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🌱 Will sewer smoke testing affect your home near Massanutten Street?
Also, don't miss Virginia Pumpkin Festival on the Massanutten Patch calendar
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- Will sewer smoke testing affect your home near Massanutten Street?
Also on today's calendar: Weekly Activities at the Library.
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📰 News we're reading
• Harrisonburg Public Utilities preparing for annual testing of sewer system (rocktownnow.com) — Harrisonburg will run smoke testing on parts of its sewer system in October and November, including along Massanutten Street and nearby roads. If you live, work, or shop in this area, you may see harmless test smoke and should use simple precautions like filling drain traps and calling a plumber if smoke enters your home. 
📸 Around Massanutten
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Massanutten
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★ Featured events ★
- Virginia Pumpkin Festival →
Back Home on the Farm, 2915 Willow Run Rd, Harrisonburg
9:00 am
Thursday October 1
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Other local events
- Weekly Activities at the Library →
Grottoes Branch Library, 601 Dogwood Ave, Grottoes
4:00 pm
Thursday October 8
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Fantastic Family Fun @Shenandoah Community Library →
Shenandoah Community Library, 418 S Third St, Shenandoah
11:00 am - PetSmart Cat Adoptions →
PetSmart, 1671 E Market St, Harrisonburg
5:00 pm - Italian Club Movie Night →
Burruss Hall 0044
6:30 pm - BYO Bedazzle →
The Union, TDU Stage
7:00 pm - Hispanic Heritage Month film screening →
Wilson Hall Auditorium
7:30 pm - JMU Career & Internship Fair, Day 2 →
Harrisonburg VA - JMU Farmers Market →
The Union Patio 3
8:00 am - Fall Pictures - Underclassman
Page County High Shenandoah, VA 22849
8:30 am - Geeks Who Drink Trivia →
Pale Fire Brewing Co., 217 S Liberty St Ste 105, Harrisonburg
8:00 pm - Table 4 Tonight: Harrisonburg | Dinner with Strangers small town →
Restaurant of the Week, South Liberty Street, Harrisonburg
Tuesday September 29
Wednesday September 30
Thursday October 1
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🗞 Nearby News
Elkton
- Shirley Temple Dean Meadows (pagevalleynews.com)
Harrisonburg
- New 24-hour secure ballot drop box available outside Harrisonburg City Hall (rocktownnow.com)
- Vickie Jean Smith (pagevalleynews.com)
- New documents reveal more details of JMU master plan (dnronline.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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