🌱 Patch AM: How working smoke alarms helped eight Dale City residents escape safely

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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!)

Weather forecast:

• 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.
   

📸 Around Dale City

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Dale City

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 31

• Weekly Sound Baths
  Sharron Baucom Dale City Recreation Center, 14300 Minnieville Rd, Dale City
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday January 7

• Family Story Time
  Dale City Library -
  10:30 am

📣 Dale City Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 30

• Cantando-Ando con Gabo y Mate!
  Potomac Library - Potomac Community Room
  2:00 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Take a Scarf, Leave a Scarf
  Lake Ridge Library -
• Noon Year Eve's Party
  Haymarket Gainesville Library - Haymarket Gainesville Community Room
  11:30 am

Friday January 2

• 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

Saturday January 3

• 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

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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)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I hear they’re giving him a really tough sentence.
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