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Good morning Vienna! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Vienna residents can sit in on the AI data center debate
  • Vienna man's prank injury revealed a cancer most men overlook

Also on today's calendar: Marian Homes, Inc. 2026 Casino Night Gala and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Sunny and comfortable, with a high of 73 and low of 49 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 81, low: 52.
  • Friday: Sunny and comfortable, with a high of 75 and low of 49 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Virginia Reps. Suhas Subramanyam, James Walkinshaw to headline AI data center forum (americanbazaaronline.com) — A half-day AI infrastructure forum is coming to the Towers Crescent Conference Center in Vienna on October 15, bringing members of Congress, regulators, and data center leaders to discuss power, permitting, and community impacts. Local residents can register to hear Reps. Suhas Subramanyam and James Walkinshaw debate who decides where and how AI data centers get built, and who ultimately pays for the needed grid upgrades.
   

• Can men get breast cancer? (themarysue.com) — A Vienna man's painful prank on a Las Vegas trip led him to discover a lump that turned out to be breast cancer, ultimately prompting surgery and radiation that may have saved his life. His experience underscores that men can get breast cancer too, and he urges other local men not to ignore unusual breast or nipple pain, swelling, or changes.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

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  • Screening of Award-winning Documentary 'State Organs' & Expert Panel (ffxnow.com)
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Oakton

  • Sunrise Charges $10,000 a Month. It Owns Few of the Buildings (businessmodelanalyst.com)
  • South Lakes Reclaims Baron Cameron Cup With 48-0 Win Over Herndon (patch.com)

Fairfax

  • Fairfax leaders urged to consider ranked-choice voting for upcoming supervisor races (ffxnow.com)

Ok Vienna! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly?" — Stationary (Thank you David H. for sending it in!)
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