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🌱 Princeton marks Veterans Day with a downtown parade and open house

Princeton, West Virginia Patch AM: a 4 min read

Greetings Princeton! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Princeton marks Veterans Day with a downtown parade and open house
  • Dolly Parton's Christmas Carol musical comes to Princeton this Saturday
  • Mercer County honors longtime Oakvale councilman Randolph Brown Honaker

Also on today's calendar: Dolly Parton's Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Partly sunny and nice, with a high of 67 and low of 48 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with rain at times, temps: high: 50, low: 35.
  • Friday: Colder with snow and rain, with a high of 39 and low of 29 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Beckley, Princeton and Welch plan Veterans Day parades (wvva.com) — Princeton will honor veterans with a downtown Veterans Day parade, alongside an open house at the Princeton Vet Center and coffee and refreshments at the county's war museum. The Vietnam Veterans Association also plans an 8 a.m. breakfast on Straley Avenue. The report does not specify Princeton's parade start time.
   

2. Dolly Parton's Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol coming to West Virginia (wvnstv.com) — Dolly Parton's Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol comes to Princeton's Chuck Mathena Center on Saturday, November 14, at 7 p.m., with tickets still available. Featuring original music and lyrics by Parton, the musical moves Scrooge's story to a mining company town in 1930s east Tennessee.
   

3. Mercer County Commission recognizes former Oakvale councilman Randolph Brown Honaker (wvva.com) — Mercer County commissioners honored Randolph Brown Honaker on Tuesday, recognizing nearly 40 years of service on Oakvale Town Council. Family and friends gathered for the resolution honoring Honaker, who died in September at 93. His daughter, Diana Marshall, remembered his lifelong commitment to helping his community.
   

4. Mercer County Commission backs holiday traditons in Bluefield, Princeton (bdtonline.com) — Princeton's Downtown Countdown will get $5,000 from Mercer County to support entertainment at its 14th New Year's Eve celebration on Mercer Street. Commissioners unanimously approved the funding Tuesday and awarded another $5,000 to Bluefield's Holiday of Lights, whose organizers hope to keep the longtime display free.
   

5. Treasurer Pack Announces More Than $1.9 Million Unclaimed Property Funds Returned During October (hintonnews.com) — A Princeton organization received $22,000 through West Virginia's unclaimed property program in October, one of the state's five largest claims that month. Statewide payouts totaled more than $1.9 million. Residents can search WVUnclaimedProperty.gov for forgotten accounts, uncashed paychecks and other assets the state may be holding for them.
   

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Ok Princeton! 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: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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