New pavement markings around the NCDOT’s Potts-Sloan-Beaty road project on Davidson’s West Side signal there’s more asbestos removal to come in the area. … More Asbestos removal area expands as part of Beaty-Sloan-Potts project
I’ll give a talk Feb. 7 about the 1914 Murder on South Street in Davidson – a scandal then and now. … More Feb. 7 history talk: ‘Murder on South Street’
Chef Scott Leibfried and restaurateur Robert Maynard have opened Fontana di Vino in the old ice house on South Main Street in Davidson. … More Fontana di Vino, an ‘Italian pasta chophouse,’ now open on South Main Davidson.
NCDOT officials say asbestos cleanup will by the end of this week or early next week on the planned Potts Street-Sloan Street connector, in Davidson’s west side neighborhood. The cleanup should take about a month, officials told about 50 people at a community meeting at Ada Jenkins Center Monday night. … More NCDOT meeting addresses concerns about asbestos, traffic in Davidson’s Potts-Sloan-Beaty project
Most of the trees have been removed between Sloan and Potts streets on Davidson’s west side, to make way for an NCDOT road connection project. But before that can happen, asbestos must be removed from soil in the corridor. … More As work begins on Sloan-Potts connection, NCDOT plans Dec. 8 public meeting
WHQR’s “The Newsroom” podcast features my environmental series “CAFO Country” produced for WHQR in Wilmington, NC. It’s a deep dive into North Carolina’s hog and poultry industry. … More CAFO Country on WHQR: A closer look at concentrated animal feeding operations
In this 3-part series for WHQR in Wilmington, NC, I take a look at a range of climate-related issues, from beachfront structures falling into the ocean to the rising cost of stabilizing North Carolina beaches to the increasing frequency of high-tide flooding. … More Rising Waters on WHQR: How climate change and sea-level rise are trouble for the NC coast
Hey followers: I left WFAE in January 2024. I’m calling it “retirement” since worked there 17 years – first as a weekend announcer then full-time since 2016. I plan to continue covering the environment and climate change and other issues as an independent reporter. Stay tuned for updates. I’ll also be doing photography, traveling and who … More Time for a career move
Our former online news site, DavidsonNews.net, had a holiday custom: Asking elder residents to share their memories of the holidays from days gone by. In 2010, Around Davidson columnist Brenda Barger and I interviewed two well-known Davidson sisters, Evelyn Carr and Annie Mildred Lowery. As holiday 2018 rolls around, have a listen to this audio … More Davidson Christmas Memories: Annie Mildred Lowry and Evelyn Carr
Patrick Braxton-Andrew’s family describes him as a world traveler, fluent in Spanish, who would rather spend a few days off in Latin America than stay at home. Two weeks ago, the 34-year-old teacher at the private Woodlawn School, near Davidson, flew to Chihuahua, in north central Mexico. On Oct. 28, he went for a walk … More Family waits as search continues for NC Teacher missing in Mexico| WFAE
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