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🌱 How a Smithfield-linked DAR chapter keeps local Revolutionary history alive

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  • How a Smithfield-linked DAR chapter keeps local Revolutionary history alive

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Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny and not as cold, with a high of 46 and low of 29 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Mainly cloudy, temps: high: 53, low: 35.
  • Thursday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 61 and low of 55 degrees.

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• Honoring heritage: Smithfield Daughters of the American Revolution cha... (smithfieldtimes.com) — Smithfield-connected members of the William Allen Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution are celebrating a long legacy of local history and service, from commissioning art by a Smithfield artist to honoring Revolutionary War heroine Elizabeth Bennett Young. The chapter also runs essay contests, scholarships, and veteran support, while drawing in members who’ve built strong ties to Smithfield despite living elsewhere.
   

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    A lost 2019 class ring was found at Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater. Trying to get in contact with him to let him know. Thanks. (Nextdoor Grimesland)
  • A crash has been cleared on the northbound I-664 tunnel in Suffolk.
    4:17AM on Dec 14: All northbound travel lanes on I-664 Tunnel-MMMBT in Suffolk are closed due to a crash. (Nextdoor )
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  • Newport News Police make arrest in killing of 15-year-old boy (wtkr.com)

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