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🌱 How a tossed-out House map could reshape voting across Virginia

Gretna, Virginia Patch AM: a 3 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • How a tossed-out House map could reshape voting across Virginia

Also on today's calendar: God Given Health Hacks and the Gut and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: Where did the two roofs meet? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 76 and low of 48 degrees.
  • Sunday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 79, low: 60.
  • Monday: A couple of morning showers, with a high of 65 and low of 45 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Virginia's top court throws out Democratic-backed US House map (thefranklinnewspost.com) — Virginia’s Supreme Court has struck down a congressional map designed to shift several U.S. House seats toward Democrats, reshaping how Virginians will vote this fall. While the ruling is statewide, it comes as Franklin County and Gretna residents are already closely watching politics and justice issues, including a recent long prison sentence in a Gretna murder case.
   

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Altavista

  • Comcast Expands Its Internet Service to Over 15,000 New Homes & Businesses (cordcuttersnews.com)
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Danville

  • Two arrested after man found dead in Danville home (wdbj7.com)
  • Pro-life movement grows with first Danville March for Life (catholicvirginian.org)
  • Danville Public School Foundation Provides New Vehicle for Automotive Technology Classes at Danville High School (vermilioncountyfirst.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: At a shingles bar! (Thank you Yann P. for sending it in!)
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