🌱 Charlottesville teens: want your art or writing on the library shelves?

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In today's newsletter:

• Charlottesville teens: want your art or writing on the library shelves?
• How many future Hoos just got their early green light?
• Why Charlottesville officials say wildfire danger isn’t over yet

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Partly sunny and not as cold, with a high of 45 and low of 31 degrees.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and not as cool, temps: high: 57, low: 30.
• Thursday: Cooler; an afternoon shower, with a high of 50 and low of 45 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Jefferson-Madison Regional Library seeks teen submissions for creative arts magazine (29news.com) — Charlottesville-area teens ages 11 to 18 can now submit short writing and 2-D artwork to the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library’s Inkling magazine for a chance to see their work in print. Submissions are open to youth in the JMRL service area, and librarians hope the project draws more local teens into branches as a creative “third space.”
   

2. UVA extends admissions offers to the first 1225 Class of 2030 applicants (cvillerightnow.com) — The University of Virginia in Charlottesville has offered early decision admission to 1,225 Class of 2030 applicants, including 776 Virginians, from more than 5,000 candidates. Another 81 students were admitted via spring transfer, with early action decisions due by Feb. 15 and regular decisions by April 1.
   

3. Virginia's fall fire season ends (pcpatriot.com) — Charlottesville residents are being reminded that even though Virginia’s fall fire season has officially ended, wildfire risk remains high, especially with much of the state still abnormally dry. State forestry officials, speaking from Charlottesville, credit firefighters with protecting millions in property and urge locals to delay outdoor burning in drought areas and follow strict safety steps when handling debris fires or live Christmas trees.
   

4. Charlottesville Blues Football Club holding open tryouts (29news.com) — Aspiring soccer players in and around Charlottesville can sign up now for the Charlottesville Blues FC 2026 open tryouts at UVA’s Carr’s Hill Field on December 27. Coaches from UVA’s men’s and women’s programs will be watching as players ages 16 and up compete for spots on the club’s men’s and women’s professional teams.
   

📸 Around Charlottesville

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Charlottesville

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Tuesday December 16

• Starr Hill Presents: Béla Fleck & The Flecktones: Jingle All The Way
  The Paramount Theater , 215 East Main Street , Charlottesville
  8:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Commerce & Coffee
  Culinary Concepts AB , 2041 Barracks Rd. , Charlottesville
  8:30 am
• Housing Advisory Committee Meeting
  Charlottesville Public Meetings CitySpace - Large Conference Room - 100 Fifth St NE Charlottesville VA 22902
  12:00 pm
• Statewide Restoration of Rights Strategy Committee Meeting
  Virginia Organizing Zoom
  6:00 pm
• CHS Wrestling Home Match
  Charlottesville High Charlottesville, VA 22901
  7:00 pm
• JMB Tours, LLC Presents: Jim Brickman: The Gift of Christmas
  The Paramount Theater , 215 East Main Street , Charlottesville
  7:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• BWRT Holiday Luncheon
  Amy Yang Photography Studio , 609 E Market St #110 , Charlottesville
  12:30 pm
• Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee Meeting
  Charlottesville Public Meetings -
  5:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
  The Paramount Theater , 215 E Main St , Charlottesville
  8:00 pm
• Bela Fleck and The Flecktones
  The Paramount Theater , 215 E Main St , Charlottesville
  8:00 pm
• Thievery Corporation
  The Jefferson Theater , 110 E Main St , Charlottesville
  8:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Jim Brickman
  The Paramount Theater , 215 E Main St , Charlottesville
  7:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I am so grateful for the Good Samaritan citizens that assisted me and my husband Saturday, December 6, 2025 in front of LLBEAN at Stonefield shopping center.
  My husband took a a really bad fall in the parking lot and hit his head. I was in shock and freaking out. A young man who happened to be a fire… (Nextdoor Forest Lakes)
• MISSING: ALL BLACK LONG HAIR CAT!!
  Name is Kharjo last seen 12/13 evening. He’s exclusively inside so worried about him in the cold! Lost near Chatham Ridge. (Nextdoor Riverrun)

• CHARLOTTESVILLE VA Dec 14 Climate: High: 38 Low: 15 Precip:" Snow: Missing... (X: iembot_lwx)
• Low Wind Chill Values Expected This Evening in North Central Virginia... (X: DailyProgress)

• BJ's Restaurants, Inc. posted a job opening for Janitorial in Charlottesville. Apply here.
• Sunrise Senior Living posted a job opening for Activities Assistant in Charlottesville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Charlottesville here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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