🌱 Christmas Day and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Christmas Day at Emporia, VA Calendar

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

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and not as cold, with a high of 48 and low of 26 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 56, low: 29.
• Thursday: A couple of afternoon showers, with a high of 61 and low of 54 degrees.

📸 Around Emporia

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Emporia

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday December 16

• City Council Meeting
  201 S Main St, Emporia
  11:30 pm

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Other local events

Thursday December 25

• Christmas Day
  Emporia, VA Calendar

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Little Explorers Storytime @ Courtland
  22511 Main St , Courtland
  3:00 pm
• BRL Threads @ Courtland: Quilting, Sewing, Knitting and more!
  22511 Main St , Courtland
  4:00 pm
• River Road Farm Tuesday Markets
  River Road Farm , 1300 N High St , Franklin
  4:30 pm
• Dinwiddie Generals vs Hopewell Blue Devils
  Dinwiddie High School , 11501 Boisseau Rd , Dinwiddie
  5:45 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Baby and Me
  Appomattox Regional Library System- Dinwiddie Branch , 14103 Boydton Plank Rd , Dinwiddie
  10:00 am
• Full STEAM Ahead @ Courtland
  22511 Main St , Courtland
  9:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Chair Fitness with Tiffany
  Petersburg Public Library , 201 W Washington St , Petersburg
  12:00 pm
• Lunenburg Central Boys Varsity Basketball @ Brunswick
  Brunswick High School , 2171 Lawrenceville Plank Rd , Lawrenceville
  7:30 pm

Friday December 19

• Weekly Grocery Giveaway
  425 Furr St , South Hill
  1:00 pm
• IWA Girls Varsity Basketball @ Tidewater Academy
  Tidewater Academy , 217 W Church St , Wakefield
  2:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• McDonald's posted a job opening for Janitorial/Maintenance in Emporia. Apply here.
• Wal-Mart posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Emporia. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Emporia here.

🗞 Nearby News

Franklin

• Franklin County Board of Supervisors meeting recap from Dec. 15 (radioonthego.com)

Petersburg

• Petersburg opens $2M visitor center in historic 1854 train station after decade of planning (wtvr.com)
• How Petersburg schools are combatting chronic absenteeism: 'We need students here every day' (wtvr.com)
• ‘She's smiling down on us': Petersburg family gives away toys to students following mother's sudden passing (nbc12.com)

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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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