This family of Lake Davidson residents posed for a photo last weekend near the Ingersoll-Rand campus (Allan White photo)

A mallard walked in Roosevelt Wilson Park (Jay Wilson photo)

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A pair of bluebirds sang on a feeder in a backyard in east Davidson Saturday. (Allan White photo)

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Zak Kennedy's winning "Green Idea" and other entries are on display through May 16 at PiES, in South Main Square Business Center, 442 S. Main St.

Four projects by students from area high schools earned honors – and scholarships for their creators – at the first Green Idea Factory Competition April 14 at the Davidson-based Project for Innovation, Energy & Sustainability (PiES). Topping the list was a “solar composter” by W.A. Hough High School freshman Zachary Kennedy. Read the full story

Davidson College’s Environmental Action Coalition will present “Greenstock,” an environmental festival on Saturday, March 31, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., outside Davidson College Alvarez College Union.

The festival will include music by Davidson students, food from the Healthy Home Market and Davidson College’s Food Cart, break out sessions with experts in different environmental areas, plus games and activities. Read the full story

Davidson College’s Environmental Action Coalition hosts the 8th annual Green Ball this Friday night, Feb. 17, a night of contra dancing, fun and fundraising for Davidson Lands Conservancy

The dance is 7:30-11 p.m. at Davidson College’s Chambers Hall, Lilly Family Gallery. Tickets are $8 for students, $10 general admission, $12 at the door. Read the full story

It was foggy again Saturday in downtown Davidson. (Jay Wilson/DavidsonNews.net)

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Cub Scouts from Pack 58 helped install erosion fencing at Brackett Bluff Nature Preserve, near Fisher Farm, on Saturday.

Davidson’s Cub Scout Pack 58 worked with Roy Alexander of the Davidson Lands Conservancy on Saturday, Jan. 28, to install a silt erosion barrier in the new Brackett Bluff Nature Preserve” near Fisher Farm Park.

The silt barrier will help maintain the pristine quality of the preserve by controlling run-off during storms.  The Conservancy had discovered that a previous silt fence had begun to fail, and that erosion from an adjacent landfill was threatening the property.   Read the full story

Map shows locations of potential stations and financing districts. Click to download the PDF.

$452 million project won’t happen without all area governments in, task force chair says

By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

MOORESVILLE – Supporters of the Red Line Regional Rail Project north of Charlotte began their sales campaign in earnest Tuesday at a meeting of about 150 area elected and appointed officials. Leaders from across the region were there to hear the pitch, from Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx and Mecklenburg County Commission chair Harold Cogdell to town commissioners from the Lake Norman area.

There were plenty of skeptics in the crowd at the Charles Mack Citizens Center: local officials with questions about financing, retirees worried about higher taxes, and conservatives philosophically opposed to rail transit. Read the full story