Posted on August 28th, 2008 by Brenda Barger
Rain, Glorious Rain! Finally we are getting enough to really soak the ground. Area gardens, lawns, soybeans, pastures, ponds and lakes say thank you for every drop! Let’s hope this week’s moisture makes a real dent in our serious drought conditions. At least the downpours waited Monday until Davidson youngsters boarded those big yellow buses [...]
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Posted on August 25th, 2008 by David Boraks
It’s back to school, back to campus and back to a busy calendar in Davidson this week. We’ve got an opening reception and art lecture for the Davidson College annual faculty exhibition, the college’s Freshman Cake Race Wednesday, and a Senior Scholars program on Alzheimer’s disease. The Town Board’s monthly work session is Tuesday. On [...]
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Posted on August 21st, 2008 by Brenda Barger
It’s the last week before the public schools are back in session, a good time to sleep in, sit back, enjoy the late night Olympics broadcasts, and prepare for Monday’s onslaught of big yellow school buses. This week, we also welcome members and families of Davidson College’s Class of 2012. Good-bye to parking on Main [...]
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Posted on August 21st, 2008 by Laurie Dennis
Get ready for that first school bell to ring -students in Davidson are preparing to return to the classroom, if they aren’t there already. We have news from the first school in town to officially kick-off the 2008-09 school year, Children’s Community School, plus an interview with new Bailey Middle principal Jennifer Dean, and [...]
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Posted on August 20th, 2008 by David Boraks
The Root, an online magazine with news and commentary from an African-American perspective, this week is featuring an article by activist and former Davidson town board candidate Lenny McAllister entitled “We Down with GOP: Why Hip-Hop Republican is not an oxymoron.” In it, Mr. McAllister describes young black Republicans as an “avant garde movement,” representing [...]
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Posted on August 14th, 2008 by Brenda Barger
Last week DavidsonNews.net gave the scantily clad “Bikini Babes” lots of press, so it’s only fitting that Around Davidson offer the scantily clad “Man of the Week”: Vick McKinney. Vick is a fixture on South Main Street in Cornelius who can repair any vehicle you name and claims to “mend everything but a broken heart!” [...]
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Posted on August 7th, 2008 by Brenda Barger
The dog days of summer have descended upon us but that does not mean everyone is staying indoors standing on the air conditioning vent. There is lots to report from new twin grandbabies to a new employee at our public library. The “Bikini Babes” are creating quite a stir at the Town Hall and Swimming [...]
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Posted on August 6th, 2008 by Laurie Dennis
Tuesday may have seemed like just another hot summer day in Davidson. In fact, it marked the first Aug. 5 celebration of what “shall henceforth and forever be known as ‘Bikini Is A State of Mind’ day in Davidson.” That’s right, by official proclamation, Mayor John Woods declared Tuesday Davidson’s day in the [...]
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Posted on August 4th, 2008 by David Boraks
Posted on August 3rd, 2008 by Nathan Hartle
By NATHAN HARTLE
DavidsonNews.net
The Lake Norman Jewish Congregation has chosen Michael Shields, a 29-year-old native of Chappaqua, N.Y., and a recent graduate Hebrew Union College in New York, as its first full-time rabbi.
Rabbi Shields started the job this summer. “We knew it was a pretty good match from the start,” he said.
The congregation’s president, Slade [...]
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