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🌱 Patch AM: How working smoke alarms helped eight Dale City residents escape safely
Also check out Weekly Sound Baths on the Dale City Patch calendar

Hello Dale City! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How working smoke alarms helped eight Dale City residents escape safely
Today's riddle: The world champion tongue twister just got arrested! 🤔 (Answer below!)
Find out what's happening in Dale Cityfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Tuesday: Windy and much colder, with a high of 37 and low of 27 degrees.
- Wednesday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 43, low: 30.
- Thursday: Cloudy, flurries; colder, with a high of 33 and low of 21 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Eight displaced after Dale City house fire (insidenova.com) — Eight residents, including three children, are displaced after a Sunday evening kitchen fire in a single-family home on Gustus Drive in Dale City, which was deemed unsafe to occupy. Working smoke detectors alerted everyone in time, and no injuries were reported, but the Red Cross is now assisting the five adults and three children.
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Find out what's happening in Dale Cityfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
📸 Around Dale City
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Dale City
★ Featured events ★
- Weekly Sound Baths
Sharron Baucom Dale City Recreation Center, 14300 Minnieville Rd, Dale City
6:00 pm
Wednesday December 31
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Other local events
- Family Story Time
Dale City Library -
10:30 am
Wednesday January 7
📣 Dale City Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Cantando-Ando con Gabo y Mate!
Potomac Library - Potomac Community Room
2:00 pm - Take a Scarf, Leave a Scarf
Lake Ridge Library - - Noon Year Eve's Party
Haymarket Gainesville Library - Haymarket Gainesville Community Room
11:30 am - Hooked on Craft Kits
Bull Run Library - - Winter Scavenger Hunt
Dumfries Library - - History Hunters
Manassas City Library - - Bull Run Ukulele Players
Bull Run Library - Bull Run Community Room A and B
1:00 pm - Winter Wonder Wanders
Independent Hill Library -
10:25 am - Build a Winter Friend
Independent Hill Library -
10:30 am - Reading to Dogs
Nokesville Library -
10:30 am
Tuesday December 30
Wednesday December 31
Friday January 2
Saturday January 3
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🗞 Nearby News
Dumfries
- How To Recycle Christmas Trees In Manassas After 2025 Holidays (patch.com)
- 2025 in review: The biggest stories of the year in Prince William County (princewilliamtimes.com)
Manassas
- Online Child Solicitation Leads To Prince William County Man's Arrest (patch.com)
- How To Recycle Christmas Trees In Manassas After 2025 Holidays (patch.com)
Ok Dale City! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
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