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Also check out BETHESDA HELP Back-to-School Food Drive: Ends September 30 on the McLean Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:

  • Meet the McLean students earning top state scholarship honors
  • Meet the veteran news editor now calling McLean home.
  • McLean remembers trailblazing university president Shirley Strum Kenny

Also on today's calendar: BETHESDA HELP Back-to-School Food Drive: Ends September 30 and 11 more events.

Today's riddle: I'm a rock group with 4 members; one member was assassinated. What am I? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Not as warm; a morning shower, with a high of 82 and low of 68 degrees.
  • Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 82, low: 73.
  • Sunday: Humid; a morning thunderstorm, with a high of 86 and low of 67 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

📰 News we're reading

1. People and Places - Week of September 11, 2026 (fairfaxtimes.com) — McLean gets several shout-outs this week, with BASIS Independent McLean senior Angie Yu named Distinguished Young Woman of Virginia and classmates Aimee Liu and Annabelle Zhao earning additional scholarships. Fairfax County also celebrates a successful backpack drive for students, a dramatic rescue of a missing cat at the I-66 Transfer Station, and new hybrid-electric buses joining Fairfax Connector routes.
   

2. John Shearer: Baylor Grad Shelby Coffey Reflects On Distinguished Journalism Career (chattanoogan.com) — A longtime national editor and broadcaster now living in McLean reflects on a career that spanned the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, ABC, and CNN. From Watergate‑era Washington to the O.J. Simpson trial and beyond, he shares stories about major figures he covered and his concerns about today's fragmented media landscape.
   

3. Breaking: Stony Brook's first female President Shirley Strum Kenny dies at 92 (sbstatesman.com) — A longtime McLean resident, Shirley Strum Kenny, who became Stony Brook University's first female president, has died at age 92 in her hometown. Her four-decade academic career included transforming Stony Brook into a major research institution, expanding facilities, and forging influential partnerships, while she continued contributing to higher education leadership even after her retirement.
   

4. Environmental group honors Del. Sullivan for work on clean energy, data centers (ffxnow.com) — A state delegate who represents McLean has been honored for championing clean energy legislation and pushing for stronger oversight of data centers' energy use, an issue that could affect Northern Virginia's power grid and environment. He plans to revive a deferred proposal to study high‑demand energy customers in 2027, while environmental advocates press lawmakers over how the state budget handles data center growth.
   

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