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Will MacDonald

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The Gazette's Community Editor, bike nut, reader, quantifier, and NPR wonk.

Joined April 2009
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Just reached over and sliced my mom's food without even thinking about it. Roles change. #parenttheparent #caregiving

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Today my 31 year-5 month run as a photojournalist at the Gaston Gazette has come to an end. I had no choice in the matter. I was a casualty of a corporate cutbacks. It was indeed a long strange trip. Enjoyed the ride! I will miss it. -30-


Church steps up to help Meals on Wheels program gastongazette.com/news/20200327/…


Something every runner and biker should read!

GHSA's new report, "Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities by State: 2019 Preliminary Data," predicts that 6,590 pedestrian fatalities occurred in 2019, the highest number in more than 30 years. Download the report here: bit.ly/3ceFVQU #PedestrianSafety

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Every biker, runner, dog walker should read this and be scared. Inattentive/distracted drivers are killing us.

Bad news nationally that mirrors the record pedestrian deaths we're seeing in Charlotte.



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Street lighting is coming to Billy Graham Parkway. Since 2014 there have been 9 fatalities, 5 serious injury crashes and 51 minor injury crashes #CLTCC

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"Friends was a mecca for live music.” gastongazette.com/news/20200205/…


The view from the newsroom! What a day.

Hard, steady rain has roadside ditches full in Gastonia. This is full ditch at @gastongazette beside I-85 at 12:30 p.m. Thursday. #cltwx #ncwx

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Sad story...in the years since I started writing about this, nothing has changed. "Charlotte pedestrian deaths continue at record pace, despite more sidewalks, crossings" charlotteobserver.com/news/local/cri…


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How can Shelby, NC's cultural resources provide a boost to the local economy? The @ncIMPACTsog team hosts a Town Hall to explore placemaking in this tourism destination, Thursday, January 30, at 7 PM, on UNC-TV. #placemaking


A great way to get to work!

Hard, steady rain has roadside ditches full in Gastonia. This is full ditch at @gastongazette beside I-85 at 12:30 p.m. Thursday. #cltwx #ncwx

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Great story by @MichaelBanksNC

After 40-plus years of practicing medicine, Dr. Warwick Aiken has seen the evolution of health care in Gaston County. He retires Friday. @CaroMontHealth gastongazette.com/news/20200129/…



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More than 30,000 homes are expected to be serviced by LOVING this year. gastongazette.com/news/20200116/…


Our own education reporter @GavinGazette gets schooled in Pilates.


First Gaston had the 'Visine killer' and now we've got the 'Bad Wig Bandit'.....

The "Bad Wig Bandit" made his/her way through Belmont and Gastonia earlier this week.



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A Gaston County grand jury indicts a Mount Holly man, Joshua Hunsucker, on charges related to the Sept. 23, 2018, death of his wife, Stacy Robinson Hunsucker. gastongazette.com/news/20200108/…


Can't wait to check out The Bottle Tree in Belmont.


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Bicycles and coffee is a great combination! Enjoy your favorite brew with a limited edition 14oz Ride-A-Bike stoneware mug. #gastonia #bikeshop #Coffee

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Belmont K9 officers were searching for the suspect, after the suspect reportedly ran across Wilkinson Boulevard toward the ABC store. gastongazette.com/news/20200107/…


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