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🌱 Patch AM: Fall Book Sale and 11 more events

Be sure to catch Marian Homes, Inc. 2026 Casino Night Gala on the Oakton Patch calendar

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Hello Oakton! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

🎃 Hosting a Halloween event in Oakton? Let Patch get the word out for you. Post it to the Patch calendar.

Coming up on the calendar:

  • Marian Homes, Inc. 2026 Casino Night Gala at The Tower Club Tysons
  • Taproom Theology: When Scripture is Weaponized, Wrestling with Difficult Passages at Lake Anne Brew House
  • Taproom Theology: When Scripture is Weaponized, Wrestling with Difficult Passages at Lake Anne Brew House

... and check out 10 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Mostly sunny, nice and warm, with a high of 79 and low of 44 degrees.
  • Friday: Sunny and comfortable, temps: high: 75, low: 49.
  • Saturday: Sun through high clouds, with a high of 73 and low of 58 degrees.

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🪧 Patch Classifieds

  • Stylists & Barbers Wanted in Fairfax—Full-Time or Part-Time
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Assistance League® of Northern Virginia Donates Over 4,000 Toothbrushes —Jerilyn Woelfel Read on Patch
  • Missing cat!
    Our gray tabby Tad got outside this morning. Please DM me if you see him. Likely hiding in somebody's back yard in Oak Marr neighborhood. (Nextdoor Oak Marr)
  • Athletes Global posted a job opening for Gymnastics Instructor in Oakton. Apply here.
  • Olive Garden posted a job opening for Prep Cook in Vienna. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oakton here.

🗞 Nearby News

Vienna

Fairfax

  • Man Charged In String Of Fairfax County Medical Office Burglaries (patch.com)

Reston

  • Arlington Contractor ICF Could Cut Dozens Of Jobs Starting In December (patch.com)
  • NoVA Man Pleads Guilty In $194M Government Fraud Case (patch.com)

Ok Oakton! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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