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Spotted on the Portsmouth calendar: I Got A Love Jones Experience: Bridal Expo & Wedding Showcase
What's up Portsmouth! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Want your art on a downtown Portsmouth parking garage?
- Portsmouth viewers say goodbye to longtime WAVY anchor Regina Mobley
Also on today's calendar: Night of Healing: Why My Mom Screening and 3 more events.
Today's riddle: Why are elevator jokes so good ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high of 84 and low of 67 degrees.
- Monday: Sunshine with a shower, temps: high: 82, low: 63.
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 84 and low of 63 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Portsmouth seeks artists for parking garage art project (fosters.com) — Portsmouth is inviting artists to propose public art for the High-Hanover parking garage, with up to $60,000 available for the winning concept. Proposals are due October 9, and an optional on-site walk-through is set for September 14. The project, funded through the city's Percent for Art Program, aims to bring more murals or other creative installations downtown. 
• Headed Down the Road in the Hampton Roads — FTVLive (ftvlive.com) — Viewers in Portsmouth will soon see a familiar face leave their screens, as longtime Hampton Roads anchor Regina Mobley is retiring from WAVY, the NBC station serving the Norfolk/Portsmouth market. After more than four decades reporting and anchoring at WAVY and WVEC, colleagues are praising her as a trusted voice whose work has deeply connected with local communities across the region.
📸 Around Portsmouth
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Portsmouth
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★ Featured events ★
- I Got A Love Jones Experience: Bridal Expo & Wedding Showcase →
Luxury Affairs Event Center, 4010b Victory Boulevard, Portsmouth
Saturday September 12
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Other local events
- Labor Day-NPS Closed
Norfolk , VA 23510 - Rosemont Open House
Academy of International Studies at Rosemont The Academy at Rosemont
6:00 pm - Scholastic Book Fair
Academy of International Studies at Rosemont Norfolk, VA 23510
8:30 am - Baseball vs Azalea Gardens CLONE
Academy of International Studies at Rosemont Lake Taylor School
5:15 pm - Night of Healing: Why My Mom Screening →
900 Portsmouth Blvd, 900 Portsmouth Boulevard, Portsmouth
Monday September 7
Wednesday September 9
Monday September 14
Thursday September 17
📣 Portsmouth Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Tour de ORF →
Norfolk, VA Calendar, 1129 Boissevain Ave, Norfolk
3:00 pm - Labor Day-NPS Closed
Norfolk , VA 23510 - Architectural Review Board →
Norfolk, VA Calendar, 810 Union Street City Hall - 11th Floor Conference Room, Norfolk
4:00 pm - 3D Printing Group Orientation →
Norfolk, VA Calendar, 215 E. Plume Street, Norfolk
5:00 pm - Cricut Group Orientation →
Norfolk, VA Calendar, 215 E. Plume Street, Norfolk
5:00 pm - Rosemont Open House
Academy of International Studies at Rosemont The Academy at Rosemont
6:00 pm
Sunday September 6
Monday September 7
Tuesday September 8
Wednesday September 9
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- In every challenge lies the opportunity to showcase our strengths.
With every task completed, we honor the journey of hard work across generations, and our teamwork amplifies individual efforts into remarkable… (Nextdoor Westhaven) - Just a thought, how is it that we go slower in the express lane?
I always end up behind someone going super slow where I should've saved my toll and stayed in the regular lane. I always think about passing on the… (Nextdoor Prentis Place)
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- Advantage Solutions posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser in Portsmouth. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Portsmouth here.
🗞 Nearby News
Norfolk
- Tidewater Drive on-ramp to I-64 West re-opens (wavy.com)
- How Abe Doumar made ice cream history: The waffle cone's origin story (pilotonline.com)
- Opening night at Wells Theatre after flooding (wavy.com)
Ok Portsmouth! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because they work on so many levels ! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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