🌱 How a Sterling arrest is tied to Park View overdoses

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Sterling arrest is tied to Park View overdoses
• How a Sterling encounter became part of a national immigration fight

Also on today's calendar: Fab Fridays Live Music: Don't Back Down- Tom Petty Tribute Band and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Heavy afternoon thunderstorms, with a high of 88 and low of 65 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 83, low: 64.
• Saturday: Partial sunshine, with a high of 84 and low of 66 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Sterling man charged in fentanyl case linked to Park View High School overdoses, sheriff says (wtop.com) — A Sterling man has been charged in a fentanyl distribution case that investigators say is connected to overdoses involving Park View High School students. Deputies arrested the 31-year-old on August 20, seizing about 100 suspected narcotic pills and cash, and he's being held without bond at the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center.
   

• Illegal immigrant Isaac Melendez-Carranza accused of fentanyl dealing linked to Virginia high school overdoses (amedpost.com) — Federal officials say a man now accused of dealing fentanyl near a Virginia school, and linked to Park View High student overdoses, had previously been encountered in Sterling in 2024. The article focuses heavily on his immigration history, federal handling of his case, and plans to transfer him to ICE after his local charges are resolved.
   

📸 Around Sterling

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★ Featured events ★

Friday August 28
• Fab Fridays Live Music: Don't Back Down- Tom Petty Tribute Band →
  1900 Reston Metro Plaza, Reston
  7:30 pm
• Fab Fridays Live Music: Karen As Dolly - A Tribute to Dolly Parton →
  1900 Reston Metro Plaza, Reston
  7:30 pm
Saturday August 29
• Movies And Events Under The Stars: Pitch Perfect →
  1800 Reston Row Plz, Reston
  6:30 pm
Sunday August 30
• Rock Painting at the Chapman DeMary Trail! →
  Chapman DeMary Trail, 355 N Hatcher Ave, Purcellville
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday August 28
• Free! Community Game Night →
  St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, 201 E Frederick Dr, Sterling
  6:00 pm
Sunday August 30
• Movies And Events Under The Stars: Pitch Perfect →
  43751 Central Station Dr, Ashburn
  6:30 pm
Monday August 31
• Meal Prep Mondays →
  Loudoun County, VA Calendar
  5:30 pm
Friday September 4
• Fab Fridays Live Music: Bruce In The USA: A Tribute To Bruce Springsteen →
  1900 Reston Metro Plaza, Reston
  7:30 pm
Tuesday September 8
• Drafts & Drifts →
  Ocelot Brewing Company, 23600 Overland Dr, Dulles
  6:00 pm
Thursday September 10
• FREE Balance Improvement Classes for Older Adults →
  St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, 201 E Frederick Dr, Sterling
  9:00 am
Friday September 11
• Fab Fridays Live Music: Silent Dance Party →
  1900 Reston Metro Plaza, Reston
  7:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• Basset Rescue Fall Festival →
  Frying Pan Farm Park, 2709 West Ox Rd, Herndon
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Broke out of Invisible Fence
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• Hello!
  Anyone looking for a part-time job at a home daycare in Chantilly/South riding, Virginia? (Nextdoor The Townes of Autumn Oaks)

• TTM Technologies posted a job opening for Shipping Clerk - 1st shift in Sterling. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Herndon

• HerndonConnect.com Launches as New Digital Hub for Local Businesses and Community Connections (issuewire.com)
• GOPIO-Virginia honors tech pioneer Javad K. Hassan at 17th anniversary celebration (americanbazaaronline.com)
• Robert 'Bob' Rhundles Beach (farmvilleherald.com)

Ashburn

• Sneak peek at menu at Loudoun's new Torus Bagels (theburn.com)

Vienna

• Vienna Medical Building To Get Major Renovation: Report (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A jeweler sells watches and a jailer watches cells. (Thank you Jean D. for sending it in!)
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