Good morning, Leland.

The Leland Police Department will host National Night Out at Founders Park on Tuesday, Oct.

6 from 5 to 8 p.m. at 113 Town Hall Drive — this free event will feature local businesses, giveaways, yard games, a live DJ from Z107.5, and family activities with police and fire displays.

Feast Down East has opened subscriptions for its fall CSA program to offer local residents weekly produce boxes from small eastern farms.

Pick-ups include Brunswick Beer and Cider in Leland (4 to 9 p.m.) and sign-ups are limited to 100 participants with deadlines at noon Friday, Sept. 11 for 10-week boxes and Friday, Oct. 9 for 6-week boxes.

CFCC launched eight new trade courses+ backed by a $500,000 grant from Lowe’s Foundation to meet local skilled worker demand in the Cape Fear region.

The program began in January and is part of a nationwide coalition to fill 1 million trades jobs by 2035.

Cape Fear Community College names Karen Sharrah as its new associate degree nursing program director as the fall semester begins.

College officials deny claims of a forced retirement and say Sharrah will build local health care ties to ease the region's nurse shortage.

The Healing Place is set to host its annual A Thousand Candles vigil on Thursday, Sept.

17 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at 1000 Medical Center Drive in Wilmington to honor lives lost to overdose and support families and individuals in addiction recovery during National Recovery Month.

Carolina Complete Health and the Waccamaw Siouan Tribe will host the Connect & Heal Community Health Fair from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

5 at the Tribal Center on Old Lake Road in Bolton. The fair will have health care and cultural vendors, food, dancing and gospel singing.

Hoggard football player Kanoa McGee (a recent transfer from Panther Creek) is off to a strong start this season and plans to boost the team in upcoming games.