Good morning, Huntersville.

The weekend from May 1 to May 4 will feature numerous regional events including live music at LangTree Live, a fish fry fundraiser at Mt. Zion, and a cardboard boat regatta in Cornelius.

In Huntersville, residents can join HEARTS May Day at HTHS, the Growers’ Market opening at Veterans Park, and the Hello Huntersville Music & Arts Festival (with Derby Day at Birkdale Village also adding local excitement).

On April 10, the Alexandriana Chapter of the DAR held its awards ceremony at Mount Zion United Methodist Church in Cornelius to recognize local youths and adults for their work in literacy, American history, and community service.

Melinda Bales presented awards—honoring both scholarship recipients and community service honorees featured by the Lake Norman Citizen.

The Mecklenburg County Scam Jam event is helping seniors learn how to spot red flags that show when a fraud might be happening.

The program is set to give practical advice so older residents can avoid scams.

Huntersville town board unanimously approved the Mission Stumptown Road mixed-use development at the southwest corner of Stumptown and Statesville roads adjacent to I-77; the 19-acre project breaks zoning rules by allowing 100% attached housing with seven multifamily buildings totaling 247 units, a clubhouse, and six commercial buildings while developers will include 16 attainable housing units for at least 15 years—meeting goals of the Huntersville 2040 Community Plan. The board also invoked eminent domain to secure land from Ambassador Christian School for electric service to the Coventry Glen Subdivision project, added two speed humps to Dellwood Drive, and approved a new mobility plan for safer travel.

NCDOT announced that Gilead Road will close over I-77 tonight at 10 p.m.—this closure is for the final lift of surface on the new $30.8 million diverging diamond and the road will reopen by 6 a.m. Monday with law enforcement directing detour traffic.