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🟡 Gaston County transforms into Christmas County

Nov 27, 2025

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🟡 Gaston County transforms into Christmas County

Plus...festive tree lightings, hometown parades, and a ton of Small Business Saturday places to shop local!

Ben Dungan
Ben Dungan
🟡 Thanksgiving meals and donation options in Gaston County

Nov 20, 2025

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🟡 Thanksgiving meals and donation options in Gaston County

Plus...holiday happenings all over, Gastonia’s warming center needs volunteers, and Bessemer City kicks off parade season on Sunday!

Ben Dungan
Ben Dungan
🟡 Vote for McAdenville as Best Christmas Town

Nov 13, 2025

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🟡 Vote for McAdenville as Best Christmas Town

Plus...Flannel Fest comes to Cramerton, the Southern Christmas Show kicks off the holiday season, and a $50,000 challenge fights hunger in Gaston County.

Ben Dungan
Ben Dungan
🟡 Dave's Hot Chicken may be coming to Gastonia

Nov 6, 2025

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🟡 Dave's Hot Chicken may be coming to Gastonia

Plus... the stories behind Fish Camp Jam, holiday shopping kicks off at Mount Holly’s Merry Market, and Dallas rolls out the red, white, and blue for this year’s Veterans Day Parade!

Ben Dungan
Ben Dungan
🟡 Gaston County launches emergency food drive

Oct 30, 2025

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🟡 Gaston County launches emergency food drive

Plus... one last night of Halloween fun, launch your old pumpkins at The Schiele, and follow the yellow brick road to Stowe Park for The Wizard of Oz!

Ben Dungan
Ben Dungan
🟡 Mount Holly's Main Street shines for Lantern Parade

Oct 23, 2025

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🟡 Mount Holly's Main Street shines for Lantern Parade

Plus... discover McAdenville’s new Italian café, celebrate furry friends at the Howl-O-Ween Pet Parade & Costume Contest, and find out what a “Topless” Cruise in Belmont really means!

Ben Dungan
Ben Dungan
🟡 Your guide to Gaston County's Halloween happenings

Oct 16, 2025

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🟡 Your guide to Gaston County's Halloween happenings

Plus... Waterbean Coffee Exquisite opens in Gastonia, “Little Shop of Horrors” brings big screams to Little Theater of Gastonia, and experience Cherryville's transformation into Scaryville!

Ben Dungan
Ben Dungan
🟡 Halloween Town returns to Mount Holly

Oct 9, 2025

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🟡 Halloween Town returns to Mount Holly

Plus...Cotton Ginning Days returns to Dallas, Faith & Blue Weekend brings communities together, and a Cherryville hospice patient’s final wish comes true!

Ben Dungan
Ben Dungan
🟡 Fall fun awaits across Gaston County

Oct 2, 2025

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🟡 Fall fun awaits across Gaston County

Plus... Haunted Ghost Tours return to Dallas, Hampton Homestead Farm in Gastonia hosts a Farm Day, and 5 Spur Steakhouse opens in Cherryville.

Ben Dungan
Ben Dungan
🟡 New Starbucks opens in Dallas

Sep 25, 2025

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🟡 New Starbucks opens in Dallas

Plus... the Cleveland County Fair is back, a full list of Gaston County’s best fall activities, and Muddy River Distillery hosts a festive fall celebration!

Ben Dungan
Ben Dungan
🟡 Fall wagon rides and pumpkins at Lineberger's Farm

Sep 18, 2025

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🟡 Fall wagon rides and pumpkins at Lineberger's Farm

Plus...Ransom Hunter Park debuts in Mount Holly, the Ghost Peppers lock in a playoff run, and a Tom Petty tribute rocks Downtown Gastonia.

Ben Dungan
Ben Dungan
🟡 Gastonia's Smoke Pit gets some YouTube love

Sep 11, 2025

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🟡 Gastonia's Smoke Pit gets some YouTube love

Plus...Dallas and Mount Holly host downtown concerts, Belmont serves up a Lowcountry Boil, and you can enter to win Carolina Renaissance Festival tickets!

Ben Dungan
Ben Dungan
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