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🌱 Candlelight: Christmas Carols on Strings and 10 more events

Coming up on the Big Island Patch calendar: Dungeons & Dragons Meeting

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Good morning to you Big Island! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

  • Candlelight: Christmas Carols on Strings at Sydnor Performance Hall (in Schewel Hall)
  • Candlelight: The Best of Hans Zimmer at Sydnor Performance Hall (in Schewel Hall)
  • Creative Expressions at Big Island Library

... and check out 1 more event on the calendar!

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Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Thursday: Rain and drizzle in the p.m., with a high of 50 and low of 43 degrees.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny and windy, temps: high: 53, low: 24.
  • Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high of 50 and low of 36 degrees.

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Forest

  • KeyBank Lends $25M for Virginia Multifamily Property Buy (commercialobserver.com)
  • Bedford County Sheriff's Office delivers gifts to a record number of children for Christmas (wfxrtv.com)
  • Virginia football to play 9-game ACC schedule in 2026 (newsadvance.com)

Lynchburg

  • WATCH: Lynchburg City Schools celebrate 160 years (wsls.com)
  • Lynchburg residents dream as Powerball odds dazzle with $1.25 billion prize (wset.com)
  • Merrick Brock PLLC Strengthens Advocacy for Personal Injury Victims Across Lynchburg and the State of Virginia (express-press-release.net)

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