🌱 Happy Thanksgiving! Closed Stores + Lake Norman Gridlock

Welcome back, Cornelius! Let's get you started this Thursday with everything you need to know going on in Cornelius today.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 62 Low: 45.

Here are the top stories in Cornelius today:

1. Here are what stores are closed on Thanksgiving Day near Lake Norman (Patch)
2. Backups on this Lake Norman road still stretch for miles years after NC vowed relief (Charlotte Observer)
3. Here is a recap of how the NC State football commitments performed last week. (TheWolfpacker)
4. City Of Cornelius: No Waste Collection On Thanksgiving. (Press Release Desk )
5. Air travel near pre-pandemic levels, patience requested (Patch)

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Today in Cornelius:

Cornelius Patch Notebook

• Visit North Carolina: "We’ll always be vocal about shopping local. 😎 Find new ways to #ShopSmall this holiday season by hitting @theraleighnightmarket’s Merry Moore Market for live jams and local vendors. Can't make the market? Drop your favorite NC busine..." (Instagram)

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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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