🌱 City Holiday - Government Offices Closed and 11 more events

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• City Holiday - Government Offices Closed at Colonial Heights, VA Calendar

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 56 and low of 52 degrees.
• Friday: A stray morning shower; windy, temps: high: 63, low: 26.
• Saturday: Partly to mostly sunny, with a high of 50 and low of 38 degrees.

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Wednesday December 24

• City Holiday - Government Offices Closed
  Colonial Heights, VA Calendar Colonial Heights, VA 23834
  8:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Winter Wonderland Karaoke Party
  Beulah Recreation Center , 6901 Hopkins Rd , North Chesterfield
  10:00 am
• Gaming at the Library
  Appomattox Regional Library- Hopewell Branch , 209 E Cawson St , Hopewell
  4:00 pm
• Holiday Market at Ashton Creek Vineyard
  Ashton Creek Vineyard , 14501 Rte 1 , Chester
  5:30 pm
• Holiday Guitar Concert
  Ettrick-Matoaca Library - Chesterfield Public Library , 4501 River Rd , Petersburg
  5:30 pm
• Virtual Bingo Night
  Bellwood Elementary Richmond, VA 23237
  6:00 pm
• Shuffle Up!
  Chester Library - Chesterfield Public Library , 11800 Centre St , Chester
  6:00 pm
• Basketball: Girls Varsity (Rescheduled from 12-09-25) vs. Hopewell (Home)
  Thomas Dale High School
  6:00 pm
• Manchester Lancers vs Lloyd C Bird Skyhawks
  Manchester High school , 12601 Bailey Bridge Rd , Midlothian
  6:00 pm
• Guitar Concert
  Elizabeth Davis Middle Chester, VA 23836
  6:30 pm
• Band Concert
  Carver Middle School , 3800 Cougar Trail , Chester
  6:30 pm

Friday December 19

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

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Please share & repost to help reunite this lost dog!
  Monroe was LOST on December 12, 2025 in South Chesterfield, VA 23834 near Idk Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest information or to contact the… (Nextdoor Highland)
• These people are checking porches.
  Twice they have been back. This is Piedmont Ave area. Lookout for suspicious activity. (Nextdoor Colonial Heights Blvd)

• Sam's Club posted a job opening for Baker and Packager Associate in Colonial Heights. Apply here.
• City of Colonial Heights VA posted a job opening for Recreation Assistant I (Part Time) in Colonial Heights. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Colonial Heights here.

🗞 Nearby News

Petersburg

• Petersburg breaks ground on new $80M court complex (wric.com)
• Petersburg Gas Company building, other historic sites get state landmark designation (wric.com)
• How Petersburg schools are combatting chronic absenteeism: 'We need students here every day' (wtvr.com)

Hopewell

• Hopewell remembers deadly 1935 Greyhound bus crash as 90th anniversary approaches (wtvr.com)

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