🌱 City Council Meeting and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• City Council Meeting

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly sunny and chilly, with a high of 43 and low of 25 degrees.
• Friday: Showers around in the p.m., temps: high: 39, low: 29.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 50 and low of 30 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Emporia

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 12

• Greensville County Eagles vs Franklin Broncos
  Greensville County High School, 403 Harding St, Emporia
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday December 16

• City Council Meeting
  201 S Main St , Emporia
  11:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Brunswick Coffee & Connections at The Story Cafe
  The Story Cafe , 121 N Hicks St , Lawrenceville
  9:30 am
• Chair Fitness with Tiffany
  Petersburg Public Library , 201 W Washington St , Petersburg
  12:00 pm
• Southside TICN Holiday Meeting
  Petersburg Public Library , 201 W Washington St , Petersburg
  12:30 pm
• Vernon Johns Middle vs J.E.J. Moore Middle
  Vernon Johns Middle School , 3101 Homestead Dr , Petersburg
  5:00 pm
• Good Books, Good Company Book Club – Courtland Book Club
  22511 Main St , Courtland
  6:00 pm
• Santa Visit
  22511 Main St , Courtland
  10:00 pm
• Craftsy @ Courtland
  22511 Main St , Courtland
  10:30 pm

Friday December 12

• Appomattox Regional Governor's Arts & Tech at Brunswick
  Brunswick High School , 2171 Lawrenceville Plank Rd , Lawrenceville
  4:30 pm
• Sip 'n Smoke
  Resolution Winery , 2214 W Washington St , Petersburg
  5:00 pm
• GCA Girls Varsity Basketball @ Tidewater Academy
  Tidewater Academy , 217 W Church St , Wakefield
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

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🗞 Nearby News

Franklin

• Hurley introduced as Franklin deputy clerk (thetidewaternews.com)
• VDOT addresses overnight refreezing (wdbj7.com)
• Dead vultures in Rocky Mount mark 14th bird flu case in Virginia since July (wdbj7.com)

Petersburg

• December snow disrupts school divisions' calendars (foxrichmond.com)

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