Featured Spotlight Friday Five: Years of work brings state-of-the-art YMCA to Harrisburg Mark Plemmons Oct 3, 2025 Oct 3, 2025 Updated Oct 10, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Years of work yield a sparkling new community resource and construction projects begin on other projects. An official ribbon-cutting on the new Harrisburg YMCA was held Tuesday. Town of Harrisburg k9am}@] `k^9amkAm*62CD @7 H@C< 3C:?8 ?6H * E@ E@H?] %96 E@H? @7 w2CC:D3FC8 46=63C2E65 E96 @A6?:?8 @7 E96 ?6H w2CC:D3FC8 *|rp H:E9 2 C:33@?\4FEE:?8 46C6>@?J @? %F6D52J]k^AmkAm%96 ?6H w2CC:D3FC8 *|rp :D =@42E65 2E d_dd +\|2I q@F=6G2C5[ w2CC:D3FC8] qF:=E :? 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Friday Five: A NCDOT update on roads and bridges in Cabarrus Mark Plemmons' Friday Five: N.C. Department of Transportation's Jennifer Goodwyn helps with an update on some the road projects in Cabarrus County.
Friday Five: More houses needed? 1,100 on the way and no park recycling Mark Plemmons' Friday Five: Today we have more houses coming, less recycling, safer intersections and a seed exchange.
