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On Oct. 29, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library's Main Library branch will close. It will be demolished in early 2022 to make way for a new $100 million building on the same site. Before then, 140,000 collection items have to be moved and temporarily stored — and it is a massive undertaking.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library is removing its overdue or late fines for customers.
/ A surprise directive from Mecklenburg County Public Health Director Gibbie Harris on Tuesday afternoon said that for the next three weeks, county residents should "utilize full-virtual options for work, school and other activity where in-person activity is not required.” COVID-19 community spread is at its highest level of the pandemic. That led to Charlotte museums to announce closures on Wednesday for the duration of the directive. The Mint Museum, Levine Museum of the New South, Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, Discovery Place a...