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🌱 Patch AM: Did a Burke shopper just win $1 million in the raffle?

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  • Did a Burke shopper just win $1 million in the raffle?

Also on today's calendar: Preschool Information Fair and 1 more event.

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Today's riddle: I quit my job as a banker. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Friday: Mostly cloudy and not as cold, with a high of 40 and low of 26 degrees.
  • Saturday: Some sun, then clouds, temps: high: 37, low: 24.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 41 and low of 23 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• $1 million Virginia Lottery raffle ticket bought at Hopewell Food Lion (progress-index.com) — One of Virginia’s five $1 million New Year’s Millionaire Raffle tickets was sold right here in the town of Burke in Fairfax County, giving a local player a life-changing start to 2026. The Virginia Lottery says winners have 180 days to claim prizes and can check numbers online or through the official app.
   

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    Sunday January 4
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    Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Rd, Burke
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  • Retire Your Worries at Greenspring —Elizabeth Fabiano Read on Patch
  • This is Noreen again updating about our furnace not working.
    It has been fixed and all is well now. Thank you all again. Happy New Year to everyone. (Nextdoor Burke Centre Ponds)
  • A crash has been cleared on the southbound I-495 express lanes in Fairfax County.
    3:29AM on Jan 1: All southbound travel lanes on I-495S Express Lanes in Fairfax County are closed due to a crash. (Nextdoor )
  • Costco Wholesale Corporation posted a job opening for Bakery Wrapper / Clean Up in Springfield. Apply here.
  • Chuy's Tex-Mex Restaurant posted a job opening for Janitorial in Springfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Burke here.

🗞 Nearby News

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  • Transformer explosion, power line fire follow shed blaze in Loudoun County (fox5dc.com)

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