Same Day Access program one-year celebration

The Hanover Community Services Board will celebrate the one-year anniversary of its Same Day Access program with an open house event tomorrow from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at its Ashland location at 12300 Washington Highway. Here’s the video. Following the celebration there will be a Revive training from 1:15-2:15 p.m. at the same location. Revive training is a lifesaving tool for those who may come into contact with someone suffering from an apparent opiate/heroin overdose.

Ashland's "Light Up the Tracks" begins tomorrow

Throughout December, businesses and Randolph-Macon College along Ashland’s railroad tracks are strung with twinkling lights from one end of Ashland to the other. The effect is a living holiday postcard for train travelers and downtown visitors, called Light Up the Tracks. The Grand Illumination will be held on tomorrow night from 6-9:30 p.m. at the Ashland Library Plaza. More events will be held on each Saturday afternoon and evening leading up to Christmas. Light Up the Tracks is presented by Dominion Energy. More information at http://lightupthetracks.com/

Mechanicsville Christmas Parade Sunday afternoon

The annual Mechanicsville Christmas Parade will be held this Sunday, December 2, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Traffic on Hanover Green Drive will be limited to parade traffic only beginning at 11 a.m. Traffic in the downtown Mechanicsville area will be shut down at 1:30 p.m. to allow for parade preparation and pedestrian traffic. The parade route will start at Signal Hill Road to Strain Avenue. The parade will travel north on Strain Avenue to Hillis Way. It will travel east on Hillis Way to Atlee Road. It will then travel south on Atlee Road to Business Route 360. The parade will end when the floats turn onto Elm Drive from Business Route 360.

Ways you can help brighten the holidays for others

Would you like to help make the holidays brighter for others? The Department of Community Resources has a list giving some ideas. Individuals, businesses and community groups seeking ideas or contact information for agencies that are recruiting community support for clients in need during the holiday season are invited to download the 2018 “Making Holidays Bright” holiday ‘wish list.’