🌱 Free COVID Tests + HPD Needs Help + Basketball Changes

Happy Saturday, Huntersville! Here's what's happening today in Huntersville.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and cooler. High: 42 Low: 24.

Here are the top stories today in Huntersville:

1. Free COVID Tests Available At Local Libraries Starting Next Week (Huntersville Patch)
2. Huntersville police seek public's help identifying homicide victim (WCNC.com)
3. NC athletes are leaving home for pop-up schools that focus on basketball over academics (Charlotte Observer)
4. 5 Bedroom Home in Huntersville - $541,990 | | independenttribune.com (Independent Tribune)
5. Hopewell High School parents seeking solutions to curb campus conflicts (WCNC.com)

Today in Huntersville:

From my notebook:

• Nextdoor Neighbor, Centennial Huntersville: "Anyone experienced in changing a condenser coil fan in a refrigerator? - If you would replace mine for a price, please DM me. Thank you." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Cambridge Grove: "Does anybody have a recommendation for an awesome cookie decorating bakery in the LKN area. - Looking for 75 decorated cookies for Valentines Day. Thanks!" (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Cabarrus Crossing: "I just purchased a coffee at the BP at the corner of Popular Tent and Harris Road. - There was a Starbucks sign and machine for specialty coffees, however the regular brewed coffee was in a non Starbucks Cafe and was brewed in a non Star..." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Birkdale Village: "Cedar siding repair - Any info on contractors that repair/replace Cedar shake siding on houses in Huntersville. Tx" (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Centennial Huntersville: "Anyone experienced in changing a condenser coil fan in a refrigerator? - If you would replace mine for a price, please DM me. Thank you." (Nextdoor)

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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.