🌱 How Belmont tech helped crack a deadly Gastonia hit-and-run case
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In today's newsletter:
- How Belmont tech helped crack a deadly Gastonia hit-and-run case
Also on today's calendar: Holidays at the Garden and 1 more event.
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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Increasing cloudiness, with a high of 56 and low of 35 degrees.
- Thursday: Rain; breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 56, low: 49.
- Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 57 and low of 28 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• How Real Time Crime Center helped track suspect in fatal hit-and-run crash (wsoctv.com) — Belmont residents are seeing how local surveillance technology helped Gastonia police track down a suspect in a fatal October hit-and-run. A Belmont-based camera supplier explained how Real Time Crime Center cameras and neighborhood doorbell footage led investigators from a blurry SUV image to an arrest and a $500,000 bond for the accused driver. 
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★ Featured events ★
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Toddler Time @ Belmont
Belmont Branch Library, 125 N Central Ave, Belmont
10:30 am
Thursday December 18
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Other local events
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Holidays at the Garden
Daniel Stowe Conservancy , 6500 S New Hope Rd , Belmont
5:00 pm -
Winter Painting Class at Whiskerville Kitty Cat Cafe
Whiskerville Kitty Cat Cafe , 508 Beaty Rd , Belmont
1:30 pm -
NYE 2026 Belmont
10 Catawba , 10 Catawba St , Belmont
8:00 pm
Thursday December 18
Saturday December 20
Wednesday December 31
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Toddler Time In-Person
Union Road Branch Library , Branch Library - Meeting Room , Gastonia
10:30 am -
Overcoming Emotions that Destroy
King's Daughters Ministry , 112 N Main St , Stanley
9:30 am -
Mountain Island Raptors vs Piedmont Community Charter
Mountain Island Charter School , 13440 Lucia Riverbend Hwy , Mt Holly
4:30 pm -
Lake Pointe Academy Boys Varsity Basketball @ UR Academy
UR Academy , 2315 Union Rd , Gastonia
7:30 pm -
Seniors' Christmas Breakfast
Stanley, NC Calendar
7:00 am -
Story Time @ Union Road In-Person
Union Road Branch Library , Branch Library - Meeting Room , Gastonia
10:30 am -
Cookie Decorating with Sugar Dot's Bakery
Create In Us Art Studio , 106a S Main St , Mt Holly
6:00 pm -
Music Under the Stars: Merry Melodies
The Schiele Museum of Natural History & Planetarium , 1500 E Garrison Blvd , Gastonia
6:30 pm
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
Saturday December 20
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🗞 Nearby News
Gastonia
- Winning lottery ticket sold in Gastonia (gastongazette.com)
- Rivals Crest, Shelby finish atop Gastonia, Shelby football rankings (gastongazette.com)
- Woman arrested months after Gaston County hit-and-run kills father of 3 (wbtv.com)
Dallas
- Teen arrested in another stabbing on Gaston Avenue (advocatemag.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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