🌱 Patch AM: How Lake Ridge Middle’s new pantry will quietly support local families

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In today's newsletter:

• How Lake Ridge Middle's new pantry will quietly support local families

Also on today's calendar: Brooke Point High Dance & Football Team's Back To School Bash & Craft Fair and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the longest word in the dictionary? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 75 and low of 66 degrees.
• Sunday: Warmer with a stray t-storm, temps: high: 84, low: 61.
• Monday: Partly sunny with a shower, with a high of 83 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• News Links: ICE Detainer Filed in Great Falls Killing; Data Center Taxes and Rural Land Under Review (potomaclocal.com) — Lake Ridge Middle School is now part of a 21-school food pantry network, giving local students and families confidential access to groceries right on campus. The broader roundup also covers regional issues like data center taxes, rural land preservation, and public safety technology, but the pantry expansion offers the most immediate support for Lake Ridge households facing food insecurity.
   

📸 Around Lake Ridge

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lake Ridge

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 22
• Brooke Point High Dance & Football Team's Back To School Bash & Craft Fair →
  Brooke Point High School, 1700 Courthouse Rd, Stafford
  10:00 am
Saturday August 29
• Ccom Summer Fest →
  Cokesbury United Methodist Church, 9919,
  12:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• 9th Annual Gene Montague Memorial 5K →
  Occoquan Regional Park, 9751 Ox Rd, Lorton
  8:30 am

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Other local events

Saturday August 22
• Tackett's Mill Community Market →
  Tackett's Mill, 2241 Tacketts Mill Dr, Lake Ridge
  10:00 am
Friday August 28
• Super Splashers →
  Goldfish Swim School - Lake Ridge, 12479 Dillingham Square, Lake Ridge
  6:30 pm
Saturday August 29
• Jason Mitsch @ Water's End Brewery →
  Water's End Brewery in Lake Ridge, 12425 Dillingham Square, Lake Ridge
  6:00 pm
Sunday August 30
• Running 101 with Physical Therapists Dr. Ibrahim & Dr. Borges →
  CORE Personal Training and Pilates Studio, 12720 Darby Brooke Ct, Woodbridge
  1:00 pm
Monday August 31
• Woodbridge Community Choir Celebrates 60 Years! New Members Welcome Open Rehearsal →
  15008 Cloverdale Rd, Dale City
  7:30 pm
Saturday September 19
• Water's End Brewery - Lake Ridge →
  Water's End Brewery in Lake Ridge, 12425 Dillingham Square, Lake Ridge
  8:00 pm
• Next Stop Comedy at Water's End Brewery - Lake Ridge →
  Water's End Brewery in Lake Ridge, 12425 Dillingham Square, Lake Ridge
  8:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday August 22
• Prince William Model Railroad Traveling Train Show
  Prince William Public Library System Potomac Library - Potomac Community Room
  10:00 am
• Knightly Knits and Crafty Crochets
  Prince William Public Library System Independent Hill Library -
  10:30 am
• Family Story Time
  Prince William Public Library System Central Library -
  10:30 am
• *It's a Good Day* Market →
  Workhouse Arts Center, 9518 Workhouse Wy, Lorton
  11:00 am
• ASL Conversation Group
  Prince William Public Library System Independent Hill Library -
  12:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Dale City

• Spiking interest: High school boys volleyball comes to Prince William (insidenova.com)

Lorton

• In time for school year, food bank's new bus starts serving hot meals to Fairfax children (ffxnow.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Smiles, because it has a mile between "s". (Thank you Sharon M. for sending it in!)
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