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🌱 How the new Route 460 traffic pattern will affect Grundy drivers
Grundy, Virginia Patch AM: a 3 min readGood morning Grundy! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How the new Route 460 traffic pattern will affect Grundy drivers
- Grundy native Margaret Keene Tollison remembered for family, humor, and service
Today's riddle: What do you call a belt made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Monday: Mostly sunny, hot and humid, with a high of 91 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Tuesday: Partly sunny; hot and humid, temps: high: 92, low: 70.
- Wednesday: Sunshine and hot, with a high of 94 and low of 71 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Bristol District weekly traffic alert: August 31 - September 6, 2026 (virginia.gov) — If you drive Route 460 through Grundy, expect a new traffic pattern about 1.1 miles west of the Route 460/Route 83 intersection as VDOT advances the Poplar Creek Phase B project. This week’s Bristol District update also outlines lane closures, detours, and long-term construction timelines across nearby counties that could affect regional trips for Grundy residents. 
• Tollison, Margaret Keene (nrvnews.com) — Longtime Roanoke and Riner resident Margaret Keene Tollison, who was born in Grundy and twirled as a majorette for the Grundy High School band, has died at 93. Her family invites friends to visitation and a celebration of life Thursday, September 3, at Horne Funeral Home in Christiansburg, and suggests memorial gifts to Sheila S. Strauss Hospice House in Roanoke.
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Baby Sprouts
Haysi Community Library 157 Oquinn Street, Haysi, VA 24256 -
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CPMT Meeting (Dickenson County Community and Policy Team) →
Dickenson County, VA Calendar, 1280 Browning Hollow, Clintwood -
Tuesday Fun Day →
Tazewell County Public Library (Tazewell Branch), 129 Main St, Tazewell
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Twin Springs Girls Varsity Volleyball @ Honaker →
Honaker High School, 1795 Thompson Creek Rd, Honaker
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Brown B.A.G. (Books are Good) Book Club
Haysi Community Library 157 Oquinn Street, Haysi, VA 24256 -
Trailblazers
Haysi Community Library 157 Oquinn Street, Haysi, VA 24256 -
Family Crafts with Reginia
Haysi Community Library 157 Oquinn Street, Haysi, VA 24256 -
Castlewood Girls Varsity Volleyball @ Honaker →
Honaker High School, 1795 Thompson Creek Rd, Honaker
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Rye Cove Varsity Football @ Honaker →
Honaker High School, 1795 Thompson Creek Rd, Honaker
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Bluefield at Ridgeview →
Ridgeview High School, 310 Wolfpack Wy, Clintwood
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Traditional Appalachian Woodworking Demonstration with local artisan Terry Ratliff — Breaks Interstate Park →
Breaks Interstate Park Visitors Center, 724 Commission Cir, Haysi
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🗞 Nearby News
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time (Thank you Kourtney Z. for sending it in!)
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