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NC small business owners grateful for support of shoppers on Small Business Saturday
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — When you support small businesses this holiday season, you’re supporting entrepreneurs like Michael Bell.
“We’re really trying,” Bell told ABC11. “I have three kids and, you know, a mortgage and whenever people shop here.. you’re supporting the little guy.”
His record shop, Hunky Dory, officially opened in Raleigh Iron Works just last week.
“There’s a lot of work that, you know, I did to get into this spot,” he said. “99% of the things that you see in here were hung by me, built by me, moved by me.”
Seeing shopping come out for Small Business Saturday means the world to shop owners like him, especially as shoppers braved the cold.
We really see it always as a celebration of our amazing community of customers.
Emily Grey, Small Business Owner
Across the street, The Flourish Market is celebrating just a few weeks in their new location – opening their doors in time for the holiday season.
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This day holds extra meaning for their owner, Emily Grey.
“While people consider small business Saturday a celebration of small business owners, we really see it always as a celebration of our amazing community of customers who are truly the lifeblood of our business,” she said.
Raleigh Iron Works is filled with a growing number of local businesses and constantly hosts markets to support small shops and local food trucks.
Food Trucks at Small Business Market in Raleigh
Whether you made it out to support a small business on Saturday, or you plan to move forward as you find gifts for everyone on your lists – it means everything to small business owners in our community.
“I feel very sentimental because, without our community of customers, we wouldn’t be here–our community has seen us through some very, very tough years, and it is only because of them that we are still standing,” Grey said.
To learn more about Small Business Saturday in Raleigh, click here.
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Virginia 3, North Carolina 0 | First Quarter
Virginia 3, North Carolina 0 | Q1 8:19
After a faceoff win by Henry Metz, Brendan Millon finds Truitt Sunderland to give the Hoos a 3-0 lead. Timeout North Carolina.
Virginia 2, North Carolina 0 | Q1 9:00
Brendan Millon gets the scoring started for the Cavaliers with a question mark style goal. On the defensive end, Jake Marek opens the game with three early saves with his third save setting up a transition goal by Tommy Snyder.
Virginia vs North Carolina pregame notes
UVA owns a 59-33 advantage since the series began in 1938.
The 59 wins are UVA’s most against any opponent in program history (followed by 51 against Duke).
In Chapel Hill last year, the Tar Heels defeated the Cavaliers 18-9, snapping UVA’s six-game series win streak.
UVA has won nine of the last 11 meetings, dating back to 2018.
The Hoos have won the last two meetings with Carolina at Klöckner Stadium, 11-4 in 2022 and 14-6 in 2024.
The Tar Heels’ four goals in 2022 marked the fewest goals in a game under Joe Breschi, who was named UNC’s head coach in 2006.
The last time the Tar Heels knocked off the Cavaliers at Klöckner was a 16-13 decision during the first of three games between the two teams in 2021.
Later that year, UVA claimed back-to-back meetings against the Heels, including in the NCAA semifinals on the way to capturing the 2021 national title over Maryland.
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HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Fire crews are responding to a brush fire near Howard Gap Road in Hendersonville on Friday evening.
The fire is across the street from the Ebenezer Baptist Church and near the Highlands Square Shopping Center.
Henderson County Fire Marshal Glen Gillette said crews are fighting “blowdown from Helene.”
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Around 11 p.m., the fire appears larger than it did an hour ago because crews are backburning, which refers to using fire to help control the wildfire.
Dana Fire Department Chief Jimmy Womack said that what was a 3-acre fire an hour ago will be an 8-acre fire due to back burning. He said the fire is 80% contained.
Womack said the cause of the fire is unknown, but one of the conditions contributing to the blaze is the Helene blowdown.
“There’s a lot of blowdown in these woods behind us. That’s what creates most of the problem,” said Womack.
Womack said there has been no property damage and no injuries have been reported for this fire in the woods that 24 personnel are fighting. They got the call to arrive at 6:05 p.m.
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Dana Fire and Rescue and Henderson County Fire Department are supporting the U.S. Forest Service with this fire.
Glen said no structures are threatened at this time and Howard Gap Road is closed.
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