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🌱 Patch AM: Which Burke artist’s design will appear on new Fairfax library cards?
Be sure to catch Preschool Information Fair on the Burke Patch calendar
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- Which Burke artist’s design will appear on new Fairfax library cards?
Also on today's calendar: Preschool Information Fair.
Find out what's happening in Burkefor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Today's riddle: The world champion tongue twister just got arrested! 🤔 (Answer below!)
Find out what's happening in Burkefor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Tuesday: Windy and much colder, with a high of 36 and low of 27 degrees.
- Wednesday: Some sunshine, temps: high: 40, low: 27.
- Thursday: Cloudy, flurries; colder, with a high of 33 and low of 21 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Fairfax County Public Library will offer new card designs in new year (ffxnow.com) — A Burke-based artist is one of four winners whose designs will appear on new Fairfax County Public Library cards rolling out in mid-January. Residents can swap their current cards for the new designs for free, though doing so will change their card number and may affect digital holds and logins, with staff ready to help at all branches. 
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Burke
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- Preschool Information Fair
5424 Ox Rd , Fairfax Station
9:30 am - One Small Step Conversation: A Civics Lab Event
9000 Burke Lake Rd , Burke
7:00 pm
Friday January 9
Monday January 12
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Cantando-Ando con Gabo y Mate!
Potomac Library - Potomac Community Room
2:00 pm - English Conversation (Online)
Shirlington Library , 4200 Campbell Boulevard , Arlington
2:00 pm - Spanish Conversation at Courthouse
Courthouse Library , Dogwood Conference Room , Lake Barcroft
6:00 pm - Celebrity Biography Book Club: "Dear Girls"
Shirlington Library Campbell Room,
6:30 pm - Take a Scarf, Leave a Scarf
Lake Ridge Library - - CANCELLED: Mayor's Agenda Meeting with Staff
Falls Church, VA Calendar , 300 Park Ave. East Wing, Second Floor , Falls Church
8:30 am - U.S. Citizenship Class (Online)
Shirlington Library , 4200 Campbell Boulevard , Arlington
10:30 am - English Conversation at Columbia Pike
Columbia Pike Library Drew Room,
11:00 am - Noon Year Eve's Party
Haymarket Gainesville Library - Haymarket Gainesville Community Room
11:30 am - Japanese Conversation
Central Library Quincy Room,
12:00 pm
Tuesday December 30
Wednesday December 31
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🗞 Nearby News
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- Democratic Nominee Chosen For 17th House District Special Election (patch.com)
- Fairfax County board paves way for housing to replace Fair Oaks-area office buildings (ffxnow.com)
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- Top Contributor Essays of 2025 (theregreview.org)
- The Year's Highs and Lows (richmondmagazine.com)
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