🌱 Hanover Concert Band Holiday Pops Concert and 11 more events

Good morning Mechanicsville! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Longest Night Service: Finding Christmas peace in times of grief or stress.
• Hanover Concert Band Holiday Pops Concert at Hanover Arts & Activities Center
• Winter Band Concert at Atlee High School

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

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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Sun followed by clouds, with a high of 53 and low of 31 degrees.
• Thursday: A bit of afternoon rain, temps: high: 53, low: 47.
• Friday: Mostly cloudy and windy, with a high of 59 and low of 23 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mechanicsville

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday December 18

• Longest Night Service: Finding Christmas peace in times of grief or stress.
  201 Henry St, Ashland
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday December 16

• Hanover Concert Band Holiday Pops Concert
  Hanover Arts & Activities Center , 500 S Center St , Ashland
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Winter Band Concert
  Atlee High School , 9414 Atlee Station Rd , Mechanicsville
  7:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Winter Strings Concert
  Atlee High School , 9414 Atlee Station Rd , Mechanicsville
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 17

• Preschool Storytime
  North Avenue Meeting Room
  11:00 am
• Mechanicsville Manga Maniac Club
  Mechanicsville Branch Mechanicsville Meeting Room A (Kitchenette Side),
  4:00 pm
• Calm & Cardio w/ Fitness Warriors (15-adult) (2900 Building)
  Robinson Theater Community Arts Center , 2903 Q St , Richmond
  5:30 pm
• Greenwood Church Rd/Blanton Rd/Ashland Rd/Ashcake Rd Roundabout Public Hearing
  Patrick Henry High School , 12449 W Patrick Henry Road , Ashland
  6:00 pm
• Winter Chorus Concert (7th/8th only)
  George H. Moody Middle Richmond, VA 23228
  7:00 pm
• Writing for Joy
  Goochland Branch Goochland Meeting Room,
  7:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Winter Performance
  Crestview Elementary Richmond, VA 23226
  8:30 am
• West Hanover Yarns Works
  Montpelier Branch Montpelier Conference Room,
  10:00 am
• Toddler Time
  North Avenue Meeting Room
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I would like to thank the nice young lady who found my wallet at the 301 Subway.
  She drove to my house and handed it intact to me before I even realized I had lost it. She wouldn't take any reward but I wish I would have given her… (Nextdoor Lindsay Meadows)
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  A dog who went missing in Mechanicsville, VA, has been safely reunited with their family after 2 hours, 2 minutes. Message from Finder: "This sweet… (Nextdoor Oakley Hill)

• Papa John's Pizza posted a job opening for Crew Member -Up to $15.25 /Mechanicsville in Mechanicsville. Apply here.
• Hanover County Public Schools posted a job opening for Chemistry/Biology Teacher - Hanover High School in Mechanicsville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mechanicsville here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Glen Allen

• Developer breaks ground on $500M Midtown64 mixed-use site in Henrico • Henrico School Board poised to make final vote on school redistricting proposal Dec. 18 (henricocitizen.com)
• Mariners Sign Catcher Andrew Knizner to 1-Year Major League Contract (mlb.com)

Richmond

• Richmond moves forward with FOIA library with some restrictions (nbc12.com)
• Free Uber vouchers available for this weekend to prevent drunk driving (wric.com)
• Richmond tenant faces delays in rental assistance as city disburses only 5% of available grants (wtvr.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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