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🌱 RiverJam Music Festival 2026 — Gloucester Arts on Main and 10 more events
Happening soon: Senior Sunrise on the West Point Patch calendar
Good morning West Point! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☀️
Coming up on the calendar:
- RiverJam Music Festival 2026 — Gloucester Arts on Main at Flat Iron Crossroads
- Senior Sunrise at West Point Middle
Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 91 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 81, low: 71.
- Saturday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 83 and low of 68 degrees.
📸 Around West Point
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🗓 Upcoming Events in West Point
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★ Featured events ★
- RiverJam Music Festival 2026 — Gloucester Arts on Main →
Flat Iron Crossroads, 7709 Flat Iron Rd, Gloucester
3:00 pm
Saturday September 12
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Other local events
- Senior Sunrise
West Point Middle Spirit Rock
7:10 am
Monday August 24
📣 West Point Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Economic Development Authority (EDA) Business Incentive Grant Committee Meeting →
New Kent County, VA Calendar, 7324 Vineyards Parkway, New Kent
8:00 am - Economic Development Authority (EDA) Meeting →
New Kent County, VA Calendar, 7324 Vineyards Parkway, New Kent
8:30 am - Colonial Downs Horse Racing →
Colonial Downs Racetrack, 10515 Colonial Downs Pkwy, New Kent
12:30 pm - Mobile Library: Dockside Health & Rehabilitation →
Dockside Health & Rehab Center, 74 Mizpah Rd, Locust Hill
3:00 pm - JV Volleyball vs Bruton (scrimmage)
Middlesex County School District Saluda, VA 23149
5:30 pm - Football at Franklin (scrimmage)
Middlesex County School District Saluda, VA 23149
6:00 pm - Varsity Volleyball vs Bruton (scrimmage)
Middlesex County School District Saluda, VA 23149
7:00 pm - Board of Road Viewers Meeting →
New Kent County, VA Calendar, County Administration Building 12007 Courthouse Circle, New Kent
2:30 pm - New Kent Farmers Market →
New Kent County, VA Calendar, 7589 New Kent Hwy., New Kent
9:00 am - UKW LEGO at the Library →
Upper King William Branch Library, 7890 Richmond Tappahannock Hwy, King William
11:00 am
Thursday August 20
Friday August 21
Saturday August 22
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Burger King posted a job opening for Team Member in West Point. Apply here.
- Hut American Group, LLC posted a job opening for Shift Leader in West Point. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near West Point here.
🗞 Nearby News
New Kent
- New Kent, Cox Communications complete $49 million broadband expansion project - (nkccnews.com)
- Richmond man receives year in jail for driving revoked in New Kent - (nkccnews.com)
- Good Hope Road at I-64 to close overnight on August 21 in New Kent County for bridge activities (virginia.gov)
King William
- Virginia Tech's Newest Hokies Settle Into Blacksburg as Presidential Search Continues (theroanokestar.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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