🌱 NC Quick Pass Offline For A Week + Truist Field To Host Knights

Hello all. It's me, Alexis Goring, your host of the Charlotte Patch newsletter — here to explain everything you need to know about what's happening in town these days. Including news on...

• The second annual Maud 2.23 kicked off Sunday at Noda Brewing. Together We Stand NC is hosting a weeklong series of runs in the Charlotte area.
• NC Quick Pass will be offline today beginning at 5 p.m. as a new website and system launches.
• Charlotte Knights expect to host a full slate of college baseball games at Truist Field.

But first, today's weather:

A.M. showers; mostly cloudy. High: 66 Low: 29.

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Here are the top five stories today in Charlotte:

1. "The second annual Maud 2.23 kicked off Sunday at Noda Brewing. Together We Stand NC is hosting a weeklong series of runs in the Charlotte area until Saturday, Feb. 26. The event is to honor the memory of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who was killed on Feb. 23, 2020, while out on a run in Georgia. Event organizer Tyrone Irby said he also wants to have a conversation about race," WCNC reports. (WCNC)
2. "NC Quick Pass will be offline today beginning at 5 p.m. as a new website and system launches, the North Carolina Department of Transportation said. The sites ncquickpass.com and myncquickpass.com will be unavailable until Friday, Feb. 24 to allow for the upgrade to take place. During the outage, customers will not be able to make payments, sign up for a NC Quick Pass account, manage their account or perform any other actions on our existing website, phone system or at the customer service centers," WCNC reports. (WCNC.com)
3. "Gateway Classic Cars of Charlotte will host its Grand Opening on Saturday, March 25 from 9am-1pm. The evening before, Friday, March 24, the Cabarrus County Chamber of Commerce will be holding its ribbon cutting ceremony at 4:00pm. Come out and celebrate the next chapter in the company's 24-year history with Gateway Classic Cars and local motorsports legends. The Grand Opening is open to the public and has no admission or registration fee. Attendees are encouraged to cruise in with all makes and models and bring their appetite. The first 100 guests will receive a free Gateway Classic Cars t-shirt," Benzinga reports. (Benzinga)
4. "Gunfire erupted in uptown Charlotte overnight, leaving one person injured, officials said. According to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police, this all started around 2:20 a.m. Thursday near the intersection of East 6th and North Caldwell streets. That is close to the Spectrum Center, right across from the Brooklyn Lounge and directly in front of 321 Bar and Lounge," WBTV reports. (WBTV)
5. "For the first time since 2019, the Charlotte Knights expect to host a full slate of college baseball games at Truist Field. On Wednesday, head coaches from Davidson College, Queens University and UNC Charlotte were at the ballpark to discuss upcoming games. The Knights are the Triple-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. Since 2015, a year after Truist Field opened, the ballpark has regularly hosted college baseball games in early spring," WSOC-TV reports. (WSOC-TV)

Today in Charlotte:

• Charlotte Regional Farmers Market (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.)
• FREE Heart Healthy Cooking Class at Accident Recovery Center (12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.)
• Queens University of Charlotte Softball vs University of Nevada at Queens University of Charlotte (12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.)
• Married Couples Date Night at Kingdom Christian Church (5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.)
• Classical Mystery Tour: A Tribute to The Beatles at Knight Theater (7:30 p.m.)
• Katt Williams: 2023 and Me Tour at Bojangles Coliseum (8:00 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• How to care for orchids (WCNC.com)
• International teachers increase during teacher shortage (Spectrum News)
• Charlotte Travels to Tennessee for Two Matches (Charlotte Athletics)
• North Carolina named state of the year by Business Facilities ... (Charlotte Business Journal)
• Charlotte FC, Ally and 704 Shop present collab ahead of new season (WCNC.com)
• Truist to sell 20% stake of multi-billion dollar insurance brokerage (WCNC.com)

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— Alexis Goring

About me: My name is Alexis A. Goring. I'm an East Coast Girl with a pulse for people, news and feature stories! I've worked as a freelance writer/editor/proofreader in the media industry for 15 years. I'm also a published author, experienced blogger, and founder of Writer at Heart Editorial Services. Visit my website for more details about me and my work. Here's the link: https://alexisagoring.jimdofree.com.

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