🌱 City Holiday - Government Offices Closed and 10 more events

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• City Holiday - Government Offices Closed at Colonial Heights, VA Calendar

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

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 56 and low of 52 degrees.
• Friday: A stray morning shower; windy, temps: high: 63, low: 26.
• Saturday: Partly to mostly sunny, with a high of 50 and low of 38 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Colonial Heights

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 20

• Start Your Notary Business In 2026 LIVE EVENT
  Destination Coffee + Cream, 342 Southpark Cir, Colonial Heights
  12:00 pm

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Wednesday December 24

• City Holiday - Government Offices Closed
  Colonial Heights, VA Calendar Colonial Heights, VA 23834
  8:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Holiday Guitar Concert
  Ettrick-Matoaca Library - Chesterfield Public Library , 4501 River Rd , Petersburg
  5:30 pm

Friday December 19

• Gingerbread House Competition
  Ettrick Park , 20400 Laurel Rd , Petersburg
  4:30 pm
• Holiday Movie Night
  Beulah Recreation Center , 6901 Hopkins Rd , North Chesterfield
  6:00 pm
• Sip + Create Tea Workshop
  Dandelion Springs Apiary , 11011 Beaver Bridge Rd , Chesterfield
  6:30 pm

Saturday December 20

• Life insurance literacy
  Petersburg Public Library , 201 W Washington St , Petersburg
  10:00 am
• Crime and Cocoa: Poison on the Polar Express
  Clover Hill Library - Chesterfield Public Library , 6701 Deer Run Dr , Midlothian
  2:00 pm
• Twelfth Night - Saturday
  Henricus Historical Park , 251 Henricus Park Rd , Chester
  6:00 pm
• Winter Whiteout
  Poplar Lawn Historic District
  11:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• HORSE SENSE-Meditation with the Horses — Dandelion Springs Apiary
  Dandelion Springs Apiary , 11011 Beaver Bridge Rd , Chesterfield
  11:00 am
• Sunday Morning Breakfasts
  110 N Union St , Petersburg
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Please share & repost to help reunite this lost dog!
  Monroe was LOST on December 12, 2025 in South Chesterfield, VA 23834 near Idk Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest information or to contact the… (Nextdoor Highland)
• These people are checking porches.
  Twice they have been back. This is Piedmont Ave area. Lookout for suspicious activity. (Nextdoor Colonial Heights Blvd)

• Sam's Club posted a job opening for Baker and Packager Associate in Colonial Heights. Apply here.
• Filtration Group posted a job opening for Material Handler in Colonial Heights. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Colonial Heights here.

🗞 Nearby News

Petersburg

• Petersburg Gas Company building, other historic sites get state landmark designation (wric.com)
• Petersburg breaks ground on what judge calls 'new temple of justice' (progress-index.com)
• How Petersburg schools are combatting chronic absenteeism: 'We need students here every day' (wtvr.com)

Hopewell

• Hopewell remembers deadly 1935 Greyhound bus crash as 90th anniversary approaches (wtvr.com)

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