🌱 Planet K Gifts Sues Cedar Park + Local Holds Guinness Record + NASA

Hey, neighbors! I'm back with your new edition of the Cedar Park-Leander Daily, fresh off the presses. Here's what you need to know about what's happening in town.

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy and hot. High: 95 Low: 72.

Here are the top three stories in Cedar Park-Leander today:

1. Michael Kleinman, the owner of Cedar Park-based retail chain Planet K Gifts, sued the city of Cedar Park on Tuesday. Kleinman claims that city officials are harassing him and his business, for example shutting off water and wastewater services to his store, to force his "impermissible head shop" out of Cedar Park. Planet K Gifts, located at 1511 N. Bell Boulevard, sells CBD, erotica, pipes, vaporizers, and more. (Law360)
2. There are seven Guinness World Record holders in the Austin area, including Cedar Park teenager Maci Currin. Maci was featured in the 2021 World Record book for the world's longest legs. The 6 feet 10 inches tall teenager has record-setting legs that measure 4.4 feet long. (Austonia)
3. Firefly Aerospace in Cedar Park will deliver an experimental payload to the Moon's Mare Crisium basin through NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. The payload, NASA's Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE), will test a new lunar navigation capability using Earth's Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals at the Moon. (Space Ref)

Today in Cedar Park-Leander:

• Live Music at Lakeline: J Wagner At 11200 Lakeline Mall Drive (9:00 AM)
• 2022 Old Town Street Festival At 100 North Brushy Street (11:00 AM)
• YPT Austin's Annual Summer Party Barge At Riviera Marina (11:00 AM)
• Fresh Food For All At 1555 Cypress Creek Road (12:00 PM)
• Fallon Franklin Live At Whitestone Brewery (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Looking for a four-legged best friend in the Cedar Park-Leander area? Check out the latest list of adorable adoptable pets in your area! (Cedar Park-Leander Patch)
• Cedar Park Police Department announced that 18-year-old Angelo Voss has been charged with delivery of a controlled substance to a child, a second-degree felony. Detectives found evidence that Voss had supplied a 16-year-old female local high school student with Oxycodone pills that were suspected to contain the deadly drug, fentanyl. (Facebook)
• The MUDstacle is back on Sep. 24 at Vista Ridge High School! Registration is now open, don't miss the discounted rate of $15 per person! Click here for more information and to register. (Facebook)

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You're officially in the loop for today! I'll catch up with you bright and early Monday with a new update.

— Rose Mendez

About me: Rose Mendez is a freelance writer. She is studying English Literature at Hunter College. She loves reading, walking around the city, and coffee!