Yorktown's Relay for Life, Senior Awards, 'It's Not About Costco'

1. Yorktown's Relay for Life

Close to 2,000 people gathered on Friday for the in Yorktown. They celebrated the survivors in their lives, honored those who have passed and fought back against the disease. to see photos from the event and be sure to add yours!

2. YHS Senior Awards

The senior awards are tonight at 7 p.m. Also that night, The Justin Veatch Fund will award its fourth annual musicscholarship to two graduating high school seniors. The awards and the ongoing work of The Fund honors the late Justin Veatch, the Yorktown High School senior who died of an accidental drug overdose in 2008.

3. Claim Your Listing

Every local business has a space on Patch. We've already done the legwork to create it for you. If you haven't seen it, we'd be happy to show it to you. If you claim it, you have more control over how your business is presented online.

For many small businesses, a Patch directory listing is their only web presence—and you can enhance it in many ways. 

4. 'It's Not About Costco'

Yorktown resident Evan Bray says the ongoing debate on plans for Costco coming to town are really more about the site and its impact on the community than about the company that wants to move in. to read his blog on Patch.

5. 'Car Talk' Calling it Quits

After 25 years, Tom and Ray Magliozzi, better known as the Saturday morning radio mechanics on NPR's "Car Talk," are calling it quits, according to the Huffington Post.  to read more and tell us how you feel about the end of Car Talk.

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