Morning Coffee
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Morning Coffee: September 21
Morning, neighbors. Coffee’s on, and today we’re pointing you toward the county park that’s actually ours. Did You Know Did you know Mountain Creek Park is the only Catawba County park sitting directly on this stretch of Lake Norman shoreline? It has playgrounds, hiking loops, a kayak launch, a fishing pier, and mountain bike trails,…
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Morning Coffee: September 20
Morning, neighbors. Coffee’s on, and today we’re wandering off toward the farmers markets scattered around the edges of the county. Did You Know Did you know one of the better farmers markets around happens before most of us are even out of bed? The Thursday Flea & Farmers Market at the Hickory American Legion Fairgrounds…
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Morning Coffee: September 19
Morning, neighbors. Coffee’s on, and today’s cup covers a fall event worth marking down, plus a practical look at what internet options actually exist out here. What’s New The 42nd Annual Harvest Folk Festival returns to Murray’s Mill Historic District in Catawba on September 26-27, just over a week from now. Saturday runs 10am to…
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Morning Coffee: September 16
Morning, neighbors. Coffee’s on, and today’s cup is short: one practical tip worth filing away, and one honest gap on the site worth knowing about. What’s New Catawba County Government posted a set of tech-focused emergency preparedness tips this week, worth passing along before the next storm rolls through. Texting works better than calling when…
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Morning Coffee: September 15
Morning, neighbors. Coffee’s on, and there’s one real update worth putting on your radar before the week gets away from you. What’s New Catawba County is in the middle of rewriting its Unified Development Ordinance, the rulebook covering zoning, subdivisions, and floodplain rules for the unincorporated parts of the county, including Sherrills Ford, Terrell, Monbo,…
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Morning Coffee: September 14
Morning, neighbors. Coffee’s on, and today we’re headed back to a time before the lake was even here. Did You Know Lake Norman didn’t always exist. Duke Power dammed the Catawba River in the 1960s, creating what’s still the largest man-made lake in North Carolina. That single project reshaped everything here, turning old farmland and…
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Morning Coffee: September 12
Morning, neighbors. Coffee’s on, and today’s cup has a little bit of both news and homegrown goodness in it. What’s New We’re looking into a zoning rules update Catawba County has in the works for the unincorporated parts of the county, including our area. It’s still working its way through the process, so we’re not…
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Morning Coffee: September 11
Morning, neighbors. Coffee’s on, and it’s another quiet one on the news front, so today’s cup stays close to home. Did You Know Did you know there’s no curbside trash pickup out here? Sherrills Ford, Terrell, Monbo, and Long Island are unincorporated, so instead of a truck rolling down your street, you haul your own…
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Morning Coffee: September 10
Morning, neighbors. Coffee’s on, and today’s cup is a history one, no news to chase down. Did You Know Ever wonder how Terrell got its name? It wasn’t a founder or a surveyor, it was a circuit-riding Methodist preacher named Pinckney Lawson Terrell. A post office was set up in 1893 at the T.F. Connor…
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Morning Coffee: September 9
Morning, neighbors. Another calm one on the news front, so let’s spend today’s cup somewhere in our own back yard instead. Did You Know Our Local Spots page isn’t just a list of what’s here now, it also keeps a little room for what used to be. Midway Marina isn’t around anymore, but it was…