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🌱 How Suffolk’s new investments and crime drop could affect your neighborhood

Suffolk, Virginia Patch AM: a 5 min read

What's up Suffolk! 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:

  • How Suffolk’s new investments and crime drop could affect your neighborhood
  • How a Suffolk Warrior secretly became Virginia Tech’s HokieBird
  • How a new Suffolk scholarship keeps Coach Bill Peachy’s legacy alive

Also on today's calendar: Rooftop Yoga at The Silos and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: Want to hear a joke about a broken pencil? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 85 and low of 60 degrees.
  • Friday: Cooler with a shower or two, temps: high: 68, low: 62.
  • Saturday: Cloudy, a thunderstorm; humid, with a high of 78 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Suffolk State of the City highlights new investments (wavy.com) — Suffolk’s mayor just outlined major local investments, including a new 38,000-square-foot downtown library, an $80 million Harborview Bon Secours expansion, and new jobs from Towne Bank and Amadas Industries. He also reported a 28% two-year drop in serious crime, with homicides and vehicle thefts significantly reduced, as the city pushes downtown revitalization and more cultural events.
   

• Behind the beak: Suffolk graduate takes flight as HokieBird (suffolknewsherald.com) — A Nansemond River High School graduate from Suffolk has revealed he secretly spent two years as Virginia Tech’s beloved HokieBird mascot, entertaining crowds at football games, campus events, and even snowball fights. He describes the demanding, sweaty work behind the costume and how one magical game-day interaction inspired him to spread that same joy to others.
   

• Scholarship planned to honor longtime Suffolk coach, educato... (suffolknewsherald.com) — A new scholarship in Suffolk will honor beloved educator and coach Bill Peachy by helping local students with financial need through the Suffolk Foundation. Organizers, many of them his former players, have already raised $10,000 toward a $25,000 goal so the fund can award more than $1,000 annually. Peachy’s decades of teaching and state-championship coaching at Suffolk High School inspired the effort.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Take 5 Oil Change Just Opened FirstShop in Suffolk —Melanie Squires Read on Patch
  • One last pic from Newport News Park, first time photographing an owl in the wild.
    I’m always searching high in the trees, he was sitting on a branch about 5 feet off the ground near a lake. He was actually below me. (Nextdoor Burbage Grant)
  • I went to Ivy Rehab for 2 knee replacements.
    They really took their time with me and were good at their job. (Nextdoor White Marsh Rd/Skeetertown)
  • ABM Industries, Inc. posted a job opening for Warehouse Janitorial Cleaner in Suffolk. Apply here.
  • The Home Depot, Inc. posted a job opening for Warehouse Maintenance Associate in Suffolk. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Suffolk here.

🗞 Nearby News

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  • Suffolk Transit Expands Service as City Explores Rural Transportation Solutions (wtkr.com)
  • CEC awards $7.5K in scholarships to area students (thetidewaternews.com)
  • Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh's 'petal pink' Chelsea Flower Show trench is half price – & more from £89 (goodhousekeeping.com)

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Ok Suffolk! 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: Nevermind, it has no point. (Thank you Kristi B. for sending it in!)
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