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• 🧠 Trivia Challenge: Spotlight Hook
• 🧭 Discover Cary: Once In A Blue Moon Bakery
• 📰 News: We Love Books Day
• 📰 News: WakeMed and UnitedHealthcare Strike Deal
• 😉 Meme of the Day – Start Your Day with a Smile
• 🎁 Support the businesses that support Cary: Show your support
• 📅 Events: Upcoming Events (Top Picks)
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Once In A Blue Moon Bakery
Once In A Blue Moon Bakery and Café is one of the local food places nominated by Cary Spotlight's readers for our Discover Cary project. If you've had a chance to sample their food, feel free to share your opinion below.
Once In A Blue Moon Bakery and Café in downtown Cary has been baking cakes, cupcakes, pies, and other scratch-made treats for the Triangle for more than 20 years.
Check out their menu on their website: Once In A Blue Moon Bakery and Café
Address: 115-G W Chatham Street, Cary, NC 27511 | Get Directions
Once In A Blue Moon Bakery
We Love Books Day
We Love Books Day comes to Kids Together Playground this Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. with stories, songs, crafts, a book swap, a Story Walk and free ice cream.
Designed with young readers and families in mind, the afternoon will feature stories and songs with Sunny the Fun Fairy, along with book-themed crafts and a Story Walk throughout the playground.
🍦 Books, a Book Swap and Free Ice Cream
Families are encouraged to bring a book or two to participate in the book swap, giving children a chance to trade books and discover something new to read.
Books can also be donated to the park's Little Free Library.
And there is an extra incentive for young readers: free ice cream will be available during the event.
📍 Good to Know Before You Go
📅 When: Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026
⏰ Time: 2 to 4 p.m.
📍 Where: Kids Together Playground at Marla Dorrel Park, 111 Thurston Drive, Cary
🎟️ Cost: Free
📖 Activities: Story Walk, stories and songs, book-themed crafts and book swap
🍦 Bonus: Free ice cream
📚 Bring: A book or two to swap or donate to the Little Free Library
We Love Books Day offers families a simple Sunday afternoon outing that combines reading with outdoor play at one of Cary's most distinctive playgrounds.
What would your family enjoy most at We Love Books Day?
WakeMed and UnitedHealthcare Strike Deal
WakeMed and UnitedHealthcare have reached a new multi-year contract following months of negotiations. The agreement takes effect Oct. 15 and applies to UnitedHealthcare employer-sponsored commercial plans.
The deal restores in-network access to WakeMed hospitals, outpatient facilities and specialty physicians for affected commercial members. Some services, including primary care, had remained in network during the negotiations.
UnitedHealthcare Medicaid Managed Care members also remained in network and were not affected in the same way.
UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage members should note that the new agreement does not include WakeMed hospitals, specialists and home health services for their plans. Patients should verify their individual coverage before scheduling care.
Just curious…
What matters most to you when a health system and insurer negotiate a new contract?
- 💰 Keeping healthcare costs affordable
- 🏥 Keeping my preferred hospitals in-network
- 🩺 Keeping access to my current doctors and specialists
- 📋 Clear communication about what my plan covers
- 📅 Avoiding disruptions to appointments and treatment
- 🔍 More transparency about healthcare contracts
- Other (please specify)
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🎟️ Upcoming Events (Top Picks)
Outdoor events may be changed due to weather, so click the links to see latest event information. Here are a few ideas for the week, so plan ahead:
• Friday: Yoga 9AM-10AM
• Friday: NC Senior Games Silver Arts FOLLIES 3:30PM-7PM
• Friday: Cary Night Market 5PM-9PM
• Saturday: ITA All American - Women's Tennis All Day
• Saturday: Cary Farmers Market 8AM-12PM
• Saturday: Yoga 9AM-10AM
• Saturday: Good Hope Farm Monthly Workday 9AM-11AM
• Saturday: 11th Annual Asia Fest with Dragon Boat Racing 9AM-5PM
• Saturday: Farmers Fall Festival 11AM-4PM
• Saturday: Dungeons & Dragons in the Park 6PM-10PM
• Sunday: ITA All American - Women's Tennis All Day
• Sunday: We Love Books Day (Free!) 2PM-4PM
• Sunday: Sunday Sound Bath 4PM-5:30PM
• Monday: ITA All American - Women's Tennis All Day
But wait! There’s more. To save space in your inbox, we’ve moved the full list of events online — now you can plan ahead: See Full 2-Week Calendar
The Answer to the Cary Spotlight Hook Trivia Question 👇👇👇
A: patch or streak of white or gray hair
Poliosis is a medical term for a localized patch or streak of white or gray hair caused by a decrease or total absence of melanin (the pigment that gives hair its color) in the hair follicles. The condition itself does not cause physical pain or threaten health.
For more information, Poliosis