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🌱 Free turkey giveaway comes to Hampton November 19

Hampton, Virginia Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hello Hampton! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Free turkey giveaway comes to Hampton November 19
  • Hampton’s new I-64 express lanes could open next month
  • Hampton house fire leaves resident with life-threatening injuries

Also on today's calendar: Bodacious Bazaar (Fall Show) and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What travels all around the world but stays in a corner? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: A thunderstorm in spots, with a high of 71 and low of 46 degrees.
  • Friday: Mostly cloudy and cooler, temps: high: 55, low: 39.
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and stiff winds, with a high of 52 and low of 40 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Rutter Mills to host turkey drives in Virginia Beach and Hampton (wavy.com) — Hampton residents can pick up a free turkey November 19 at Rutter Mills, 3001 Coliseum Drive, starting at noon. The drive-through giveaway offers 500 turkeys, with no registration required and a limit of one per vehicle while supplies last. Another 500 will be distributed at the firm's Virginia Beach office November 18.
   

2. VDOT announces I64 express lanes to open on peninsula next month (wavy.com) — New I-64 express lanes in Hampton and Newport News could open as early as December, VDOT says, though part of eastbound Hampton will open later. Drivers will see toll equipment and digital signs being tested this month, including signs displaying “TEST,” as crews prepare the lanes for use.
   

3. 1 seriously injured in Hampton house fire (pilotonline.com) — An adult resident suffered life-threatening injuries in a house fire Tuesday evening in Hampton’s Farmington neighborhood. Firefighters found the person inside a single-story home on Sherry Dell Drive, off Todds Lane, and took them to a hospital. The Fire Marshal’s office is investigating the cause.
   

4. Hampton Veterans Day ceremony honors service and keeps local hero's legacy alive (13newsnow.com) — At Hampton National Cemetery on Wednesday, veterans and families honored military service while keeping Harry S. Foster's memory alive. American Legion Post 67, named for the soldier who died serving his country, placed a wreath in his honor. His nieces shared family memories, including how he sent money home to help relatives.
   

5. 'It's just been awesome:' New partnership helping veterans in Hampton (wtkr.com) — Two Hampton Navy veterans received home repairs Wednesday through the city's first Veterans Day Home Repair Blitz with Rebuilding Together of Hampton Roads. Volunteers replaced a failed furnace at one home and repaired a deck, stairs and dryer vent at another. The partnership is expected to help four more veterans in 2027.
   

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  • Bodacious Bazaar
    Never have gone. Thinking about it this year. Is it worth it? Is it basically all the vendors that have been at the Farmers Markets and various… (Nextdoor Colamorea)
  • Hello hello,
    My husband and I just moved to the neighborhood with our dog. Just wanted to say hello. (Nextdoor East Pembroke & N Mallory)
  • Hampton University posted a job opening for Dry Cleaner in Hampton. Apply here.
  • Branscome Paving Company posted a job opening for Asphalt Plant Operator - Hampton in Hampton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hampton here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What travels all around the world but stays in a corner?" — Postal stamp (Thank you Donald C. for sending it in!)
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