MI-Connection CEO David Auger gave a quarterly operations update Thursday.

MI-Connection Communications System completed its takeover of all the key technical and business operations of the local cable TV and internet network as scheduled Jan. 15, the system’s CEO said Thursday.

Chief executive David Auger told the MI-Connection board of directors at a Davidson Town Hall meeting that MI-Connection has set up a Network Operations Center (NOC) at its Mooresville headquarters – the final step in taking over day-to-day operations from Bristol Virginia Utilities. Read the full story

Pine Lake Preparatory will have its own football team starting next school year, the school’s Booster Club announced this month. Meanwhile, the W.A. Hough High PTSA will benefit from a Barnes & Noble book fair starting Thursday, Davidson Elementary seeks volunteers for special student/parent nights, and J.M. Alexander Middle School IB students take another state Future City title. Also, North Mecklenburg High School will host an IB open house, and North Meck principal Matthew Hayes received special recognition from the Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce last week. And, CMS has begun planning its 2013-14 calendar, Cannon School students won writing awards, St. Mark Catholic School will observe Catholic Schools week, and both Cannon and the Levine Jewish Community Center offer college admissions advice. Read below for details. Read the full story

Map shows the parcel where Davidson Day School hopes to put a second campus.

MOORESVILLE – Mooresville commissioners last week approved the rezoning of 190 acres between Faith and Mackwood roads, clearing the way for Davidson Day School to build a separate campus for its upper school – grades 7-12.

The rezoning request had been on hold while commissioners considered the proposal. Last month, Davidson Day officials said they hope to purchase the land this month. The parcel lies east of N.C. 115 and north of Faith Road. Read the full story

By CHRISTINA RITCHIE ROGERS
CorneliusNews.net

The parcel of land Davidson Day aims to purchase for its second campus, east of N.C. 115 in Mooresville. Click to enlarge.

Davidson Day School hopes to purchase land for a second campus in early January, but its plans depend on whether town officials agree to rezone the property, which lies east of N.C. 115 and north of Faith Road. The school had hoped to close on the sale this month, but Mooresville town commissioners delayed a vote on the rezoning Dec. 5, saying new board members needed time to review the school’s request.

After months of searching for a second campus site, the school’s board of trustees and developer WGM Design selected the 190-acre parcel in Mooresville, between Faith and Mackwood roads. BB&T Bank owns the property, which is known generally as the “Stafford Property” and is zoned for a residential subdivision with single-family housing. Read the full story

A man died Tuesday at a shooting range in Mooresville. The Mooresville Tribune is reporting that he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the Point Blank Range on N.C. 150. Read the full story: “Few new details in suicide at Mooresville shooting range.”

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”.

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

It wasn’t much of a homecoming Friday night for the Hough High Huskies as the visiting Mooresville Blue Devils did all the scoring and walked away with a 31-0 I-MECK 4A football victory at Hough High Stadium in Cornelius. In SPORTS»