🌱 How a Hopewell woman finally got Verizon to pay attention

Cheers Hopewell! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How a Hopewell woman finally got Verizon to pay attention
• How Hopewell will finally memorialize a forgotten 1935 bus disaster

Also on today's calendar: Classic Movie Saturday and 1 more event.

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 57 and low of 52 degrees.
• Friday: Windy; a morning shower, temps: high: 63, low: 25.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 50 and low of 38 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Hopewell woman waits for $3,000 refund after her Verizon account was hacked (wric.com) — A Hopewell woman spent months fighting a surprise $4,168 Verizon bill after scammers used her account to buy high-end devices, leaving her waiting for a promised refund. Only after a local TV station contacted Verizon did the company apologize, confirm the fraud and immediately issue her roughly $3,000 refund.
   

• Hopewell remembers deadly 1935 Greyhound bus crash as 90th anniversary approaches (wtvr.com) — Hopewell is preparing to honor 14 people killed when a Greyhound bus plunged off a drawbridge into the Appomattox River in 1935, including several local residents. As the 90th anniversary approaches, descendants are sharing memories while the city plans a River Walk memorial plaza to ensure the tragedy and its victims are not forgotten.
   

📸 Around Hopewell

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hopewell

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 19

• Hopewell vs The Covenant
  Hopewell High School, 400 S Mesa Dr, Hopewell
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday December 19

• HOPEWELL'S HOPE for HOLIDAYS RAFFLE
  Hopewell, VA Calendar , Facebook Live , Hopewell
  3:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Classic Movie Saturday
  Appomattox Regional Library- Hopewell Branch , 209 E Cawson St , Hopewell
  11:00 am

Tuesday December 23

• KEEP HOPEWELL BEAUTIFUL Meeting
  Hopewell, VA Calendar , Appomattox Regional Library - Hopewell Branch 209 E. Cawson St. , Hopewell
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Baby and Me
  Appomattox Regional Library- Prince George Branch , 6605 Courts Dr , Prince George
  10:00 am
• Guitar Concert
  Elizabeth Davis Middle Chester, VA 23836
  6:30 pm
• Band Concert
  Carver Middle School , 3800 Cougar Trail , Chester
  6:30 pm
• Basketball: Girls Varsity (Rescheduled from 12-09-25) vs. Hopewell (Home)
  Thomas Dale High School
  7:15 pm

Friday December 19

• Kids Holiday Market
  The ARTS Community Center , 10930 Hull Street Rd , Midlothian
  4:00 pm
• 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
• The Nutcracker
  Perkinson Center for the Arts & Education , 11810 Centre St , Chester
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Exercise,Exercise,Exercise: This is a shelter in place exercise.
  Go to your shelter location, confirm that you received this message and check your kit. Exercise, Exercise, Exercise. (Nextdoor )
• Hello everyone, tomorrow I will be offering holiday deals on automotive work
  45$ brakes front or back 70$ for all 4 40$ oil changes just provide the oil 20$ rotors front or back 35$ for all 4 SAME DAY SERVICES anything… (Nextdoor Hopewell Marina)

• McDonald's Restaurants posted a job opening for Janitorial/Maintenance in Hopewell. Apply here.
• Ruby Tuesday, Inc. posted a job opening for Server Assistant in Hopewell. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hopewell here.

🗞 Nearby News

Prince George

• Prince George looking into cause of major fire at Scott Park building (progress-index.com)

Petersburg

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I haven’t heard the last report.
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