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🌱 Patch AM: How a quiet Dale City chapter shaped a future Olympic favorite
Be sure to catch SkeinWreck: Crochet Class with Cecily: Winter Mug Cozy Workshop: Dale City on the Dale City Patch calendar
Hi Dale City! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a quiet Dale City chapter shaped a future Olympic favorite
Also on today's calendar: Free Food giveaway and 3 more events.
Find out what's happening in Dale Cityfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Today's riddle: After dinner, my parents asked if I could clear the table. 🤔 (Answer below!)
Find out what's happening in Dale Cityfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Thursday: Sunshine mixing with clouds, with a high of 58 and low of 38 degrees.
- Friday: A touch of afternoon rain, temps: high: 58, low: 53.
- Saturday: Warm with rain and drizzle, with a high of 63 and low of 47 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• For Ilia Malinin, figure skating's ‘Quad God,' all that's left is Olympic superstardom (nytimes.com) — A world-class figure skater’s story has a surprising Dale City connection: his mother, Olympian Tatiana Malinina, moved there in 1998 as she and her partner sought better U.S. training opportunities. Their son Ilia Malinin, now a dominant champion nicknamed the “Quad God,” is poised for Olympic stardom after years of intense training and family support. 
📸 Around Dale City
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Dale City
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★ Featured events ★
- SkeinWreck: Crochet Class with Cecily: Winter Mug Cozy Workshop: Dale City
Dale City Library, 4249 Dale Blvd, Dale City
10:30 am
Saturday January 10
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Other local events
- Free Food giveaway
18410 Chapel Dr , Triangle
9:00 am - Spanish Circle Time/El Circulo de Cuentos en Español
Dale City Library -
10:30 am - 9/11 - Pre 25th Anniversary Countdown Discussion Series (# 1)
, Woodbridge
5:00 pm - Health and Wellness Book Club
Dale City Library , 4249 Dale Blvd , Dale City
11:00 am - Zumbini: Dale City
Dale City Library , 4249 Dale Blvd , Dale City
10:30 am
Saturday January 10
Wednesday January 14
Saturday January 17
Saturday January 24
Saturday January 31
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Music and Motion
Nokesville Library -
10:30 am - Mobile Library at Wellington at Lake Manassas
Mobile Library -
10:30 am - Spanish Circle Time/El Circulo de Cuentos en Español
Independent Hill Library -
10:30 am - Preschool Music & Motion
Potomac Community Room Potomac Library -
10:30 am - Crafternoon
Dumfries Library -
11:00 am - G.R.E.A.T. Math Minds Math Instruction (Loch Lomond) — Pink Space Theory
United States Postal Service , 3360 Post Office Rd , Woodbridge
4:00 pm
Thursday January 8
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- As we step into 2026, we’re taking a moment to reflect on what made 2025 a remarkable year for our community.
Residents celebrated major events like the LIV Virginia golf tournament, which brought neighbors together and put Prince William County on the… (Nextdoor )
🗞 Nearby News
Dumfries
- Town of Dumfries Secures $240,000 USDOT Grant to Improve Sidewalk Accessibility and Advance Safer, Walkable Streets (princewilliamliving.com)
- Prince William County awards $21M contract for homeless navigation center (princewilliamtimes.com)
- Video: Sen. Tim Kaine 'commemorate[s] the fifth anniversary of the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol that led to the tragic death of five law enforcement officers from Virginia' (bluevirginia.us)
Woodbridge
- Brave the cold for a cause at the 2026 Polar Plunge in Woodbridge (potomaclocal.com)
- ARTfactory to celebrate young talent at Off the Wall High School Awards on Jan. 10 (potomaclocal.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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