🌱 Patch AM: How much new cleanup money could be headed to Royal Lake Park?

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In today's newsletter:

• How much new cleanup money could be headed to Royal Lake Park?

Also on today's calendar: Blithe Spirit and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Where do math teachers go on vacation? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Not as hot with some sun, with a high of 83 and low of 65 degrees.
• Sunday: Some sun, then clouds, temps: high: 81, low: 60.
• Monday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 82 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• County may add $300,000 for Royal Lake Park cleanup efforts after microburst (ffxnow.com) — Royal Lake Park in Burke could get $300,000 in additional county funds to continue cleaning up damage from June's severe microburst storm. Supervisors will consider this and other major spending, from bike and pedestrian upgrades to fire department vehicles, during a Sept. 15 public hearing and vote that Burke residents can follow and comment on.
   

📸 Around Burke

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Burke

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 5
• Blithe Spirit →
  Little Theatre of Alexandria, 600 Wolfe St, Alexandria
  8:00 pm
Sunday September 6
• Shoff Promotions Comic Book, Sports Card and Pokemon Show →
  Annandale Virginia Fire House Expo Hall 7128 Columbia Pike 22003,
  9:30 am
Saturday September 26
• Burke Centre Festival →
  Burke Centre Festival Grounds at 6060 Burke Centre Pkwy,
  9:30 am
Friday October 2
• 82nd Waterford Fair →
  Waterford Foundation, 40222 Fairfax St, Waterford
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Sunday September 6
• Burke Historical Society →
  Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Rd, Burke
  3:00 pm
Tuesday September 8
• Coed Varsity Golf @ Robinson Secondary School
  West Springfield High School Twin Lakes Golf Course
  4:50 pm
• Girls JV Volleyball vs Alexandria City High School
  Lake Braddock Secondary School Lake Braddock Secondary
  5:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• Free Shred & ECHO Food Collection Event →
  5690 Oak Leather Dr, Burke
  9:00 am
• Historic House Tours →
  Sunrise at Silas Burke House, 9619 Burke Lake Rd, Burke
  10:30 am
• Gardening for Fall Beauty →
  Kings Park Library, 9000 Burke Lake Rd, Burke
  11:00 am
Monday September 21
• Learn to Salsa! →
  Kings Park Library, 9000 Burke Lake Rd, Burke
  6:30 pm
Thursday September 24
• Fall Book Sale at George Mason Regional Library →
  George Mason Regional Library, 7001 Little River Turnpike, Annandale
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Quick anecdote:
  This morning before 7 your commute to work may have been made a little easier due to the combined effort of three men whom you will never meet. Last… (Nextdoor Burke Village)

• SBM Management posted a job opening for Custodian in Annandale. Apply here.
• Target posted a job opening for Seasonal: 4am Inbound (Stocking) (T1341) in Fairfax. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Burke here.

🗞 Nearby News

Springfield

• West Springfield Community Newsletter for Thursday, Sept. 3 (lookouteugene-springfield.com)

George Mason

• George Mason professor and alum tapped to help shape Virginia's economic future (gmu.edu)
• George Mason University Partners with TreQ to Install $7.7M Open-Architecture Quantum QPU in Virginia (quantumcomputingreport.com)
• Pathak securing shared data center timing infrastructure (eurekalert.org)

Vienna

• Man Crushed By Tour Bus In Wolf Trap Parking Lot (patch.com)

Ok Burke! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Times Square (Thank you Jean K. for sending it in!)
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