🌱 How many books can Kilmarnock send to Ukrainian students?

Hello again Kilmarnock! We're bringing you the latest town highlights. Don't miss out, keep going! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How many books can Kilmarnock send to Ukrainian students?
• How Kilmarnock's free clinic is shaping recovery across Virginia

Also on today's calendar: Hospice Turkey Shoot Regatta and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 85 and low of 66 degrees.
• Friday: Very warm and humid, temps: high: 86, low: 67. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Cooler with showers around, with a high of 70 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• The Bookshelf on Church is conducting a book drive to help Ukrainian students (rrecord.com) — A Kilmarnock bookstore is inviting neighbors to help fill a pallet with 500 books for Ukrainian students and libraries. The Bookshelf on Church, at 28 West Church Street, is running its Back-to-School Book Drive through October 31, giving local residents a simple way to share their love of reading with children overseas.
   

• Free health clinic celebrates impact and expansion of the HOPE Initiative (rrecord.com) — Kilmarnock's Northern Neck Middlesex Free Health Clinic has been honored for its early and ongoing role in the HOPE Initiative, a peer recovery program helping people with substance use disorders. During National Recovery Month, clinic representative Sam Turner accepted an award recognizing the clinic as one of the first in Virginia to expand this life-changing support through an Anthem-funded grant.
   

📸 Around Kilmarnock

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Kilmarnock

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday October 4
• Sangria Sunday — Good Luck Cellars →
  Good Luck Cellars, 1025 Goodluck Rd, Kilmarnock
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday October 2
• Hospice Turkey Shoot Regatta →
  Rappahannock River Yacht Club, 100 Rappahannock Rd, Irvington
  12:00 pm
Sunday October 11
• Troy Breslow at Good Luck Cellars →
  Good Luck Cellars, 1025 Goodluck Rd, Kilmarnock
  1:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• Fall Festival →
  Hardy Community Park, 7204 Northumberland Hwy, Heathsville
  10:00 am
Sunday October 18
• Sangria Sunday — Good Luck Cellars →
  Good Luck Cellars, 1025 Goodluck Rd, Kilmarnock
  12:00 pm
Friday October 23
• The Battered Badger (Food Truck) — Good Luck Cellars →
  Good Luck Cellars, 1025 Goodluck Rd, Kilmarnock
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday October 2
• October First Friday Gathering at The Barn Pavilion →
  Old Farm Truck Market, 453 Rappahannock Drive, White Stone
  5:00 pm
• Cajun Carry Out (Food Truck) — Good Luck Cellars →
  Good Luck Cellars, 1025 Goodluck Rd, Kilmarnock
  5:00 pm
Saturday October 3
• LCL Mobile Library visits Irvington Farmers Market →
  Irvington VA
  9:00 am
• Visiting Artist Workshop: Woodworking Fundamentals with Christopher Wagner →
  RAL Art Center, 19 N Main St, Kilmarnock
  10:00 am
• Boots and Barbecue 2026 →
  Lawson Bay Farm, 326 Lawson Bay Road, White Stone
  1:00 pm
Monday October 5
• Pirates on the Bay →
  Compass Entertainment Complex, 100 Entertainment Drive, Irvington
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Starbucks Corporation posted a job opening for barista - Store# 67641, KILMARNOCK in Kilmarnock. Apply here.
• Chesapeake Bank posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate in Kilmarnock. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Kilmarnock here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lancaster

• Lancaster defeats Middlesex, 3-2, Northumberland, 3-2, Colonial Beach, 3-0 (rrecord.com)
• Applicant withdraws plan for large event rental venue on Mifarm Road (rrecord.com)
• Two feral cats test positive for rabies in Lancaster in September (wric.com)

Mathews

• Mathews Rotary continues Water for Everyone initiative (gazettejournal.net)
• Candidate Profile: Christopher Paul Reagan (Mathews County Commonwealth's Attorney) (wavy.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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