Posted on November 5th, 2008 by David Boraks
By a wide margin Tuesday, Mecklenburg County voters approved a $250 million parks & recreation bond package that includes money for the proposed community recreation center at Davidson IB Middle School on South Street, sports fields at the new Bradford District Park east of town, and for extending local greenways.
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Posted on November 4th, 2008 by David Boraks
Barack Obama won 54 percent of the votes in Davidson Tuesday. But the town’s two polling places offered a split preference, reflecting the difference between the Democratic-leaning older parts of town and the Republican-leaning neighborhoods of River Run and McConnell.
Meanwhile at 11 p.m., Democrats Jennifer Roberts, Dan Murrey and Harold Cogdell Jr. appeared on their [...]
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Posted on October 29th, 2008 by Nathan Hartle
By NATHAN HARTLE
DavidsonNews.net
Nasty weather Friday and early Saturday forced racers to battle rain and mud at last weekend’s National MTB Oktoberfest at Davidson’s Fisher Farm Park. But conditions improved as Saturday went on, making for exciting competition, organizers said.
One of the closest races of the weekend came in the open men’s solo division of the [...]
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Posted on October 25th, 2008 by David Boraks
LOCAL PROJECTS IN THE BONDS
$1.5 million for the proposed Davidson community recreation center at Davidson IB Middle School.
Money to extend local greenways: $1.4 million to extend through the town-owned Fisher Farm, off Shearer Road. $1.03 million extend the Southeast Greenway at the end of South Street to downtown Cornelius.
$23 million for a regional recreation center [...]
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Posted on October 24th, 2008 by David Boraks
Updated Saturday, Oct. 25
A revised site plan unveiled Thursday for the proposed Davidson IB School renovation and community center project shifts new construction toward South street, puts parking beside and behind the buildings, and includes a driveway loop behind the school for student drop-off and pickup. But many of those at a planning workshop at [...]
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Posted on October 24th, 2008 by David Boraks
Getting ready for Halloween? You’ll have a variety of ways to celebrate the holiday over the next week in and around Davidson, from the annual Halloween night march on Main Street to scary organ music at Davidson College Presbyterian Church to this Saturday’s Halloween “Spooktacular” festival at North Mecklenburg Park.
Meanwhile, if you’re in the hunt [...]
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Posted on October 23rd, 2008 by Laurie Dennis
Expect families of college students roaming about the Davidson College campus for “family weekend,” shoppers on main street for the Downtown Davidson Sidewalk Saturday Sale, and cool mountain bikers (including two-time Olympian David “Tinker” Juarez) zooming the trails at Fisher Farm Park.
That’s just a sample of a weekend that includes a visit by author Ron [...]
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Posted on October 23rd, 2008 by David Boraks
A followup planning workshop tonight (Thursday, Oct. 23) will take another look at site planning for the proposed Davidson IB Middle School renovation and community center construction project. On the eve of the meeting, some school neighbors repeated their objections to plans for connecting nearby streets to create a new bus route into the school [...]
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Posted on October 19th, 2008 by David Boraks
Davidson Cub Scout Pack 58 had a Scout Adventure Day and camp-over at Fisher Farm Park this weekend.
One brave den of Webelos (which stands for “we’ll be loyal scouts” and is the highest rank of Cub Scout) camped through the rain Friday night and helped set up the pack mess tent. About 40 scouts and [...]
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Posted on October 15th, 2008 by David Boraks
Davidson commissioners Tuesday unanimously endorsed the proposed $250 million parks and recreation bond package on the Nov. 4 ballot. The package includes several projects that would directly benefit local residents, including $1.5 million to help build a community recreation center at Davidson IB Middle School and money for greenways and sports fields.
With early voting set [...]
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