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🌱 Which Gloucester Point resident just joined Peasley Middle School’s staff?
Be sure to catch Marine Science Mad Lab & Trunk-or-Treat! on the Gloucester Point Patch calendar
Morning Gloucester Point! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Which Gloucester Point resident just joined Peasley Middle School's staff?
Also on today's calendar: Live @ YROC Bar & Grill — Michael Bergamo | Art and Entertainment and 1 more event.
Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 87 and low of 66 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Hot with plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 90, low: 69.
- Saturday: A thunderstorm in spots, with a high of 72 and low of 63 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• School board approves personnel appointments (gazettejournal.net) — A Gloucester Point resident, Tessa Combs, has been appointed as a paraprofessional at Peasley Middle School following the latest Gloucester County School Board meeting. The board also approved several other staff hires across county schools, including cafeteria, bus driver, paraprofessional, and teaching positions, shaping who will be working with local students this year. 
📸 Around Gloucester Point
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Gloucester Point
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★ Featured events ★
- Marine Science Mad Lab & Trunk-or-Treat! →
VIMS Seawater Research Laboratory, 1443 Greate Rd, Gloucester Point
6:30 pm
Friday October 23
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Other local events
- 245th Anniversary: Battle of The Hook →
7087 Powhatan Drive, Gloucester Point
2:00 pm - Tom Euler Trio at YROC →
YROC, Gloucester Point
8:00 pm - Live @ YROC Bar & Grill — Michael Bergamo | Art and Entertainment →
YROC Coastal Bar & Grill, 8109 Yacht Haven Rd, Gloucester Point
8:00 pm
Friday October 2
Friday October 23
Friday October 30
📣 Gloucester Point Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- "Give Me Liberty: Virginia & the Forging of a Nation" VA250 Signature Exhibition →
American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, 200 Water Street, Yorktown
9:00 am - Tiny Tales →
Tabb Library, 100 Long Green Boulevard, Yorktown
10:15 am - Toddler Tales →
Yorktown Library, 8500 George Washington Memorial Hwy, Yorktown
10:15 am - Yorktown Wine & Oyster Festival →
331 Water Street, Yorktown - Yorktown Wine and Oyster Festival →
Riverwalk Landing, 331 Water Street, Yorktown
12:00 pm - Yorktown's Weekend Wine & Oyster Festival 2026 →
Riverwalk Landing, 425 Water Street, Yorktown
12:00 pm - Reconnect & Restore: Waterside →
425 Water St, Yorktown - Teen Monday →
100 Long Green Boulevard, Yorktown
3:30 pm
Thursday October 1
Saturday October 3
Sunday October 4
Monday October 5
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Hersha Hospitality Management posted a job opening for Night Auditor in Williamsburg. Apply here.
- Great Wolf Lodge posted a job opening for Room Attendant (Housekeeping) in Williamsburg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Gloucester Point here.
🗞 Nearby News
Yorktown
- "The Day the War Turned": How Washington, Rochambeau, and Allied Forces Launched the Siege of Yorktown on September 28, 1781 (alabamagazette.com)
- Fun to Do: Short comic operas, Yorktown Wine and Oyster Festival and more (dailypress.com)
- September 29, 2026 — Top 10 for the week of September 27 (wordpress.com)
Williamsburg
- Military Encampment Weekend in Colonial Williamsburg October 3-4, 2026: To Heed Washington's Call: Virginians Prepare to March North (williamsburgfamilies.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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