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Want to switch parties before November? Friday, October 9, 5 p.m. is your last shot. After that the door on early voting stays open, but your registration is locked as-is.
Bands have been papering telephone poles and coffee-shop corkboards since long before anyone had a phone to post to. We put every flyer we're holding up on one wall, no ranking, no captions, no algorithm. See the board.
The King Street Farmers Market is out today, 3:30 to 6:30pm at 126 Poplar Grove Connector. It runs weekly through October. What's there.
Council votes tomorrow night on the Walk at Boone, the 185-unit student housing project a planning commission already voted 6-0 to recommend killing back in July. They're also filling the Historic Preservation Commission's last open seat. 6pm, Council Chambers, 1500 Blowing Rock Rd. The meeting, or read how the town's own rulebook set this up in the UDO story.
Appalachian and Howard Streets close intermittently today for paving downtown. This week's closures.
◆ Book of the Week · with Huzzah Books
Foxfire, Four Volume Set 1-4
Eliot Wigginton
A four-volume collection of Appalachian folklore, crafts, and cultural knowledge compiled through interviews and contributions from students and community members. These books preserve traditional skills and ways of life from rural Georgia.
Read the pick →
🌔 Waxing Gibbous · 78% lit
A bright moon tonight, so the Milky Way and the faintest stars wash out.
Sky's truly dark after 8:49 PM.
◆ NASA's photo today: Chance Triple Alignment: Plane, Space Station, Sun →
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