🌱 December 2025 Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• CSMS Band Winter Concert at Cave Spring High School
• GMS/GHS Choir Winter Concert at Glenvar High School
• WBMS Band Winter Concert at William Byrd Middle School Auditorium

... and check out 3 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 55 and low of 32 degrees.
• Thursday: A shower in the p.m.; breezy, temps: high: 49, low: 42.
• Friday: Sunshine and windy, with a high of 49 and low of 26 degrees.

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📸 Around Hollins

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hollins

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 19

• Showtimers Presents: The Tragedie of Macbeth
  Showtimers Community Theatre, 2067 McVitty Rd SW, Roanoke
  7:30 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday December 17

• CSMS Band Winter Concert
  Cave Spring High School
  6:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• GMS/GHS Choir Winter Concert
  Glenvar High School
  6:30 pm
• WBMS Band Winter Concert
  William Byrd Middle School Auditorium
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• December 2025 Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event
  Tinker Creek Transfer Station , 1020 Hollins Rd NE , Roanoke
  12:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• The Santa Cares Experience
  5 Points Music Sanctuary , 1217 Maple Ave SW , Roanoke
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 17

• Community Policy & Management Team (CPMT) Meeting
  Botetourt County, VA Calendar , 57 South Center Drive , Daleville
  9:00 am
• Wrestling @ Hidden Valley @ 5:30 PM
  Hidden Valley Middle School , 4902 Hidden Valley School Rd , Roanoke
  5:30 pm
• CSMS Band Winter Concert
  Cave Spring High School
  6:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• Senior Fitness at Eagle Rock Community Center
  Botetourt County, VA Calendar , 14604 Church Street , Eagle Rock
  10:00 am
• Open Art Studio
  2502 Melrose Ave NW , Roanoke
  2:00 pm
• BCCC Meeting
  Botetourt County, VA Calendar , 57 S. Center Dr. , Daleville
  3:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• A crash has been cleared on the northbound I-81 at mile marker 147.2 in Roanoke County.
  12:59PM on Dec 15: All northbound travel lanes on I-81 at mile marker 147.2 in Roanoke County are closed due to a crash. (Nextdoor )

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🗞 Nearby News

Roanoke

• Roanoke City Council announces 2025 Citizen of the Year (wsls.com)
• Roanoke plans ordinance to limit vape shops (wdbj7.com)
• Virginia banks donate $15,000 to support programs for youth in Roanoke, Lynchburg (wvva.com)

Vinton

• AARP Reveals Virginia's 10 Top Livable Communities (brunswicktimes-gazette.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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