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The Union County Board of Commissioners honored Marshville native Randy Travis with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Saturday, Sept. 19 Randy Travis Music Festival, recognizing his decades-long career and ties to Union County.
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Project PINK's mobile mammography bus will offer free breast cancer screenings at WBTV on Thursday, Oct. 8, for uninsured women 40 and older in Union and Mecklenburg counties. Appointments are available by phone, text or email.
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Union County's Alliance for Children held a free-books event Monday, Sept. 21, in Monroe honoring Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, giving children books, coloring sheets and a chance to pose with a life-sized Parton cutout nearly a month after the singer's death.
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The Village of Marvin will hold a ribbon-cutting for Houston Ross Park on Saturday, Sept. 26, at 1 p.m., with shuttles now running from Marvin AME Zion Church Annex at 9422 New Town Road.
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Union County commissioners will screen "A Moment of Change," a documentary about managing rapid growth in six North Carolina counties, and hold a panel discussion at Wingate University on Thursday, Sept. 24.
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The Waxhaw Parks, Cultural and Recreation Advisory Board's Sept. 16 agenda lays out a concrete timeline for the skate park redesign: three design drafts arrive Oct. 10, public input sessions run Oct. 12–16, and a Board of Commissioners work session follows Oct. 27.
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The Village of Marvin and Active Waste Solutions will hold a free bulk drop-off event for furniture, electronics and appliances on Saturday, Oct. 17, from 9 a.m. to noon at Marvin Village Hall.
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The Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization opened a public survey on Monday, Sept. 14, asking residents across Union, Mecklenburg and Iredell counties to identify dangerous roads and intersections, with responses due by Sunday, Oct. 25, at SafeStreetsForUs.com.
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Mecklenburg County's $24 million upgrade to its Amble Drive recycling facility means Weddington and Marvin residents can now put plastic cups, takeout containers and fruit bins in their curbside recycling bins, as long as items are clean.
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Union County resident Treena Norwood has been named director of the National League of Junior Cotillions' Union County chapter, bringing a background in nonprofit work and youth coaching to the etiquette and dance program now enrolling students for the 2026-2027 season.
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Union County Sheriff's Deputy Chris Castrogiovanni, a former NYPD officer who lost three friends on Sept. 11, 2001, planned to attend Waxhaw's 25th anniversary Patriot Day ceremony Friday at the Military Wall of Honor.
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Weddington will hold a public open house on Saturday, Sept. 19, at Weddington Middle School so residents can weigh in on the proposed town hall park, a project that has drawn both support and a 500-signature opposition petition.
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