🌱 Nick of Time Night Shopping Event and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Nick of Time Night Shopping Event at Mathews County Visitor and Information Center
• Mathews Blue Devils vs Lancaster Red Devils

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Some sun, then turning cloudy, with a high of 54 and low of 49 degrees.
• Friday: A little morning rain; breezy, temps: high: 63, low: 29.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and cooler, with a high of 46 and low of 41 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mathews

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday December 18

• Mathews County Board of Supervisors Regularly Scheduled Meeting
  17 Church St, Mathews
  11:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday December 23

• Nick of Time Night Shopping Event
  Mathews County Visitor and Information Center , 239 Main St , Mathews
  11:00 am

Monday January 12

• Mathews Blue Devils vs Lancaster Red Devils
  Mathews High School , 9889 Buckley Hall Rd , Mathews
  5:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Mathews Blue Devils vs Middlesex Chargers
  Mathews High School , 9889 Buckley Hall Rd , Mathews
  5:30 pm

Friday December 19

• Clay Hand-Building
  The Tides Inn , 480 King Carter Dr , Irvington
  3:00 pm
• Live Music at Deltaville Tap & Raw Bar
  Deltaville Tap & Raw Bar , 274 Bucks Vw Ln , Deltaville
  6:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Adult Paint Party: Holiday Highland Cozy Cow
  RAL Art Center , 19 N Main St , Kilmarnock
  10:00 am

Sunday December 21

• Holiday Marketplace
  Steamboat Era Museum , 156 King Carter Dr , Irvington
  10:00 am
• Soulful Brunch with Mike Reed
  Meridian Restaurant , 100 Entertainment Dr , Irvington
  11:00 am

Tuesday December 23

• Storytime – Deltaville
  Middlesex County Public Library Deltaville Branch , 35 Lovers Ln , Deltaville
  10:30 am
• Weave a potholder for Kids
  36 North Arts and Crafts , 36 N Main St , Kilmarnock
  1:00 pm

Tuesday December 30

• No Storytime – Deltaville
  Middlesex County Public Library Deltaville Branch , 35 Lovers Ln , Deltaville
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Crash cleared on EB VA-198 at 0.2 miles east of VA-223 in Mathews County.
  9:49AM on Dec 16: All eastbound travel lanes on VA-198 in Mathews County are closed due to a crash. (Nextdoor )

• DoorDash posted a job opening for DoorDash Shopper - Sign Up and Start Earning in Mathews. Apply here.
• Tractor Supply Company posted a job opening for Team Member in Saluda. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mathews here.

🗞 Nearby News

Yorktown

• Coleman Bridge opening delays expected to persist into early 2026 (pilotonline.com)
• Letters for Dec. 16: Don't ignore early contributors to Virginia rail line (dailypress.com)
• Major Battles That Turned the Revolution (naludamagazine.com)

Williamsburg

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