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Round Town: Movies at Longwood, a sunflower festival and FloydFest
Southwest Virginia events happening this weekend
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Here are some events happening across Southwest Virginia this weekend:
Sinkland Farms holds its first-ever Sunflower Festival. You’ll get to see more than 175,000 blooms, 20 different varieties of flowers over eight acres. There’s also music, food and more. It runs Friday from noon to 8 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m.
Music returns to Floyd County. FloydFest continues through Sunday. Dozens of acts will take to the stage, including Old Crow Medicine Show and The Avett Brothers.
In a White House briefing on Thursday, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy shared his new advisory on the dangers of health misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic. It s definitely something we ve been watching really closely, said Dr. Kimi Koboyashi, the chief quality officer at UMass Memorial.
Kobayashi is seeing the uptick up close. A few weeks ago, the hospital celebrated the fact that it had zero COVID patients, but the number has started to rise again.
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He said it is a good idea to mask up in crowded places even though it is not currently mandated in Massachusetts. Los Angeles County is reimposing its mask mandate this weekend after seeing a new wave of infections.
Community members voice concerns about uneven policing in Salem Virginia Barreda, Whitney Woodworth and Bill Poehler, Salem Statesman Journal
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About 50 people gathered in downtown Salem Friday evening to voice growing concerns about what they consider uneven policing by the Salem Police Department, the city s elected leaders and top officials.
The group, which included members of Black Joy Oregon, gave speeches and then wrote messages like We deserve better and BLM in chalk on sidewalks and in marker on the storefront of The French Unicorn and Liberty Plaza.
One of the event s organizers, Clifford Eiffler-Rodriguez, said the gathering was spurred by Salem Police Department s lack of visible response at last weekend s Second Amendment rally, perpetuating the notion that there is unequal treatment toward certain groups.
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Salem police said two people suffered injuries not considered life-threatening when they were shot in the area of Palmer and Park streets Friday night. (Dave Copeland/Patch)
SALEM, MA A Danvers woman and Salem man were shot in the area of Park and Palmer streets in Salem Friday night.
Salem police said both suffered injuries not considered life-threatening, and that while they believe the shootings were not random they did not have any suspects as of Saturday morning.
Police said they responded to reports of a multiple shooting shortly after 9 p.m. Friday where they found a 40-year-old Salem man and 21-year-old Danvers woman suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. Police said an initial evaluation determined their injuries were not considered life-threatening and they went to the hospital for further care.