🌱 Patch AM: Did you ever rent a VHS tape at Burke’s Erol’s?

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In today's newsletter:

• Did you ever rent a VHS tape at Burke’s Erol’s?

Also on today's calendar: One Small Step Conversation: A Civics Lab Event and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What did one elevator say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 48 and low of 26 degrees.
• Tuesday: Breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 51, low: 37.
• Wednesday: Cloudy, with a high of 51 and low of 36 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• The Erol's Video Club Locations Many Maryland and Northern VA Kids Grew Up With (mocoshow.com) — Longtime residents may remember that Burke once had its own Erol’s Video Club, part of a beloved regional chain that predated Blockbuster. This nostalgic look back traces how Erol’s grew from TV repair to video rentals and early flat‑rate internet, highlighting its many Northern Virginia locations and its lasting impact on local tech and movie culture.
   

📸 Around Burke

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Burke

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Monday January 12

• One Small Step Conversation: A Civics Lab Event
  9000 Burke Lake Rd , Burke
  7:00 pm

Saturday January 17

• Let's Talk About Books - Burke Centre Library Book Club for Ages 10-14
  Burke Centre Library , 5935 Freds Oak Rd , Burke Centre
  10:30 am
• Workhouse Military Arts Initiative
  9000 Burke Lake Rd , Burke
  2:00 pm

Sunday January 25

• Burke Historical Society
  Pohick Regional Library , 6450 Sydenstricker Rd , Burke
  3:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday January 12

• Falls Church250 Committee Meeting
  Falls Church, VA Calendar , 300 Park Ave. Center, Lower Level , Falls Church
  10:00 am
• PWC Tech Help
  Potomac Library -
  10:30 am
• Family Story Time
  Potomac Library - Potomac Community Room
  10:30 am
• Mommy and Me Creative Movement
  Haymarket Gainesville Library - Haymarket Gainesville Community Room
  10:30 am
• Little Makers
  Central Library - Community Room
  10:30 am
• Senior Bingo
  Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library - Meeting Room
  10:30 am
• Craft and Chat: Open Craft
  Potomac Library -
  1:00 pm
• Homeschool Book Club
  Bull Run Library - Bull Run Community Room A and B
  1:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Residents And Their Families Are Raving About Greenspring's First Grand Camp —Elizabeth Fabiano Read on Patch

• Two southbound travel lanes on VA-28 in Fairfax County are closed due to a crash, and a westbound crash on I-66 at VA-245 Exit 31 in Fauquier County has been cleared.
  1:01PM on Jan 10: Three southbound travel lanes on VA-28 are closed due to a crash 0.6 miles north of I-66 in Fairfax County. (Nextdoor )
• Lots of calls about changing Medicare or other coverage.
  STOP THE CALLS I am at the age where I get the calls continuously every year about choosing a new Medicare secondary insurance ... and I used to get… (Nextdoor Rolling Valley)

• Savers | Value Village posted a job opening for Retail Warehouse & Production Associate in Burke. Apply here.
• TJX Companies, Inc. posted a job opening for Truck unloader in Fairfax. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Burke here.

🗞 Nearby News

Springfield

• Woman killed in crash on Fairfax County Parkway in Springfield (fox5dc.com)
• Best Cheap Places to Eat in DC for Kids & Families (Under $10!) — Recs From Locals (mommypoppins.com)

George Mason

• Global residency empowers Costello MBA student's entrepreneurial dreams (gmu.edu)

Annandale

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-- The Patch AM Team

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