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In today's newsletter:

• How a Woodbridge basement studio turned grief into hospital gratitude

Also on today's calendar: Maps, Voter Rights, and the Midterms: What Does the Redistricting Vote Mean Now? and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: How do you measure a snake? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: Cloudy and cooler, with a high of 65 and low of 48 degrees.
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and nice, temps: high: 71, low: 54.
• Wednesday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 68 and low of 50 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• For Donya Twyman, a lasting reunion with mom wasn't in the cards. But her healing was. (fredericksburgfreepress.com) — From her basement studio in Woodbridge, Donya Twyman turned grief over her mother’s decline and death into handmade cards that now comfort patients and staff at Mary Washington Hospital. Her story traces a complicated family journey across states and systems, ending in a creative, deeply local act of gratitude and healing.    

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📸 Around Woodbridge

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Woodbridge

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★ Featured events ★

Monday May 11

• Star Wars Unlimited Weekly Play →
  Born 2 Game, 1372 Old Bridge Rd, Woodbridge
  7:00 pm

Want to see your event featured? Click here!

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Other local events

Tuesday May 12

• Lawyer in the Library
  Potomac Library - Potomac Community Room
  11:00 am
• Books on Tap @ Ghost Fleet
  Potomac Library -
  7:00 pm

Wednesday May 13

• PWC Tech Help
  Potomac Library -
  10:30 am
• Spanish Conversation
  Potomac Library - Potomac Community Room
  1:00 pm
• Dungeons & Dragons
  Potomac Library - Potomac Auxiliary Room
  5:00 pm
• African American Book Club
  Potomac Library - Potomac Community Room
  6:30 pm

Thursday May 14

• Healthy Elders Lifespan: Presentation and Health Screenings
  Potomac Library - Potomac Community Room
  11:00 am
• Maps, Voter Rights, and the Midterms: What Does the Redistricting Vote Mean Now? →
  , Fairfax
  7:00 pm

Sunday May 17

• Pride Brunch →
  17715 Washington St, Dumfries
  11:00 am

Saturday May 23

• Join the DMV Boat Owners Association as we kick off our 2026 Golden Hour Concert Series! 🌅🎶 →
  Belmont Bay Harbor Marina, 570 Harbor Side St, Woodbridge
  4:00 pm

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📣 Woodbridge Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday May 11

• PWC Tech Help
  Prince William Public Library System Potomac Library -
  10:30 am
• Little Makers
  Prince William Public Library System Central Library - Central Library Community Room
  10:30 am
• Stuffie Story Time and Sleepover
  Prince William Public Library System Montclair Library - Montclair Community Room
  10:30 am
• Mommy and Me Creative Movement
  Prince William Public Library System Haymarket Gainesville Library - Haymarket Gainesville Communi
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Cake I made for my daughters birthday.
  A delicious vanilla cake with coconut cream filling! (Nextdoor Woodlawn Ct)
• Today around 5am we had these young adults try to break in.
  They kept insisting we open the door and when my elderly parents refused, they started to bang and kick the door non stop. Our ring camera then lost… (Nextdoor Antietam)

• Albertsons Companies, Inc. posted a job opening for Night Crew Stocker in Woodbridge. Apply here.
• Kohl's Corporation posted a job opening for Part Time / Full Time Store Cleaning & Operations Associate in Woodbridge. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Woodbridge here.

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🗞 Nearby News

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: In inches. Snakes don't have feet! (Thank you Kay L. for sending it in!)Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!

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