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Good morning Gloucester Point! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How are Gloucester County schools handling more than 500 new bus riders?
  • How Gloucester Point businesses showed support after 9/11, 25 years later

Also on today's calendar: RiverJam 2026 by Arts On Main — Visit Gloucester, Virginia.

Today's riddle: What do you get when you cross an angry cow with an angry sheep? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 94 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, temps: high: 85, low: 71.
  • Saturday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 83 and low of 72 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Vladu provides back-to-school update (gazettejournal.net) — Gloucester County Public Schools, which serve Gloucester Point families, report strong attendance and growing bus ridership just two weeks into the new school year. Superintendent Dr. Anthony Vladu told the school board buses have already logged over 50,000 miles, handled minor breakdowns, and are transporting more than 500 new student riders, while elementary, middle, and high schools maintain attendance around 97–98 percent.
   

• The mood 25 years ago (gazettejournal.net) — Local businesses, schools, and churches across Gloucester, Gloucester Point, and nearby Mathews are remembered for the flags, signs, and displays they put up in the days after the Sept. 11 attacks. From Carolina BBQ House and Whitley Peanut Factory in Gloucester Point to schools and churches throughout the counties, the piece recalls how the community publicly showed unity and support 25 years ago.
   

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  • Williamsburg eatery marks 9/11 – as its done for more than 2 decades – with free dinners for 1st responders (pilotonline.com)
  • Williamsburg Regional Library gears up for fourth annual comic convention (pilotonline.com)
  • What's on the agenda: Williamsburg council to consider library, tourism funding (wydaily.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: An animal that's in a baaaaad mooood! (Thank you Lisa A. for sending it in!)
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