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• Recycling for all?

  Mooresville officials are looking closely at how to offer curbside recycling of plastics, aluminum cans and cardboard to all town residents.

  01/06/2010 9:23 AM

• When rural meets growth: Guiding N.C. 3's future

  Cutting through the country, the road from Mooresville to Kannapolis rolls by places like the 100-year old Harris farm, historic Coddle Creek Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church and the peaceful Coddle Creek reservoir.

  12/16/2009 6:00 AM

• Town board tackles fees, fiscal woes

  The backlash from high unemployment rates, stalled construction projects and a sluggish housing market is starting to hit Town Hall. Requests for financial assistance coming from a variety of places were presented to Mooresville commissioners at their meeting last Monday.

  12/14/2009 9:39 AM

• Langtree getting a big jump start

  The first trickle of the federal economic stimulus money has made its way to Mooresville, and will help jump-start the $800 million Langtree at the Lake development.

  12/14/2009 9:29 AM
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  New mayor, commissioner join Mooresville board

  It was a night of transition and a changing of the guard, with the mayor's gavel passing into new hands and a new commissioner joining the Mooresville Town Board.

  12/09/2009 9:46 AM

• Mooresville says 'no, thanks' to purchase of old mill ... for now

  The former Burlington Industries property on Main Street south of downtown Mooresville has been vacant for a decade and up for sale since August. Eager to find a use for the 38-acre, prominently located textile mill site, town commissioners toyed with the prospect of buying and redeveloping the sprawling property themselves.

  12/02/2009 6:00 AM

• New downtown Mooresville bar is a throwback to speakeasy days

  Like the underground clubs that sprang up during Prohibition, the first real bar to open on Main Street will be a throwback to the speakeasies of the 1920s, where the nightlife was swinging and the booze bought on the sly.

  11/27/2009 12:00 PM

• New water line will enable restaurant to open

  Mooresville's decision to install a new water line behind a half-block of businesses on Main Street means Howard Kosofsky of Old Downtown LLC can move forward with his plans to open the Daily Grind restaurant.

  11/18/2009 6:00 AM

• Video conferencing system will give fire, police better connectivity

  For Mooresville's fire chief, the ability to communicate orders to four fire stations simultaneously through video conferencing has numerous advantages, some of them life saving.

  10/21/2009 6:00 AM
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  Protecting a corner of history

  For Town Commissioner Mac Herring, preserving the Johnston buildings on the corner of East Center Avenue and Broad Street means more than saving an important part of Mooresville's history. It also means saving a piece of his own.

  10/14/2009 6:00 AM

• Mooresville extends 83X bus service for six months

  Despite threats to eliminate funding in December for the 83X Mooresville-to-Charlotte commuter bus service, Mooresville commissioners on Monday approved another six months of service while reducing the number of round trips.

  10/07/2009 6:00 AM

• Winslow Bay residents take traffic matters into their own hands

  Dissatisfied with Mooresville's answers to neighborhood traffic concerns, the Winslow Bay Home Owners Association decided to solve the problem itself.

  09/25/2009 6:00 AM

• Town making lawn irrigation systems costlier to add

  Mooresville residents planning to install lawn irrigation systems will now be required to also install a separate water meter and pay a town fee that could cost nearly $1,800.

  09/23/2009 6:00 AM

• Town trying to keep higher wastewater plant expense in the distant future

  Trying to postpone the need for a new wastewater treatment plant and its $150 million cost, Mooresville is planning a $20 million interim expansion for the Rocky River Plant.

  09/18/2009 6:00 AM

• Dredger's sinking in Lake Norman has officials concerned

  A dredging company lost an excavator when it toppled off a barge into Lake Norman two weeks ago. No one was injured and so far no fuel has leaked into the water.

  09/16/2009 6:00 AM

• Intersection work should ease tie-ups

  Traffic should flow a little smoother along N.C. 150 after improvements Mooresville is recommending for the intersection of Williamson and Bluefield roads.

  09/11/2009 6:00 AM

• Worried about developer, town seizes bonds to complete work

  A developer's failure to complete work in two Mooresville subdivisions has prompted town commissioners to take a nearly unprecedented step: calling for the forfeiture of the developer's performance bonds.

  09/11/2009 6:00 AM

• MI-C board will wait to discuss new funding needs

  Following MI-Connection's announcement Monday that the municipally-owned cable company will need more public funding in order to grow its subscriber base, the utility's board members did not discuss future financing at a special meeting on Wednesday.

  09/04/2009 6:00 AM

• To keep growing, MI-C will need more dollars from towns

  MI-Connection wants to double its subscriber base this fiscal year, but adding those customers will likely require an infusion of cash from Mooresville and Davidson, which own the cable system.

  09/02/2009 9:42 AM

• Mooresville residents upset about proposed bridge over I-77

  Mooresville's David Stutts remembers clearing the land, filling in the gullies and the two years he spent with his dad building their house on a peaceful road in the country. Now Stutts is worried the dream he worked hard to secure on Oates Road is going to be ruined by Mooresville's plans to connect the road with a bridge over Interstate 77.

  08/20/2009 6:00 AM