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The short editorial dispatches from around the lake — news a neighbor would tell you over coffee. New restaurants, market updates, community happenings.

The U.S. National Whitewater Center is the best adventure day-trip from Lake Norman.
Most Lake Norman families know the U.S. National Whitewater Center exists. Fewer of them have actually been. And almost none of them realize that the world's largest artificial whitewater rive

Planthouse Huntersville is the best plant-and-sangria night out near Lake Norman.
If your idea of a perfect Friday night involves a glass of sangria, a glass bowl, a tray of live houseplants, and a tiny ceramic mushroom — congratulations, you've already invented the experience that

Lazy 5 Ranch is the best drive-through safari near Lake Norman.
If you've never had a giraffe lean down to your driver's-side window and lick a handful of feed pellets out of your six-year-old's cupped hand, you've never been to Lazy 5 Ranch. The 3.5-mile driv

The Quarry at Carrigan Farms is the best family swim spot near Lake Norman.
If you've lived around Lake Norman for more than a summer or two and haven't been to The Quarry at Carrigan Farms in Mooresville, you're missing the best family-friendly afternoon on this side
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