🌱 Ready for cosplay and comics at Williamsburg Library next month?

Hey there, Williamsburg! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Ready for cosplay and comics at Williamsburg Library next month?
• How replacing Richmond Hall with townhomes could reshape Richmond Road housing
• Which Colonial Virginia sites near Williamsburg best bring early America alive?

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

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Humid with drenching t-storms, with a high of 89 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Cloudy, heavy t-storms; humid, temps: high: 83, low: 69.
• Saturday: Cloudy, humid; a p.m. t-storm, with a high of 83 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 4th Annual Comic Convention at WRL is September 12 (williamsburgfamilies.com) — Williamsburg Regional Library is hosting its free Comic Convention on Saturday, September 12, from 12:30 to 4 p.m. at the Williamsburg Library, Stryker Center, and City Square. Expect cosplay workshops, anime screenings, trivia, a cosplay contest with prizes, local artist vendors, and a Friends of WRL used book sale—all with no registration or admission fee.
   

• W&M group aims to redevelop student housing into townhomes near campus (pilotonline.com) — Plans are moving forward to replace William & Mary's Richmond Hall student housing on Richmond Road with 37 for-sale townhomes, a change that would remove beds for about 175 students in the City of Williamsburg. The William & Mary Real Estate Foundation is seeking rezoning, special-use permits, and purchase of an adjacent city-owned parcel, with public review starting at the Architectural Review Board's Sept. 22 meeting.
   

• These 10 Places In Colonial Virginia Shaped The Story Of Early America (myfamilytravels.com) — Two of the guide's top early-American sites are right in Williamsburg: Jamestown Settlement on Jamestown Road and Colonial Williamsburg's living-history streets and museums. The piece then widens out to other key Virginia destinations like Yorktown Battlefield, Mount Vernon, Monticello, and Old Town Alexandria, framing them all as immersive ways to experience the roots of the United States.
   

📸 Around Williamsburg

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Williamsburg

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Friday August 28
• Garden Closed for Major Tree Work
  Williamsburg Botanical Garden 5537 Centerville Rd, Williamsburg, VA 23188
Saturday August 29
• Williamsburg Farmers Market →
  Williamsburg, VA Calendar, 345 W. Duke of Gloucester St., Williamsburg
  8:00 am
• Regular Season Market 2026 →
  Williamsburg, VA Calendar, 345 W Duke of Gloucester Street Located on Duke of Gloucester St and the P4 Lot, Williamsburg
  8:00 am
Monday August 31
• Williamsburg Public Art Council Meeting →
  Williamsburg, VA Calendar, 412 N. Boundary Street, Williamsburg
  3:30 pm
Tuesday September 1
• Volunteers at Work
  Williamsburg Botanical Garden 5537 Centerville Rd, Williamsburg, VA 23188
  8:30 am
• Board of Zoning Appeals - CANCELED →
  Williamsburg, VA Calendar, 412 N Boundary St, Williamsburg
  4:00 pm
Wednesday September 2
• Electoral Board Meeting →
  Williamsburg, VA Calendar, 401 Lafayette Street, Williamsburg
  1:00 pm
• Zoning Matters →
  Williamsburg, VA Calendar, 412 N. Boundary Street, Williamsburg
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 27
• W&M Wordshop Juniors at Williamsburg Library (Williamsburg) →
  Williamsburg Regional Library - Williamsburg Library, 515 Scotland St, Williamsburg
  5:30 pm
• W&M Wordshop Juniors at Williamsburg Library... →
  Williamsburg Regional Library - Williamsburg Library, 515 Scotland St, Williamsburg
  5:30 pm
Friday August 28
• ELL Book Group →
  Williamsburg Regional Library - Williamsburg Library, 515 Scotland St, Williamsburg
  10:00 am
Monday August 31
• Chess Club at Williamsburg Library (Williamsburg) →
  Downtown Williamsburg Regional Library, 515 Scotland St, Williamsburg
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• My baby got in trouble his first day of kindergarten lol.
  I said, " Boyyy, it's only your first day" lol (Nextdoor Kidsburg Newtown & Beyond)
• Astro, my Blue Tongue Skink.
  He's the size of my forearm and recently celebrated his 20th birthday. (Nextdoor Kingsmill)

• Great Wolf Lodge posted a job opening for Room Attendant (Housekeeping) in Williamsburg. Apply here.
• Serco Inc. posted a job opening for Receiving and Shipping Clerk in Williamsburg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Williamsburg here.

🗞 Nearby News

Yorktown

• Another Revolutionary War Soldier Who Moved to Stewart Co. (stewartcountystandard.com)
• Nelson House (atlasobscura.com)
• Beyond Colonial Williamsburg: 11 Events Worth Planning a Trip Around (atlasobscura.com)

Surry

• Ferry awarded $68M in federal funding to replace 'Surry, ' i... (smithfieldtimes.com)
• 'Something is observing us': Man tracks every flyover at America's nuclear plants (newsnationnow.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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