🌳 Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation has closed a number of parks due to Helene. (Mecklenburg County)
🍽 Good Hot Fish in Asheville was the sole North Carolina restaurant to make it onto the New York Times' 2024 best restaurants list. (NYT)
🚗 The "SouthPark Skipper," an Uber-like service for people to hail free rides, launches Nov. 15 for a one-year pilot. (Axios)
🎶 Opera Carolinawill celebrate its 75th anniversary season with "A Night to Remember," a free concert featuring notable voices from the opera world, on Nov. 9 at 7pm at Belk Theater, per a press release.
🏀 Spectrum Center has a new bag policy for events, effective Oct. 3, when the arena reopens, according to a press release. Bags must be 4in x 6in x 1.5in or smaller.
🥯 Jeff's Bagel Run, a New York-style bagel shop, will open in Blakeney Town Center in November. (CharlotteFive)
🦠 The federal government relaunched its at-home COVID test distribution program, as some parts of the country continue to see elevated COVID levels. (Axios)
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