🌱 Think you’ve got game? See how to impress Blues FC.

Good morning to you Charlottesville! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Think you’ve got game? See how to impress Blues FC.
• Got a creative teen at home? Here’s how their work gets published.
• How many early decision students just got into UVA?

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

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Partly sunny and not as cold, with a high of 45 and low of 31 degrees.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and not as cool, temps: high: 57, low: 30.
• Thursday: Cooler; an afternoon shower, with a high of 50 and low of 45 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Charlottesville Blues Football Club holding open tryouts (29news.com) — Local soccer players will get a shot at the pros when Charlottesville Blues FC hosts open tryouts for its 2026 men’s and women’s teams at UVA’s Carr’s Hill Field on December 27. Coaches from UVA’s programs will be watching as hopefuls aged 16 and up compete for roster spots.
   

2. Jefferson-Madison Regional Library seeks teen submissions for creative arts magazine (29news.com) — Charlottesville-area teens can now submit original writing and 2-D artwork to the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library’s Teen Creative Arts Magazine, Inkling. Youth ages 11 to 18 in the JMRL service area are invited to share pieces under 1,000 words or visual art, with the library emphasizing authentic, non-AI work and a chance to see their creations on local shelves.
   

3. UVA extends admissions offers to the first 1225 Class of 2030 applicants (cvillerightnow.com) — UVA has just offered early decision admission to 1,225 students for the Class of 2030, with the announcement coming from Charlottesville and 776 of those offers going to Virginians. The university says these are the first of three decision rounds, with early action decisions due by mid-February and regular decisions by early April, shaping who will soon join the community.
   

4. Virginia's fall fire season ends (pcpatriot.com) — From Charlottesville, state forestry officials report Virginia’s fall fire season has ended after 152 wildfires burned 1,733 acres but spared dozens of homes and structures. They warn residents that wildfire risk continues year-round, urging Charlottesville-area families to delay outdoor burning in dry conditions and follow safety tips around debris fires and live Christmas trees this holiday season.
   

📸 Around Charlottesville

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Charlottesville

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 17

• JMB Tours, LLC Presents: Jim Brickman: The Gift of Christmas
  The Paramount Theater, 215 E Main St, Charlottesville
  7:30 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday December 16

• Starr Hill Presents: Béla Fleck & The Flecktones: Jingle All The Way
  The Paramount Theater , 215 East Main Street , Charlottesville
  8:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Commerce & Coffee
  Culinary Concepts AB , 2041 Barracks Rd. , Charlottesville
  8:30 am
• Housing Advisory Committee Meeting
  Charlottesville Public Meetings CitySpace - Large Conference Room - 100 Fifth St NE Charlottesville VA 22902
  12:00 pm
• Statewide Restoration of Rights Strategy Committee Meeting
  Virginia Organizing Zoom
  6:00 pm
• CHS Wrestling Home Match
  Charlottesville High Charlottesville, VA 22901
  7:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• BWRT Holiday Luncheon
  Amy Yang Photography Studio , 609 E Market St #110 , Charlottesville
  12:30 pm
• Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee Meeting
  Charlottesville Public Meetings -
  5:30 pm

📣 Charlottesville Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Bela Fleck and The Flecktones
  The Paramount Theater , 215 E Main St , Charlottesville
  8:00 pm
• Thievery Corporation
  The Jefferson Theater , 110 E Main St , Charlottesville
  8:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Statewide Restoration of Rights Strategy Committee Meeting
  Virginia Organizing Zoom
  6:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Albemarle/Charlottesville Chapter Meeting
  Virginia Organizing Friends Quaker Meeting, 1104 Forest St., Charlottesville, VA, 22903, United States
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I am so grateful for the Good Samaritan citizens that assisted me and my husband Saturday, December 6, 2025 in front of LLBEAN at Stonefield shopping center.
  My husband took a a really bad fall in the parking lot and hit his head. I was in shock and freaking out. A young man who happened to be a fire… (Nextdoor Forest Lakes)
• MISSING: ALL BLACK LONG HAIR CAT!!
  Name is Kharjo last seen 12/13 evening. He’s exclusively inside so worried about him in the cold! Lost near Chatham Ridge. (Nextdoor Riverrun)

• CHARLOTTESVILLE VA Dec 14 Climate: High: 38 Low: 15 Precip:" Snow: Missing... (X: iembot_lwx)
• "It’s easy to demonize someone you never see." Miller Center scholars took a look at the rural versus urban divide, how it’s contributing to the... (X: Miller_Center)

• BJ's Restaurants, Inc. posted a job opening for Janitorial in Charlottesville. Apply here.
• Sunrise Senior Living posted a job opening for Activities Assistant in Charlottesville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Charlottesville here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

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