🌱 Budget Time + Historical Barbershop + COVID Update

Hello, neighbors! It's me again, Cassie Fambro, your host of the Cornelius Daily.

First, today's weather:

Plenty of sunshine. High: 60 Low: 32.

Here are the top stories today in Cornelius:

1. City Of Cornelius: The FY23 Citizen Budget Survey Is Here! (Press Release Desk )
2. COVID update: NC positivity rate 8.3%; Mecklenburg 6.4% (corneliustoday.com)
3. Inside government: Town will take up penalties Dec. 20 (corneliustoday.com)
4. Cornelius barbershop designated as historical landmark (Spectrum News)
5. 5 Bedroom Home in Cornelius - $4,999,999 | | mooresvilletribune.com (Mooresville Tribune)

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Today in Cornelius:

From my notebook:

• Cornelius Police Department: "The 39th Annual North Mecklenburg Holiday Parade will be held this Saturday, December 4th at 1:00 p.m., rain or shine. The parade will impact access to Hwy 115 through Cornelius and other nearby streets between approximately 12:30 - 4:00..." (Facebook)

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— Cassie Fambro

About me: A Texas-native, I've spent most of my life in Alabama but have recently moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. I have an avid interest in motorsports, so this makes the Carolinas an ideal region to call home. I have a decade of experience in journalism, graduating from the University of South Alabama with honors in journalism with a double major in psychology and a minor in criminal justice. I spent roughly five years of my career in front of a camera in TV news but I have spent years in print journalism and even earned a couple of cool awards like an Edward R. Murrow award along the way. I enjoy covering stories in education, healthcare, government and most of all, stories that directly help people and improve their lives in some way. Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my partner Matt, and our two cats, Kenly and Gotenks, going to new restaurants and hanging out at racetracks.

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