23 May 2008
Dave Martin Dave Martin is chair of the town’s Natural Assets Stakeholders Committee, also known as the Greenprint Committee. A Davidson College economics professor and board member of Davidson Lands Conservancy, he talked with DavidsonNews.net‘s David Boraks about the committee’s work identifying the town’s important trees and other natural assets and how the town hopes [...]
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23 May 2008
Two local professors will lead a discussion Tuesday on “Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict,” which is aimed at clarifying the heated debates surrounding the conflict that is central to solving on-going problems in the Middle East. The event, with Davidson College history professor Jonathan Berkey and UNC-Charlotte anthropology professor Joyce Dalsheim, is at 7:30 p.m. in [...]
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22 May 2008
As we think toward summer plans, the cry for many may be “Surf’s Up” but in the meantime the cry from area farmers is “Hay’s Down!” Pastures of tall fescue are ready for mowing which makes trips along rural roads of Mecklenburg and surrounding counties a beautiful scene of tractors cutting the tall grass, raking [...]
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22 May 2008
It’s Memorial Day weekend across America and Race Weekend in Charlotte. In Davidson, the weekend will be marked by a music concert at St. Alban’s Friday, featuring “folk and Baroque” by the Wild Rose Ensemble. There will also be a gardening program at the library, a home finance seminar Thursday, a celebration of Bob Dylan [...]
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21 May 2008
Dave and Barbara Fagg prepare to “de-flamingo” their lawn after becoming the latest victims of the local craze. More about the Faggs and the flamingos in Brenda Barger’s Around Davidson column, coming Thursday on DavidsonNews.net.
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20 May 2008
Toast Café will open its Davidson location at 101 N. Main St. Thursday, initially serving breakfast and lunch. “Come hungry,” owner Brian Burchill told DavidsonNews.net. Also in this report: an update on the Sheraton and other Exit 30 projects, Davidson firm upgrades ‘Ace & TJ’ website, and the developer of the Village at Lake Norman [...]
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20 May 2008
North Mecklenburg will remember servicepeople who died in the line of service at a Memorial Day observance Saturday, May 24, at 11 a.m. at American Legion Post 86, 21215 Legion St., Cornelius
19 May 2008
“Manflower,” a lithograph by Mark Currin, in the student print show upstairs at Summit Coffee. The college students have left town and the busy spring in Davidson is winding down. But that doesn’t mean the community calendar is empty. This week’s schedule includes meetings, exhibits, a concert by The Wild Rose Ensemble of San Francisco, [...]
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