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🌱 Patch AM: How Art on the Avenue transformed Mount Vernon Avenue this year

And check out Gustave Art & Craft Market on the Del Ray Patch calendar

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Morning Del Ray! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

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In today's newsletter:

  • How Art on the Avenue transformed Mount Vernon Avenue this year

Also on today's calendar: Gustave Art & Craft Market and 12 more events.

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 81 and low of 48 degrees.
  • Friday: Sunshine and pleasant, temps: high: 76, low: 49.
  • Saturday: Sun through high clouds, with a high of 73 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Art on the Avenue (connectionnewspapers.com) — Del Ray residents just wrapped up another packed Art on the Avenue, which brought thousands to Mount Vernon Avenue for art, live performances, kids' activities, and local business showcases despite rainy weather. The volunteer-run festival highlighted new neighborhood businesses, honored late volunteer Pam Fitzgerald through a charity pie contest, and previewed the upcoming Oct. 25 Alexandria Halloween parade.
   

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  • Assistance League® of Northern Virginia Donates Over 4,000 Toothbrushes —Jerilyn Woelfel Read on Patch

🗞 Nearby News

Alexandria

  • $120 Million Samuel Madden Homes Redevelopment Reaches Major Milestone in Alexandria (thezebra.org)
  • Alexandria to consider revised flood plan (fox5dc.com)
  • Taste of Scotland Returns to Alexandria Dec. 4 (thezebra.org)

Old Town Alexandria

  • Listing of the Day: 220 S Fairfax Street, Alexandria (alxnow.com)

Arlington

  • Arlington Restaurant Week 2026 Returns With Dining Deals Across The County (patch.com)
  • Arlington Afterschool Celebration To Feature STEM, Debate, Live Music (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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