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

In today's newsletter:

  • Could your next bulk trash pile cost you a $2,500 fine?
  • How Portsmouth’s homeless shelter ramps up when temperatures plunge below freezing
  • How Santa and Portsmouth first responders lifted spirits on a tough holiday

Also on today's calendar: Senior Fit and 6 more events.

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Today's riddle: What did the stop sign say to the yield sign? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Monday: Turning sunny and cold, with a high of 35 and low of 22 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny and not as cold, temps: high: 45, low: 29.
  • Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 57 and low of 35 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Portsmouth could change bulk waste pickup, increase fines to reduce illegal dumping (pilotonline.com) — Portsmouth leaders are weighing major changes to bulk trash pickup, including mandatory advance scheduling, smaller allowed pile sizes, and fines of $500 to $2,500 for illegal dumping. With illegal dumping costing the city hundreds of thousands annually and creating blight, council will soon consider an ordinance adding stricter enforcement, owner billing, and more oversight from Waste Management inspectors.
   

• Freezing temperatures prompt emergency shelter plans in Portsmouth (13newsnow.com) — As freezing temperatures hit Portsmouth, a local shelter is activating its cold weather response plan to bring unsheltered adults indoors around the clock if needed. Volunteers for the Homeless, working with city police and fire crews, transports people to its Williamsburg Avenue site and is asking residents to donate gloves, thermal clothing, and bottled water to help keep neighbors safe.
   

• Santa trades sleigh for firetruck to visit Hampton Roads families (wtkr.com) — Santa rolled through Portsmouth on a firetruck this weekend, teaming up with local first responders and pediatric hospice nonprofit Edmarc to surprise children facing life-threatening illnesses with gifts and carols. Families like Shaquira Johnson and Kareema Taylor’s, grieving the loss of a twin, say the visit brought much-needed joy and support. Fourteen responder teams helped spread cheer across the 757 during the “Miracle on London Street” themed run.
   

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    Monday December 15
  • Senior Fit
    2012 N Road St, Elizabeth City
    9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • After consideration and a few changes, I would like to offer a FREE CPR & AED workshop at the local Churchland Library 💕
    I'd love to meet you there! This class will not result in certification but you will walk away with the knowledge and skills to save a life before… (Nextdoor Western)
  • UPDATE: Currently at the Portsmouth Humane Society.
    Will be seen by the vet to receive a rabies vaccine and treatment for some injuries during his stray hold. Found wandering the Prentis Park… (Nextdoor Prentis Park)
  • Wal-Mart posted a job opening for Online Order Filling Team Supervisor in Norfolk. Apply here.
  • Didlake posted a job opening for Janitor in Norfolk. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Portsmouth here.

🗞 Nearby News

Norfolk

  • Hundreds of military families receive holiday meals and gifts in Norfolk as costs rise (13newsnow.com)
  • Column: A great calamity for Norfolk, and Virginia, 250 years on (pilotonline.com)
  • The Muse Writers Conference (locusmag.com)

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