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STAY AT HOME ORDER IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY & NC EXTENDED THROUGH MAY 8, 2020*Meck County includes Charlotte, parts of Matthews, Stallings, Mint Hill, Cornelius, Pineville, Davidson & Huntersville  Our STAY AT HOME ORDER here in Mecklenburg County and the state of NC has been extended through May 8.  With regards to real estate, Closings/recordation of Deeds, Real estate services (LIMITED to appraisers and Title services) and movers are exempt. As well, vacant properties can be shown and we are pending a change in orders to possibly show occupied homes with restrictions. That has not been passed but, it has been proposed for Mecklenburg....

Electric scooters were finally legalized in New York earlier this month, but they’ve been a presence in the city for years. In some ways, they feel like the perfect tool for getting around the city — as fast as a bike, but small enough to tuck into a cramped apartment or bring on a subway. Some people want a scooter that’s as powerful as money can buy, but for this city dweller, it’s all about striking the right balance of key parameters: performance, safety, design, range and price. Few scooters strike that balance as well as the Levy electric scooter.…...

Welcome to the “New Normal” in a small New Jersey town, in the first days following the arrival the novel coronavirus. Covid-19 began as a small outbreak in Wuhan, China several months back and has now spread across the globe, hitting some areas and countries much harder then others. Photo by Brian HesterPhoto by Brian Hester Residents in all communities are being asked to practice a new behavior called “Social Distancing” which is as the name states a new means of keeping physical distance between all humans. In public the new norm is to remain at least 6 feet away...

begin closing down facilities and roads as early as September, there are still numerous national parks you can visit in October, and beyond. Some of the most iconic parks remain open, and burst into color in the fall. The best national parks to visit in October are either in the Southwest or in the East. Prerequisites are pristine forests and, preferably, hilly or mountainous terrain. Canyons and deep glacial valleys work, too, as we’ll see below. This is because parks with a variety of vegetation and large elevation differences will have the longest period of fall foliage. The first signs...

Get ready for one invincible summer. Check out The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones by Daven McQueen, out June 2020, and read the exclusive excerpt below! It’s the summer of 1955. For Ethan Harper, a biracial kid raised mostly by his white father, race has always been a distant conversation. When he’s sent to spend the summer with his aunt and uncle in small-town Alabama, his Blackness is suddenly front and center, and no one is shy about making it known he’s not welcome there. Except for Juniper Jones. The town’s resident oddball and free spirit, she’s everything the townspeople...