full story

By DAVID BORAKS

DavidsonNews.net

Davidson voters re-elected Mayor John Woods and the three incumbents to the Town Board Tuesday and also added two new commissioners – Jim Fuller and Rodney Graham – according to unofficial results Tuesday night.

Mayor Woods appeared to have about 60 percent of the votes to beat challenger Vince Winegardner. Read the full story

Candidates welcomed and thanked voters from the Pines at Davidson, who arrived by bus around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8. (DavidsonNews.net)

Davidson residents were heading to the polls in healthy numbers Tuesday to vote for mayor, the five Town Board seats and three at-large school board seats.

Voting appeared to be heavier at the Town Hall polling station, Precinct 206, where more than 500 people had voted by around 1:30 p.m. That was just before a bus arrived full of residents from The Pines at Davidson. Read the full story

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RELATED LINK: Nov. 6, 2011, DavidsonNews.net Election 2011 page, 2011 Election Guide: Meet the candidates

Polls will be open Tuesday, Nov. 8, from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. for local elections in Mecklenburg County, including Davidson Town Board and mayor and the county’s three at-large school board seats. If you haven’t made up your mind yet about who to vote for, see our 2011 Voter’s Guide on our Election 2011 page for profiles of the seven Town Board candidates and two mayoral candidates. (Links below) Read the full story