🌱 How a closed Ivy landfill is now powering hundreds of Virginia homes

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In today's newsletter:

• How a closed Ivy landfill is now powering hundreds of Virginia homes

Also on today's calendar: Acoustic Union Live and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: Why are frogs poor conversationists? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 84 and low of 65 degrees.
• Sunday: A stray afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 92, low: 66. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: Hot, with a high of 96 and low of 68 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Dominion Energy opens solar facility at Ivy Landfill (cvillerightnow.com) — A new Dominion Energy solar array is now operating on the Ivy Landfill, feeding power into the local grid and helping serve nearby homes. The three‑megawatt project repurposes long-problematic land while supporting Virginia’s clean-energy goals and rising statewide electricity demand. Dominion says it’s the first of several landfill-based solar sites planned across the Commonwealth.
   

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📸 Around Ivy

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Ivy

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday May 16

• Alex Angelich →
  The Southern Café and Music Hall, 103 1st St S, Charlottesville
  7:30 pm

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Other local events

Saturday May 16

• CMS Theatre - Spring Musical
  Buford Middle Charlottesville, VA 22903
  7:00 pm

Sunday May 17

• Acoustic Union Live →
  Potter's Craft Cider, 1350 Arrowhead Valley Rd, Charlottesville
  2:00 pm
• CHS Orchestra Spring Concert
  Charlottesville High MLK PAC
  7:30 pm

Monday May 18

• Paws to Read
  Gordon Avenue Library 1500 Gordon Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22903
  3:30 pm
• Albemarle High School Graduation
  Albemarle High John Paul Jones Arena
  6:00 pm
• Martinsville Chapter Meeting
  Virginia Organizing VA
  6:00 pm
• Grown-Up Game Night
  Northside Library 705 West Rio Road, Charlottesville, VA 22901
  6:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday May 16

• Together Tales
  Gordon Avenue Library 1500 Gordon Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22903
  11:00 am
• Boston & Colonial Punches →
  Birch + Bloom, 540 Massie Rd, Charlottesville
  4:00 pm
• CMS Theatre - Spring Musical
  Buford Middle Charlottesville, VA 22903
  7:00 pm

Monday May 18

• Paws to Read
  Gordon Avenue Library 1500 Gordon Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22903
  3:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The Retail Odyssey Company posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser in Ivy. Apply here.
• Atlantic Coast Athletic Clubs posted a job opening for Aquatics Assistant Head Coach in Crozet. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ivy here.

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🗞 Nearby News

University of Virginia

• UVA Health launches new initiative to expand research on facial paralysis (29news.com)
• Former UVA President Jim Ryan: ‘Do the right thing, always' (cvillerightnow.com)
• 6 Ways to Maintain Your Health Successes (aarp.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They jump to conclusions. (Thank you Rita S. for sending it in!)
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