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Thursday, October 9th, 2025
Good morning, Huntersville. Here's your local news at a glance for Thursday, the 9th of October.
COMMUNITY NEWS
- ➤ The Coach Lee Rose Foundation will hold its annual fundraiser, An Evening with the Coach, tonight at Halton Arena at UNC Charlotte to support underserved youth—featuring five-time Grammy Award winning Jeffrey Steele and directing half the proceeds to Joni and Friends. WCNC
- ➤ Girl Scout Troops 864 and 2303 will host a food drive this Saturday from 9 to 11 a.m. at the corner of Jetton Road and Peninsula Club Drive to benefit the Ada Jenkins Food Pantry – the troops aim to collect 1,000 pounds of packaged or canned food and also accept cash or check donations. Cornelius Today
- ➤ Huntersville’s First Responders Park has received a $500,000 grant to be built on the remaining land of Fire Station #4. The planned park will include a splash pad, pickleball courts, a playground, open lawn, shelters and trails — designed to boost local recreation — with construction set to begin soon. Lake Norman Publications
GOVERNMENT NEWS
- ➤ Town commissioners approved the purchase of a 9-acre site on N.C. 73 near Blythe Landing on Tuesday for new Fire Station No. 2 to replace the aging 1967 station on Beatties Ford Road that has expansion challenges from power lines—the property cost is $900,095 and construction dates have not been announced. Queen City News
- ➤ Commissioners said Iryna’s Law provides $1.6 million in recurring funds, $37,000 in nonrecurring funds and funding for five full-time legal assistants to hire 10 new assistant district attorneys in Mecklenburg County — the law, signed last Friday by Gov. Josh Stein, is named for Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee fatally stabbed on the light rail. WSOCTV.com
REAL ESTATE NEWS
- ➤ Huntersville's historic dairy farmland has been sold and will be turned into a new neighborhood; the land, farmed by Westmoreland & Sons for over 100 years, is set for future development. WCNC
TODAY'S FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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