🌱 Patch AM: Home Sweet Home Spring Expo and 13 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Wonder Grand Opening Week in Manassas - Join Us 4/27-4/29! at 9508 Liberia Ave Manassas, VA 20110
• Woodbridge/ Stonebridge Art Show & Spring Craft Fair at Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center
• Tennis: Girls Varsity at West Springfield at West Springfield High

... and check out 9 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: Which rock group has four members who can't sing or play instruments ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 70 and low of 44 degrees.
• Tuesday: A passing afternoon shower, temps: high: 65, low: 53.
• Wednesday: Cloudy, a shower and t-storm, with a high of 65 and low of 51 degrees.

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Thursday April 30

• Wonder Grand Opening Week in Manassas - Join Us 4/27-4/29!
  9508 Liberia Ave Manassas, VA 20110,
  5:00 pm

Saturday May 2

• Woodbridge/ Stonebridge Art Show & Spring Craft Fair
  Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center, 15201 Potomac Town Pl, Woodbridge
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Tuesday April 28

• Tennis: Girls Varsity at West Springfield
  West Springfield High
  4:00 pm
• Outdoor Track: Boys Varsity at Multiple Schools vs. Alexandria Ci
  Alexandria City High School
  5:00 pm
• Outdoor Track: Girls Varsity at Multiple Schools vs. Alexandria C
  Alexandria City High School
  5:00 pm
• Soccer: Boys JV at West Springfield
  Springfield Golf & Country Club
  5:45 pm
• Softball: Varsity at C.G Woodson
  Carter G. Woodson High
  6:30 pm
• Baseball: JV at C.G Woodson
  Carter G. Woodson High
  6:30 pm
• Soccer: Boys Varsity at West Springfield
  West Springfield High
  7:15 pm

Thursday April 30

• Baseball: JV at C.G Woodson
  Carter G. Woodson High
  6:30 pm

Saturday May 2

• Home Sweet Home Spring Expo
  Lorton Volunteer Fire Department , 7701 Armistead Rd , Lorton
  8:00 am

Saturday May 9

• Free Community On-Site Document Shredding Event
  The Fairfax Community Center , 9140 Belvoir Woods Pkwy , Fort Belvoir
  9:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Fort Belvoir

• Army nurse accused of actively helping separatist militants in Cameroon (taskandpurpose.com)

Springfield

• Unused medications can be dropped off safely across DMV this Saturday (wjla.com)

Burke

• SMU TE Matthew Hibner selected 133rd overall by Baltimore Ravens at 2026 NFL Draft (underdogdynasty.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Mount Rushmore (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!

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