🌱 How to get free fresh produce at New Market Park Oct. 11

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• How to get free fresh produce at New Market Park Oct. 11

Also on today's calendar: Bluegrass In The Valley and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 74 and low of 51 degrees.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 83, low: 55.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 88 and low of 58 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

📰 News we're reading

• Seventh-day Adventist churches, Jon Henry General Store partner for produce giveaway (dnronline.com) — A free fresh-produce giveaway is coming to New Market Park on October 11, offering no-questions-asked fruits and vegetables to anyone who shows up. Local Seventh-day Adventist churches, Immanuel's Ground Farm, and Jon Henry General Store in New Market are teaming up to keep the program going despite lost federal funding, as food insecurity and grocery prices continue to squeeze Shenandoah Valley families.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in New Market

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday October 1
• HVA Boys Varsity Soccer @ SVA →
  Shenandoah Valley Academy, 234 W Lee Hwy, New Market
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday October 1
• Highland View Academy at Shenandoah Valley Academy →
  Shenandoah Valley Academy, 234 W Lee Hwy, New Market
  5:00 pm
Thursday October 8
• Springdale Prep at Shenandoah Valley Academy →
  Shenandoah Valley Academy, 234 W Lee Hwy, New Market
  5:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Bluegrass In The Valley →
  123 Medical Dr, Mt Jackson
  6:00 pm
Thursday October 15
• Appalachian Christian School at Shenandoah Valley Academy →
  Shenandoah Valley Academy, 234 W Lee Hwy, New Market
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 29
• NFMS Volleyball vs Madison SJHS gym
  North Fork Middle Quicksburg, VA 22847
  4:30 pm
• Trivia Night! — The Burn Barrel →
  The Burn Barrel, 1618 Orkney Grde, Basye
  7:00 pm
Thursday October 1
• Virginia Pumpkin Festival →
  Back Home on the Farm, 2915 Willow Run Rd, Harrisonburg
  9:00 am
• Fantastic Family Fun @ Village Library →
  Village Library, 175 N Main St, Broadway
  10:00 am
• Nights at the Nest: A Little Bit of Magic →
  The Nest, 5986 Main Street, Mount Jackson
  4:00 pm
• NFMS Volleyball vs Page SJHS gym
  North Fork Middle Quicksburg, VA 22847
  4:30 pm
• Cross Country vs Rapp HOME
  North Fork Middle Quicksburg, VA 22847
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• We need help.
  Our Great Pyrenees, Aneto, is missing since last Saturday the 26th. He is a 4 years old male, completely white and neuter. He has not collar but a… (Nextdoor Sundance Mountain)

• Domino's Pizza posted a job opening for Delivery Driver(06096) - 105 S Timber Way in Broadway. Apply here.
• Subway posted a job opening for Sandwich Artist in Elkton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near New Market here.

🗞 Nearby News

Broadway

• New documents reveal more details of JMU master plan (dnronline.com)
• Surging oil prices drag US futures lower as Trump rejects Iranian proposal to open Strait of Hormuz (dnronline.com)

Shenandoah

• Traffic delays in the Shenandoah Valley – Week of October 2, 2026 (rocktownnow.com)
• September 23-26 Film Festival Blesses Many (blogspot.com)
• Press Release: Vindman Joins Virginia and West Virginia Delegations in Bill to Protect Shenandoah Battlefields (quiverquant.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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