Community Corner
🌱 How will 60 more homes change Wilderness Shores and Orange traffic?
And on the Orange Patch calendar - Together in Sound: A Crystal Bowl Sound Bath Experience
Cheers Orange! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How will 60 more homes change Wilderness Shores and Orange traffic?
Also on today's calendar: Imagination Zone and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 87 and low of 68 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 83, low: 61.
- Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 77 and low of 63 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Orange County PC RZ PH – Amended Wilderness Shores Proffers (pjrnews.com) — Orange residents are invited to weigh in on a proposal to add 60 more homes to the Wilderness Shores subdivision at a Planning Commission hearing on October 1. The meeting will be held at the Public Safety Building in Orange and livestreamed, with written comments due by September 30. Details and documents are available through Orange County's Planning and Zoning Services office and website. 
📸 Around Orange
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Orange
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★ Featured events ★
- Together in Sound: A Crystal Bowl Sound Bath Experience →
The Arts Center in Orange, 129 E Main St, Orange
6:00 pm
Friday September 18
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Other local events
- Imagination Zone →
146A Madison Road, Orange
4:00 pm - Beginner Ceramics with Phillip Strauss | 6 Week Class →
The Arts Center in Orange, 129 East Main Street, Orange
5:30 pm - Together in Sound: A Crystal Bowl Sound Bath Experience with Leslie Chisnell at The Arts Center in Orange →
The Arts Center in Orange, 129 East Main Street, Orange
6:00 pm - Quilt Show by Dolley Madison Quilters Guild →
Prospects Heights Middle School, 200 Daily Drive, Orange
10:00 am - Dolley Madison Quilters Guild 2026 Quilt Show →
Prospect Heights Middle School, 200 Dailey Drive, Orange
11:00 am - Fundamentals of Figure Drawing, with Live model with Teresa Duke at The Arts Center in Orange →
The Arts Center in Orange, 129 East Main Street, Orange
12:00 pm - Paint & Sip with Sigrid Eilertson at The Arts Center in Orange →
The Arts Center in Orange, 129 East Main Street, Orange
5:30 pm - Quilt Show by Dolley Madison Quilters Guild →
Prospects Heights Middle School, 200 Daily Drive, Orange
11:00 am - Sushi Workshop at Chateau MerrillAnne! →
Chateau Merrillanne, 16234 Marquis Rd, Orange
2:00 pm - Take & Make Beaded Corn pickup starting today while supplies last →
146A Madison Road, Orange
10:00 am - Town Council Regular Meeting →
Town of Orange Community Meeting Room, Orange
6:00 pm
Friday September 18
Saturday September 19
Sunday September 20
Monday September 21
📣 Orange Shout Outs!
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Broken doesn't mean finished
A broken relationship is not necessary the end. A difficult season is not necessary your destiny. A family struggle does not have to become a family… (Nextdoor Constitution Hwy) - Hello, I'm looking for someone to paint the exterior of my house.
Under the roof, around the windows and doors, and the shutters. Anyone have suggestions? Thanks (Nextdoor Marshall Heights/Landon)
- Food Lion posted a job opening for FT Assistant Manager Customer Service in Orange. Apply here.
- Growmark, Inc. posted a job opening for CDL Driver - EverGRO - Orange, VA in Orange. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Orange here.
🗞 Nearby News
Madison
- Metallica to perform at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison on June 12 (fox6now.com)
- Madison eyesore sold: County couple purchase old 'General Store' and adjoining property (pjrnews.com)
- East Rockingham volleyball swept on the road by Madison County (dnronline.com)
Culpeper
- PHOTOS: Teaching children, honoring first responders at Culpeper Remembers 911 25th (starexponent.com)
- Culpeper Chamber celebrates Get Inked by Jenna's opening in Remington (insidenova.com)
- Grand Opening Trilogy Northern Virginia (northeast.golf)
Ok Orange! 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: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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