🌱 How Smithfield’s DAR chapter is keeping Revolutionary War history alive

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• How Smithfield’s DAR chapter is keeping Revolutionary War history alive

Also on today's calendar: Wine Guild at Bon Vivant Wine & Brew and 5 more events.

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

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and not as cold, with a high of 46 and low of 29 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mainly cloudy, temps: high: 53, low: 35.
• Thursday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 61 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Honoring heritage: Smithfield Daughters of the American Revolution cha... (smithfieldtimes.com) — Smithfield-connected members of the William Allen Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, are keeping local Revolutionary War history alive through art, scholarships, and community service. A Smithfield artist’s painting of heroine Elizabeth Bennett Young now hangs in Isle of Wight’s Young-Laine Courts Building, while members with deep Virginia roots share how genealogy, fellowship, and local history drew them into the chapter’s work.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Smithfield

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday December 16

• Board of Historic & Architectural Review Meeting
  Smithfield Center, 220 N Church St, Smithfield
  6:30 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday December 16

• Board of Zoning Appeals Meeting
  Smithfield, VA Calendar , 220 N. Church Street , Smithfield
  7:30 pm

Friday December 19

• Wine Guild at Bon Vivant Wine & Brew
  Bon Vivant Market Wine & Brew of Smithfield , 1504 S Church St , Smithfield
  7:00 pm
• Winter Wonderettes at Smithfield Little Theatre (Smithfield)
  Smithfield Little Theatre , 210 N Church St , Smithfield
  8:00 pm
• Winter Wonderettes
  Smithfield Little Theatre , 210 N Church St , Smithfield
  8:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Smithfield - A Big Band Christmas 2025
  Smithfield Center , 220 N Church St , Smithfield
  7:30 pm
• Big Band Christmas - Smithfield
  Smithfield Center , 220 N Church St , Smithfield
  7:30 pm

Sunday December 21

• Winter Wonderettes
  Smithfield Little Theatre , 210 N Church St , Smithfield
  2:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Smithfield Ham Distribution
  200 Commerce St , Smithfield
  4:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Crush It Book Club 18+ - Holiday Edition
  Crush It Art Bar , 15154 Carrollton Blvd Suite A , Carrollton
  6:00 pm
• BRL Threads @ Smithfield: Quilting, Sewing, Knitting and more!
  255 James St , Smithfield
  10:30 pm

Friday December 19

• Mom's Night Out
  Crush It Art Bar , 15154 Carrollton Blvd Suite A , Carrollton
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Does anyone know a Derrick Jackson?
  A lost 2019 class ring was found at Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater. Trying to get in contact with him to let him know. Thanks. (Nextdoor Grimesland)
• A crash has been cleared on the northbound I-664 tunnel in Suffolk.
  4:17AM on Dec 14: All northbound travel lanes on I-664 Tunnel-MMMBT in Suffolk are closed due to a crash. (Nextdoor )

• Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Team Member in Smithfield. Apply here.
• Taco Bell posted a job opening for Late Night Team Member - Service Champion in Newport News. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Smithfield here.

🗞 Nearby News

Newport News

• Newport News mayor calls drug busts at three vape shops a 'big win' for the city (13newsnow.com)
• Newport News Announces Partnership to Launch Music Festival (hamptonroadsmessenger.com)
• Newport News community comes together for free coats, toys, and food for neighbors in need (wtkr.com)

Windsor

• King leads Dukes regional honorees (windsorweekly.com)

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