🌱 Clear Backpack Controversy + Emerald Necklace + DMV Addition

Hello, people of Huntersville! Cassie Fambro here with the latest edition of the Huntersville Daily. It's getting chillier but we have a warmup in the forecast so give it a look!

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 49 Low: 35.

Here are the top stories today in Huntersville:

1. Parents React To CMS Buying $441,791 Worth Of Clear Backpacks (Huntersville Patch)
2. COVID update: Cases continue to rise; a look at one year ago today (corneliustoday.com)
3. North Carolina DMV adding new driver license examiners (Charlotte Observer)
4. Huntersville PD Releases Video Of Cafe 100 Break-In Suspect (Huntersville Patch)
5. Cornelius Adding to Emerald Necklace That Connects LKN Towns (Cornelius Patch)

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Today in Huntersville:

• Open House - Merancas Middle College High (7:00 AM)
• Downtown Plan - Steering Committee Meeting (6:00 PM)

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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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