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🌱 WILDERNESS HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL and 10 more events
Be sure to catch Sweeney Todd on the Southern Gateway Patch calendar
Good morning Southern Gateway! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️
Coming up on the calendar:
- Sweeney Todd at Riverside Center for the Performing Arts
- WILDERNESS HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL at Wilderness Presidential Resort
Today's riddle: What did one wall say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Tuesday: Periods of rain, with a high of 71 and low of 58 degrees.
- Wednesday: Cool with periods of rain, temps: high: 65, low: 56.
- Thursday: Remaining cloudy and cool, with a high of 65 and low of 51 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
- WILDERNESS HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL →
Wilderness Presidential Resort, 9220 Plank Rd, Spotsylvania Courthouse
11:00 am
Sunday October 18
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Council Work Session →
City Hall - 715 Princess Anne Street, Fredericksburg
5:30 pm - Clean and Green's Sustainability Committee Meetings →
Central Rappahannock Library, meeting room #2, Fredericksburg
6:30 pm - City Council Meeting →
City Hall, 715 Princess Anne Street, Fredericksburg
7:30 pm - Woodland Wildflowers Collective Nature & Me Tots Playgroup →
Fredericksburg VA
9:30 am - FREE Party Trivia Night →
503 Sophia Street, Fredericksburg
6:00 pm - Back to Basics Class →
719 Caroline St, Fredericksburg
6:00 pm - Planning Commission 2nd Regular Meeting →
715 Princess Anne Street, Fredericksburg
6:30 pm - Read Between the Wines: "The House of the Spirits" Book & Wine Flight →
Curio Wine Bar & Tasting Room, 209 William Street, Fredericksburg - Advanced Handgun (09E) →
FFM INC, 129 Industrial Dr, Fredericksburg
9:00 am - Belvedere Plantation Harvest Festival →
1410 Belvedere Drive, Fredericksburg
10:00 am
Tuesday September 22
Wednesday September 23
Thursday September 24
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🗞 Nearby News
Quantico
- Water Quality (nps.gov)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I'll meet you at the corner! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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