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🌱 How will the new Route 7 BRT change Seven Corners travel?

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  • How will the new Route 7 BRT change Seven Corners travel?

Also on today's calendar: Heirloom - Silver & Brass Restoration Services: Thursdays 10-4 and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 65 and low of 45 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 72, low: 52.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and warmer, with a high of 80 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Fairfax, regional leaders eager to turn Route 7 bus rapid transit from plan to reality (ffxnow.com) — Seven Corners sits at the eastern end of a proposed Route 7 bus rapid transit line that Fairfax and regional leaders are eager to move from planning into construction. Officials are now shifting from years of study to funding, branding, and coordination decisions, including a bus tour from Seven Corners to Alexandria to spotlight both opportunities and challenges along the corridor.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Annandale

  • 7717 Lafayette Forest Dr #02, Annandale, VA 22003 (redfin.com)
  • Community groups: Fix Gallows Road traffic issues before approving new housing (annandaletoday.com)
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Alexandria

  • Native Plants for Alexandria Gardens: Small-Space Landscaping Tips (thezebra.org)
  • Richard O'Branovich, 82, Remembered for Service in Alexandria (thezebra.org)

Vienna

  • Fairfax Groups Seek Traffic Signals As 32-Home Gallows Road Project Advances (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes?" — So when they come back to port they can just scan-da-navi-an! (Thank you Jessica C. for sending it in!)
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