VOICES OF DAVIDSON
Time for Apples
NEWS The Lincoln County Apple Festival is set for Lincolnton on Saturday, October 21. Since 1972 this vibrant community event has entertained locals and visitors with varied activities and reminded us how important apples have been to us. This year’s festival will,...
The Auman Legacy Covers the State
NEWS Editors' Note: D.G. sent a separate email to give News of Davidson readers the following inside scoop (in italics). There is a strong Davidson connection Hugh Barger and Watts Auman were Davidson classmates. Both Watts and Hugh Lived on farms located...
100 Years of History
NEWS What can we learn from our state’s history? Many of us learned the basics in the eighth grade. But that was a long time ago and it’s hard to remember after so many years. Don’t worry. There is help, in the form of The North Carolina Historical Review, which is...
Happy Anniversary, Dear Readers!
NEWS Happy Anniversary, Dear Readers! Picture this: The date is September 15, 2017. A sunny, late-summer day. The time is 9 a.m. A couple of your neighbors sit under a tent alongside bakers and farmers with tables that brim with the ears of corn, bunches of...
Reading to the End
NEWS You are not going to finish reading this column. And it is not necessarily because the column is not all that interesting. There may be other reasons according to Will Blythe. Blythe, a native North Carolinian, is a well-known and highly respected writer and...
Calling All Kindred Spirits: Group for Women Aged 50-Plus Offers Fun And Fellowship
NEWS Are you a single woman over 50 and looking for a new tribe? Then, check out Kindred Spirits: Davidson, an organization founded by Jean Spangler in 2019. This social organization brings area women together for socialization and support. To learn more, contact...
Made in Maine by Shawn Samuelson Henry: Book Launch presented by Main Street Books, September 28
NEWS You have an opportunity to meet Davidson author, Shawn Samuelson Henry, as she speaks about her new novel, Made in Maine. Main Street Books will feature Shawn at a book launch for Made in Maine on Thursday, September 28 at 7:00 pm at The Hurt Hub at...
Women Helping Turn Rotary Green
NEWS Liz Henke is changing the way the East Chapel Hill Rotary Club thinks. Liz is a member of the club’s Green Team. She and the team are featured in the September issue of Rotary Magazine, which is sent to 1.4 million Rotarians across the world. An article titled...
The Book Banning Parade Has Come to Town
NEWS “We uphold the principles of intellectual freedom and resist all efforts to censor library resources.” - ALA Code of Ethics Every now and then, when all the competing priorities that come with small business start to feel overwhelming, I try to remind...
MecDec Lives
NEWS A book about the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence published in April has raised again the question of whether on May 20, 1775, a group of county residents adopted such a resolution more than a year before the American Declaration. “Who's Your Founding...
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