🌱 Want to hear Bruce Pearl speak right here in Short Pump?

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In today's newsletter:

• Want to hear Bruce Pearl speak right here in Short Pump?
• How will a new I-64 interchange change driving around Short Pump?

Also on today's calendar: Superhero 5k and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 84 and low of 62 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 89, low: 67. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 86 and low of 68 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Former basketball coach Bruce Pearl to speak at Jewish Community Federation event in Henrico (henricocitizen.com) — A major Jewish community fundraiser is coming to the Hilton Richmond Hotel in Short Pump on Oct. 22, featuring former Auburn men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl. Local residents can attend to hear Pearl discuss his career and Jewish coaching ties, with enhanced security provided through the Federation’s Live Secure initiative and tickets priced at $54 per person.
   

• Henrico officials break ground on Tuckahoe Park upgrades • Wittman, running again in VA-01, supports Trump's $1.5 trillion defense spending budget (henricocitizen.com) — Henrico’s latest news roundup includes a transportation project aimed at easing Short Pump congestion through a new I-64/North Gayton Road diverging diamond interchange. It also highlights park upgrades, zoning cases, school HVAC fixes, and business and nonprofit updates that shape daily life across the county, giving Short Pump residents a quick snapshot of what’s changing nearby.
   

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📸 Around Short Pump

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Short Pump

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Thursday September 17

• Specialty Center Open House: Moody Middle School IB
  Moody Middle School, 7800 Woodman Road, Short Pump
  4:30 pm

Monday September 21

• Level Up with LaShawn
  The Oak Avenue Complex, 15 S Oak Ave, Highland Springs
  6:00 pm

Tuesday September 22

• Football HUNGARY CREEK @ Brookland
  Brookland Middle School, 9200 Lydell Dr, Richmond
  4:45 pm

Wednesday September 23

• Brookland @ Hungary Creek- Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis, Girls Baske
  Fairfield Middle School, 5121 Nine Mile Rd, Richmond
  4:45 pm
• RVA Fitness Warrior (Free exercise class) @The Oak Avenue Complex
  Rivers Edge Elementary, 15 S Oak Ave, Highland Springs
  6:00 pm
• Specialty Center Open House: Quioccasin Middle School Center for In
  Quiccosin Middle School, 9400 Quioccasin Road, Short Pump
  6:00 pm

Thursday September 24

• High School Speciality Center information session
  J.R. Tucker High School, 2910 North Parham Road, Short Pump
  6:00 pm
• Football: JV Game vs Thomas Jefferson (Home)
  Glen Allen High School
  7:00 pm
• Football: JV Game vs Hermitage (Away)
  Hermitage High School
  7:00 pm

Friday September 25

• Football: Varsity Game vs Hermitage (Home)
  Deep Run High School, Football Field
  7:00 pm
• Football: Varsity Game vs Thomas Jefferson (Away)
  Thomas Jefferson High School (Richmond)
  7:00 pm

Sunday October 4

• Superhero 5k →
  Westchester Commons, 15786 WC Main St, Midlothian
  8:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Tuckahoe

• Henrico BZA to consider requests for home daycare, short-term rental, accessory dwellings Sept. 24 (henricocitizen.com)

Glen Allen

• Buffalo Wild Wings GO Opening in Glen Allen on September 22 (qsrmagazine.com)
• Milestones: Sept. 15, 2026 (henricocitizen.com)
• Active Trader Service- Greater Richmond, VA Area (REMOTE), Richmond, VA / Glen Allen, VA / Midlothian, VA / Virginia Beach, VA (fidelity.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Black eyed peas can sing us a song but chick peas can only hummus one. (Thank you Bev H. for sending it in!)
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