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Thomas Dambo spent three weeks building five giant trolls from recycled materials at Dix Park—and what he’s done with 24 tons of trash and a mission called “Waste No More” is something you need to see. Also: emergency response times improving and the biggest Christmas light displays returning to Wake County.

Your daily dose of good news from Wake County with Steve Rhode.

Stories: Wake EMS response times improving: https://www.cbs17.com/news/cbs17-investigates/new-data-shows-wake-ems-response-time-for-high-priority-calls-is-dropping/

Lake Myra Christmas Lights returning to Wendell: https://triangleonthecheap.com/lake-myra-christmas-lights-wendell/

NC Chinese Lantern Festival 10th anniversary: https://ground.news/article/nc-chinese-lantern-festival-2025-back-for-its-10th-year-at-koka-booth-amphitheatre

Thomas Dambo trolls at Dix Park: https://indyweek.com/culture/trolls-thomas-dambo-dix-park-raleigh/

More about Thomas Dambo’s work: https://www.visitraleigh.com/plan-a-trip/visitraleigh-insider-blog/post/thomas-dambo-trolls-dix-park-raleigh/

Dix Park Conservancy info: https://www.dixparkconservancy.org/art/dambo-trolls

Raleigh Christmas Parade info: https://abc11.com/post/raleigh-christmas-parade-2025-parking-start-time-route-more/18137236/

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