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One of two men charged in an April 2012 murder on North Main Street has pleaded guilty to reduced charges in the case. Meanwhile, another suspect has pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges and is awaiting trial. The two men were charged following the shooting death of 20-year-old Wilfred Arnold. Read the full story

Aerial view shows the location of Pender Pointe, off John Connor Road. Click for details.

Commissioners on Monday approved a rezoning for Pender Pointe, a single-family home to be built off John Connor Road in the Peninsula neighborhood. The board also held a public hearing on the 2014 budget – where only one resident spoke – and debated but took no action on two other hot local issues: I-77 widening and the empty Board of Commissioners seat. Read the full story

Developers Kevin Mahl and Jamie Rolewicz have formally begun construction on Hyde Park on Bailey, a complex of “upscale, spacious storage suites” at Cornelius Commerce Park, off Bailey Road.  They and local leaders celebrated with a groundbreaking Friday, May 17, at the site. Read more in REAL ESTATE & HOME»

Business and nonprofit leaders were among the guests. (Duke Energy photo)

The weather was perfect Thursday afternoon for the 23rd annual Business After Hours networking reception at the EnergyExplorium, at Duke Energy’s McGuire Nuclear Station on Lake Norman. The event brought businesspeople from Mecklenburg, Iredell and Lincoln counties.

Guests sampled burgers, chips and dips, sandwiches, chicken wings, desserts and other food from 17 area restaurants and caterers. DJ Echo provided the music and some guests actually got out on the water for boat tours around by Luxury Yacht. Read the full story

E3D organizer Pat Millen (fifth from left) received a check for $10,320 from Peninsula Community Foundation chair Todd Wiebusch. With them are others associated with both End Davidson’s Digital Divide and the foundation.

The Lake Norman community is responding to the technology challenge issued earlier this year by Davidson-based nonprofit E3D, which wants to put computers in the hands local schoolkids who lack them. Organizer Pat Millen says help is coming in big and small ways – from donors as large as the Peninsula Community Foundation to events like the Biggest Lemonade Stand Day Ever planned in Davidson Saturday.

The Peninsula Community Foundation recently presented E3D with a check for $10,320 to help fund the group’s goal of helping close the digital gap among families in local schools. Working with local social service and school leaders, E3D is identifying students at public schools in Cornelius and Davidson who lack computers and internet connections.

RELATED COVERAGE

May 17, 2013, DavidsonNews.net, “How to end the digital divide: lemonade stands and foundation grants”

Feb. 27, 2013, DavidsonNews.net, “E3D’s goal: Eliminate Davidson’s Digital Divide.”

A map last year provided the general outline of the Caldwell Station Greenway, with several route options. After months of work, consultants May 23 will present a proposed trail alignment. Click for the full map.

Consultants will present the proposed alignment for the Caldwell Station Creek Greenway at a public workshop Thursday, May 23. The $2 million, 2-mile greenway will link Bailey Road Park on NC 115 with US 21 near the Home Depot.

The meeting runs 6:30 to 8pm at Cornelius Town Hall, 21445 Catawba Ave.

The project is the first since the town adopted a Pedestrian Master Plan last year, which envisions a variety of pedestrian and cycling paths in town. Troy Fitzsimmons, director of Cornelius Parks, Arts, Recreation & Culture (PARC), has said it could be the first in an eventual “emerald necklace” of paths around town. Read the full story

Diners gathered around the Sunrise Grill & Sandwich Co. truck in the Oak St. Mill parking lot Wednesday. (David Boraks/CorneliusNews.net)

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Beginning this Wednesday and continuing every Wednesday indefinitely, the Cornelius Cultural Art Group will host “Food Truck Wednesdays – Lunch In The Lot” in downtown Cornelius. They’re planning a different food truck (or two) from 11am – 2pm. Read the full story

Developers say the apartments will be among the nicest in the Lake Norman area. Here’s an architect’s drawing for one of the three-story buildings.

The three buildings will be along Kenton and Sedgebrook drives.

By DAVID BORAKS
CorneliusNews.net

With the real estate market picking up, developers are getting ready to build out another residential section of Kenton Place off West Catawba Avenue, a project of 210 upscale apartments called the Reserve at Kenton Village. Kenton Place’s developer says the units “will be the nicest apartments in Lake Norman by far.” Read the full story