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🌱 Sweeney Todd and 10 more events
Coming up: VDACS Pesticide Container Disposal Dropoff Day on the Southern Gateway Patch calendar
What's up Southern Gateway! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️
Coming up on the calendar:
- Sweeney Todd at Riverside Center for the Performing Arts
Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 92 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Very warm with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 86, low: 65.
- Saturday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 81 and low of 64 degrees.
📸 Around Southern Gateway
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Southern Gateway
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★ Featured events ★
- Sweeney Todd →
Riverside Center for the Performing Arts, 95 Riverside Pkwy, Fredericksburg
1:30 pm
Wednesday September 23
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Other local events
📣 Southern Gateway Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- VDACS Pesticide Container Disposal Dropoff Day →
11417 Tidewater Trail, Fredericksburg
9:00 am - Belvedere Plantation Harvest Festival →
1410 Belvedere Drive, Fredericksburg
10:00 am - Fredericksburg Multi-Employer Hiring Event →
Virginia Career Works Fredericksburg Center, 10304 Spotsylvania Avenue, Suite 100, Fredericksburg
10:00 am - Wakefield School at Fredericksburg Academy →
Fredericksburg Academy, 10800 Academy Drive, Fredericksburg
4:00 pm - A Cultural Quilt: Fredericksburg's Sister Cities →
Central Rappahannock Regional Library Fredericksburg Branch, 1201 Caroline St, Fredericksburg
6:30 pm - Trivia Night →
The Barking Barley, 1515 Olde William Street, Fredericksburg
7:00 pm - The Amazing Patrick Reynolds Magic Show and Wine →
City Vino, 100 Hanover Street, Fredericksburg - Fredericksburg Ghost Tour With Masonic Cemetery Access →
Tales and Tails Book Cafe, 1010 Charles Street, Fredericksburg - Always Flavored is turning 6! →
619 Caroline St, Fredericksburg - Breaking Lines- Spoken Word Poetry Night →
Original Grinds, 615 Caroline Street, Fredericksburg - Virginia State Conference of Young People in AA →
Holiday Inn Fredericksburg Conference Center, 20 Sanford Dr, Fredericksburg
Thursday September 17
Friday September 18
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🗞 Nearby News
Fredericksburg
- Fredericksburg Free Press wins LION Publishers' Financial Health Award (fredericksburgfreepress.com)
- Departure of Fredericksburg schools' chief financial officer means delay in review of travel report (fredericksburgfreepress.com)
Quantico
- Vietnam's Best Spec Ops Weapon? The Stoner 63 (thearmorylife.com)
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-- 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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