🌱Get Ready For Mooresville's 150th Birthday!+Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Wins

Hello, everybody! It's Monday in Mooresville and I'm back in your inbox to get you caught up on the most important things happening locally. Because community information is power! Today you'll find these stories and more...

• Mooresville's 150th Birthday Celebration!
• Looking for a house!
• Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is the official winner of the 65th Daytona 500.

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But first, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy. High: 64 Low: 52.

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Here are the top three stories today in Mooresville:

1. Mark your calendars for March 4, the Mooresville Day 150th Birthday Festival which will take place downtown from 12-4 p.m. This extraordinary event will include trackless train rides, bounce houses, games, face painting, street performers, balloon animals and more activities for the whole family! Discover more at mooresvillenc150.com. Hope to see you there! (Town of Mooresville NC via Facebook)
2. On the hunt for a new house nearby, but getting tired of looking through the same old real-estate listings again and again? With our weekly list of new properties in your area, you can stay on top of the scene. Here's a sampling of the latest batch of new houses to hit the housing market in and around Mooresville — including a house with 3 beds and 2 baths for $239,900, and another with 5 beds and 4 baths for $695,000. (Mooresville Patch)
3. Thirty-five-year-old Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is the official winner of the 65th Daytona 500. He strategically drove through wrecks and crashes with professionalism and dexterity to make it to the front of the pack and take home the big win, putting the spotlight on JTG-Daugherty Racing, reportedly one of NASCAR's smallest teams. Perhaps it was the message "We Believe" that reportedly, Mike Kelley, Stenhouse's crew chief, put on a piece of duct tape on the roll bar of Stenhouse's car, just before the race, that made all the difference. Whatever it was, Stenhouse and JTG-Daugherty Racing are on top of the world after this weekend's win! Congratulations! (NBC Sports)

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Today in Mooresville:

• Write On- (6:30 PM)

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From my notebook:

• Mooresville Police Department: "Chief Campurciani, Capt. Jorgensen and Officer Harding were at the Mt. Holly Police Department on Saturday to help lead the 3rd annual Jeep Ride. The ride, consisting of over 300 jeeps, was to honor Mt. Holly Officer Tyler Herndon and MPD's Jordan Sheldon. Thank you to Mt. Holly PD and all of the ride participants for allowing MPD to take part in this honor." (Mooresville Police Department via Facebook)
• Mooresville Police Department: "Thank you, Mooresville Fire-Rescue, for your hard work in containing and extinguishing this fire!" (Mooresville Police Department via Facebook)
• Town of Mooresville NC: "Mooresville Fire Marshal's Office is investigating an intentionally set fire." (Town of Mooresville NC via Facebook)

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— Karena Garrity

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