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🌱 Why Warrenton’s Amazon data center fight is echoing nationwide

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In today's newsletter:

  • Why Warrenton’s Amazon data center fight is echoing nationwide
  • Fauquier County mourns 4-year-old who died after pond accident

Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Tuesday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 83 and low of 56 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 86, low: 63. 🌶 Hot!
  • Thursday: Humid with heavy t-storms, with a high of 85 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Data Centers Turn From AI Prize to Political Poison in 2026 Midterms (webpronews.com) — Warrenton gets a national mention as an example of voters ousting council members who backed an Amazon data center project, part of a broader backlash against AI facilities across the country. The story explains how concerns over power use, water, noise, and higher bills are turning data centers into a risky campaign issue in 2026. It highlights how both parties now tread carefully around projects like the one proposed in Warrenton.
   

• ALERT: 4-year-old dies days after falling into Belvoir-area pond (fauquier.com) — A 4-year-old Fauquier County boy has died after falling into a Belvoir-area pond last week, despite rapid rescue efforts from neighbors, deputies, and emergency crews. Authorities say the child was reported missing shortly after a neighbor’s security camera captured him wandering. He was pulled from several feet of water, resuscitation was attempted, and he later died at Fairfax Hospital; no charges have been filed.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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