🌱 Patch AM: Bomb threat charge filed after online threat to Dulles-area mosque

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• Bomb threat charge filed after online threat to Dulles-area mosque

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Today's riddle: Is there anybody completely useless? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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• Wednesday: Cool with periods of rain, with a high of 64 and low of 51 degrees.
• Thursday: Cloudy and remaining cool, temps: high: 65, low: 48.
• Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 72 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• JUST IN: Man charged with bomb threat against Dulles-area mosque (ffxnow.com) — A Spotsylvania man has been charged with making an online bomb threat against the ADAMS Center, a major mosque in Sterling founded in part by Reston and Herndon families. Loudoun County investigators traced the Instagram comment to his home, leading to a felony threat-to-bomb charge, while the mosque continues serving tens of thousands of Northern Virginia worshippers.
   

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Saturday September 26
• Saint Ann Fall Festival →
  Saint Ann Catholic Church School And Grounds, 980 N Frederick St, Arlington
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  660 Spring St, Herndon
  9:00 am
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  10:00 am
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  269 Sunset Park Dr, Herndon
  8:00 pm
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  13251 Woodland Park Rd, Herndon, VA - 20171
  10:00 am
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  269 Sunset Park Dr, Herndon
  2:00 pm
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  269 Sunset Park Dr, Herndon
  8:00 pm
Sunday September 27
• NextStop Theatre's: The Second Best School Shooting →
  269 Sunset Park Dr, Herndon
  2:00 pm
Monday September 28
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  269 Sunset Park Dr, Herndon
  7:00 pm
• NextStop Theatre's: The Second Best School Shooting →
  269 Sunset Park Dr, Herndon
  7:00 pm
Wednesday September 30
• Fall In Love With Illuminate Montessori →
  Illuminate Montessori, 11579 Cedar Chase Rd, Herndon
  12:00 pm

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