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🌱 Patch AM: VA Mosque Attack Prompts Advocates To Call For Hate Crime Charges

Coming up: The International Gem & Jewelry Show - Chantilly, VA (December 2025) on the Annandale Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:

  • Advocates seek hate crime charges after incident at Annandale mosque

Also on today's calendar: The International Gem & Jewelry Show - Chantilly, VA (December 2025) and 3 more events.

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Today's riddle: What did the stop sign say to the yield sign? 🤔 (Answer below!)


Weather forecast:

Find out what's happening in Annandalefor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • Monday: Very cold with clouds and sun, with a high of 30 and low of 16 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
  • Tuesday: Turning cloudy; not as cold, temps: high: 39, low: 28.
  • Wednesday: Times of sun and clouds, with a high of 51 and low of 28 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• VA Mosque Attack Prompts Advocates To Call For Hate Crime Charges (patch.com) — Community members in Annandale are grappling with a disturbing incident at the Dar Al Nur Community Center, where a man allegedly menaced Muslim women with a rod-shaped object and anti-religious slurs. While he faces assault, trespassing, and property destruction charges, a Muslim advocacy group is urging local and federal authorities to add hate crime charges to better protect worshippers in Fairfax County.
   


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  • Utility work has cleared on eastbound VA-193 from 4.3 miles west of I-495 to 4.0 miles east of VA-7 in Fairfax County.
    3:08PM on Dec 13: All eastbound and westbound travel lanes are closed on VA-193 at 4.3 miles west of I-495 in Fairfax County due to a crash. (Nextdoor )
  • Dog running around.
    Don’t know if he’s missing. If your dog this was around 7212 Pine Dr, Annandale, VA (Nextdoor Braddlick)
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  • Macy's, Inc. posted a job opening for Seasonal Retail Sales Associate, Springfield in Springfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Annandale here.

🗞 Nearby News

Springfield

  • Collection for the Support of the Diocese of Alaska (oca.org)

Fairfax

  • 25 Charges Later, Lorton Car Break-In Spree Finally Comes To An End: Police (dailyvoice.com)
  • US Speedskating announces short track speed skating team for Winter Olympics (wfla.com)
  • Law enforcement agencies across DC, Maryland, Virginia to increase presence around Jewish institutions following deadly Australia shooting (dcnewsnow.com)

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