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Good day Gastonia! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Which Gaston County sports legends are entering Belmont's Hall of Fame?
  • Why Trump's Gastonia campaign stop sparked fresh questions about his jacket
  • How did Trump's Gastonia rally shape North Carolina's Senate showdown?

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Today's riddle: What did one wall say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Not as hot; a p.m. t-storm, with a high of 85 and low of 65 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Cloudy, a shower and t-storm, temps: high: 67, low: 57.
  • Thursday: A p.m. shower in places, with a high of 66 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 2016 South Point football team headlines Belmont HOF 2026 class (gastongazette.com) — Belmont's Sports Hall of Fame will honor South Point High's 2016 state-champion football team and several longtime Gaston County standouts at an Oct. 6 banquet. Local readers will recognize South Point's recent golf titles, the Hoover sisters' roles in Gastonia-area softball, and educator-coach Steve Hudgins' decades shaping youth sports across Gaston County.
   

• New Trump-rumors are spreading online - and the furious response from The White House only makes things worse (dagens.com) — Trump's recent campaign swing through Gastonia to support GOP Senate hopeful Michael Whatley is drawing extra attention because of renewed online speculation about a box-shaped bulge under his jacket. The White House angrily dismissed the rumors without explaining the outline, while commentators continue debating Trump's health based only on photos and video.
   

• "Radical" Vice President Vance criticizes former Governor Roy Cooper at GOP rally (wxii12.com) — North Carolina's high-stakes U.S. Senate race touched Gastonia recently, when Donald Trump campaigned there for Republican Michael Whatley and attacked Democrat Roy Cooper's record on public safety. Vice President JD Vance continued that line in Greensboro, sharply criticizing Cooper on crime, voter ID, and transgender issues as both parties court voters ahead of November's midterms.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Ice cream is very delicious.
    Been going to Tony's since I was a little girl. Best around. (Nextdoor Fox Run)
  • At the corner of Windyrush and Riding Trail we have an elderly lady that is having a problem with stray cats.
    There are also kittens,approximately 6 weeks old. Is there anyone who can trap these cats and kittens. The woman is 93. (Nextdoor Kingswood South)
  • Whataburger posted a job opening for Restaurant Porter - Unit 1582 in Gastonia. Apply here.
  • GASTON COUNTY SCHOOLS posted a job opening for Custodian - 4 hours/day, 12 months/year @ WA Bess Elementary in Gastonia. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Gastonia here.

🗞 Nearby News

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  • Duke football's Nate Sheppard silences Stanford, on pace for record season (gastongazette.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I'll meet you at the corner! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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