🌱 Why deputies forced entry to a Cricket Hill Road bedroom

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• Why deputies forced entry to a Cricket Hill Road bedroom

Also on today's calendar: Local Group Meeting: Fairfield Foundation Family Circle (Gloucester, VA) and 5 more events.

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📰 News we're reading

• Wanted woman faces obstruction charge after barricading herself in room (wavy.com) — Deputies in Mathews County recently arrested a woman who had locked herself in a bedroom on Cricket Hill Road after she failed to appear in court on earlier charges. She was taken into custody without further incident, faces an additional obstruction of justice charge, and is being held without bond at the regional security center.
   

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Tuesday September 8
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Wednesday August 19
• Mathews Dept of Social Services Board Meeting →
  Mathews County, VA Calendar, 536 Church Street, Mathews
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  Mathews County, VA Calendar, 17 Church Street, Mathews
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Thursday August 20
• Board of Supervisors Regularly Scheduled Meeting →
  Mathews County, VA Calendar, 17 Church Street, Mathews
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Friday August 21
• MATHEWS COUNTY EDA TO HOST TOURISM ROUNDTABLES →
  Mathews County, VA Calendar, 10458 Buckley Hall Rd., Mathews
  5:30 pm
Tuesday September 8
• Local Group Meeting: Fairfield Foundation Family Circle (Gloucester, VA) →
  The Woodville Rosenwald School, 4310 S George Washington Mem Hwy, Hayes
  6:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• Mathews Market Days — Mermaid Cove Productions →
  Mathews County Courthouse Square, 27 State Rte 1002, Mathews
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Tuesday September 15
• West Point Girls JV Volleyball @ Mathews →
  Mathews High School, 9889 Buckley Hall Rd, Mathews
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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday August 18
• Storytime – Deltaville →
  Middlesex County Public Library Deltaville Branch, 35 Lovers Ln, Deltaville
  10:30 am
Wednesday August 19
• Middlesex Water Authority →
  Middlesex County, VA Calendar, 865 General Puller Hwy, Saluda
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Saturday August 22
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🗞 Nearby News

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Williamsburg

• Williamsburg to host forums on zoning and property rules (wydaily.com)

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