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In today's newsletter:

  • How a late-night blaze hit a Greensboro Walmart store
  • What moments defined UNCG’s Fall 2025 commencement celebrations?
  • How Lumbee federal recognition could reshape Native life around Greensboro

Also on today's calendar: The Dinner Detective True Crime Murder Mystery Dinner Show - Greensboro, NC and 3 more events.

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Today's riddle: Last night I had a dream. 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 54 and low of 36 degrees.
  • Sunday: Sunshine; breezy in the p.m., temps: high: 55, low: 27.
  • Monday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 48 and low of 29 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. VIDEO: Fire damages Walmart on West Gate City Boulevard in Greensboro (myfox8.com) — A Wednesday night fire damaged the Walmart Neighborhood Market on West Gate City Boulevard in Greensboro, forcing an evacuation but sparing the store’s interior from flames. Greensboro firefighters contained the blaze in just over an hour, limiting losses to smoke damage and preventing millions more in structural harm while they continue investigating the cause.
   

2. UNCG Fall 2025 Commencement (peacemakeronline.com) — More than 2,000 students just graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, celebrating Fall 2025 commencement at UNCG Auditorium and First Horizon Coliseum. Speakers highlighted perseverance, first-generation success, and UNCG’s impact on North Carolina communities, while opera great Elvira Green received an honorary degree recognizing her ties to Greensboro’s arts scene.
   

3. Lumbee community excited for next steps (spectrumlocalnews.com) — Greensboro serves as the backdrop for local Lumbee and Native leaders reacting to long-sought federal recognition for the Lumbee Tribe. Community members describe how new status could boost health, education, and cultural programs, including for Native residents connected through the Guilford Native American Association, which just marked its 50th anniversary.
   

4. DOJ weighs in on another commissions lawsuit (realestatenews.com) — A Greensboro home purchase is at the center of a major federal antitrust case over real estate commissions, where the DOJ is urging a judge not to dismiss buyers’ claims. The outcome could influence how Greensboro buyers pay agents and how competitive local brokerage fees remain.
   

5. 2025 In Review: Commercial Aviation (aviationweek.com) — Greensboro gets a notable mention in this global aviation roundup, with startup JetZero planning a new facility here to build its next-generation blended wing body passenger aircraft. The rest of the piece surveys major 2025 developments for Boeing, Airbus, Embraer, and others, including new aircraft programs, airline orders, and U.S. air traffic control modernization plans.
   

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  • Just want to throw out a suggestion…..
    if you are able, purchase some grocery store gift cards, such as Food Lion, and give them to senior citizens that you run into in the grocery store… (Nextdoor Battle Forest South)
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    I can only think of Jimmy John’s and Starbucks. Are there other options within walking distance of downtown that I am unaware of? Need to be in the … (Nextdoor Fisher Park)
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