Community Corner

Five Things You Need to Know Today: Sept. 28

It's hump day!

  1. Today is trash pick up day.
  2. Most street lights in the City are owned and maintained by Dominion Virginia Power. To report a problem with a light, please record the pole number, then call Dominion at 866.DOM.HELP (866.366.4357, choose option 1).
  3. On this day in 1991, U.N. weapons inspectors ends 5-day standoff with Iraq.
  4. On this day in 2010, one of Al Qaeda's top commanders, Sheikh Mohammad Fateh al Masri, is killed in a recent drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region.
  5. If today is your birthday, you share it with television icon Ed Sullivan (110-years-old) and actress Naomi Watts (43-years-old). Happy birthday!

If there is something we missed and you feel should be in our Five Things, let us know in the comment box below. We would love to have your input!


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