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ELECTIONS ARE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER 🚨 What issues are YOU looking to vote on locally on your ballot? Let us know below ⬇️ Virginia voters have a full ballot in the upcoming election. Along with the Presidental vote, we have a U.S. Senate race, U.S. House of Representative seats, a state constitutional amendment, county, city and town council seats, school boards and sheriffs. Some places even have special elections and unique locality-specific positions. WHRO News asked local candidates about the topics you said you were most interested in to help you as you prepare to head to the polls. You can read their responses by visiting the link in bio 🔗 If you don’t see your locality or district, it means candidates have not yet responded to our questionnaire. #WHROPublicMedia #WHROnews #publicmedia #community #localnews #publicradio

Experience Democracy at Work in real life with our pop-up exhibits, like this one at Alleghany Highlands Regional Library 📚 Meet the unsung heroes of democracy in a new journalistic exhibit that shines a light on the men and women who dedicate their lives to public service. These displays will be up at least through Election Day at your local library! Check it out this weekend at one of the following locations near you: 🔸 Central Rappahannock Regional Library 🔸 Chesapeake Regional Library 🔸 Suffolk Public Library 🔸 Rockbridge Regional Library 🔸 Lynchburg Public Library 🔸 Pulaski County Library System 🔸 Wanesboro Public Library 🔸 Williamsburg Regional Library 🔸 Eastern Shore Public Library 🔸 Washington County Public Library 🔸 Staunton Public Library 🔸 Wythe-Grayson Regional Library 🔸 Healthy Suffolk 🔸 Madison Jefferson Library System

Juliet and Brian Jegasothy were newlyweds when they immigrated to the U.S. in 1969. They came from Ceylon, now called Sri Lanka, and as Juliet remembered it, getting used to American traditions could be a little scary 😱 One night, Juliet was home alone with her infant daughter, when she heard a knock at the door. At StoryCorps she recounts a spooky night in her new home. #storycorps #halloweenstory #scarystories #publicmedia #npr

HAPPY HALLOWEEN from our WHRO crew 🎃 We've got plenty of fun programming & activities for you to enjoy today! 🎸 WHRV's Retro Underground 🤘 Crizti Walsh’s show last week focused all on spooky tunes from new wave and punk rock of yesteryear. Enjoy festive tunes from David Bowie, Talking Heads, Misfits, and more. Listen online or your NPR streaming app! 🎹 WHRO 90.3FM Classical Lineup 🎻 Get ready to experience Halloween like never before with WHRO-FM’s hauntingly curated music lineup all day. From chilling classics to eerie movie scores, we’ve got a selection to keep you spooked from morning until night. Tune in or stream online all day long! 🩸 Watch Dr. Madblood 🩻 Missed last week’s 49th Dr. Madblood Halloween Special? Don’t fret! Join the party and watch along with the cast of crazy characters. This year’s feature is the 1923 classic, The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Starring Lon Cheny, the man of a thousand faces. Watch online or your PBS streaming app!

TODAY ON EDUCATION MATTERS 👩🏻🏫 We were joined in studio by Dr. Herbert Monroe, the Superintendent of the Surry County Schools. Dr. Monroe previously served as the assistant superintendent with Caroline County Public Schools, as well as a high school and elementary school principal in Henrico. What’s his vision for the Surry Schools- and what are the unique challenges and needs for teachers and students in a rural district versus counterparts in large urban schools? How is the district addressing chronic absenteeism and implementing Governor Youngkin’s All in VA mandate on learning loss due to the pandemic? We answered these questions and more! Stream the latest episode of EDUCATION MATTERS on our website or in your preferred streaming app.

After graduating from the Naval Academy and serving 12 years as a helicopter pilot and instructor, Julie Hendricks has taken on a new commission — poll worker. With misinformation often aimed at the military community, the nonpartisan We the Veterans and Military Families stepped in to organize a campaign of civic engagement that aims to promote and support confidence in U.S. elections. The project, Vet the Vote, launched in April 2022 and focuses on recruiting veterans and their family members to become poll workers across the country. Since its inception, Vet the Vote says it has recruited more than 160,000 veterans and their family members as poll workers across the country. #DemocracyAtWorkVA #ProtectWeThePeople

WHAT'S AN ELBOW? 🤔 ELBows are members of our Emerging Leaders Board! These are folks between the ages of 21 and 40 who are PBS and NPR nerds that spend their time giving back to public media. They help us plan and execute enriching and fun events and act as council to everything we produce at WHRO! The ELBows are looking for new members -- Application deadline for the 2025 year is THIS FRIDAY November 1, 2024 🚨 Visit the link in our bio to learn more & apply today.

Come see the award-winning short, "Uprooted," at the Virginia Film Festival 🎥 This collaboration with ProPublica and Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO will be screening Sunday, November 3rd at 8:20pm at Violet Crown 5. 🎬 About the Film - "Uprooted" In the 1960s, residents wanted a thriving Black neighborhood in Newport News, Virginia, to keep growing. White city leaders wanted that land for a new college. Only one side had the power of eminent domain. The Johnsons, one of the last families in the neighborhood, tell the nearly forgotten story of a college expansion like the ones that broke up Black communities across Virginia and the country. #WHROPublicMedia #VCIJ #ProPublica

On October 10th, 2024, Isle of Wight County Schools (IWCS) hosted the "Crunch Heard 'Round the Commonwealth" at the IWCS Agricultural Land Lab 🍎 IWCS students and Staff were joined by Dr. Lisa Coons, Delegates Nadarius Clark and Otto Wachsman, State Senator Emily Jordan, US Congresswoman Jen Kiggans, School Nutrition Manager Tatiana Blowe, IWCS School Board members, the United Way of South Hampton Roads, Local Farmers, and more to celebrate National Farm to School (F2S) Month. The Crunch features participants taking a bite of a juicy Virginia apple to raise awareness about the value of connecting students with local food.