🌱 Patch AM: Remember renting your first VHS tape at Falls Church’s Erol’s?

What's up Falls Church! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Remember renting your first VHS tape at Falls Church’s Erol’s?

Also on today's calendar: What Influence Does Reformed Faith Have on the Environment? and 9 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 47 and low of 29 degrees.
• Tuesday: Breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 53, low: 37.
• Wednesday: Cloudy, with a high of 51 and low of 35 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 visiting the Erol’s Video Club store once located in Falls Church, one of many across Northern Virginia and Maryland. This nostalgic look back traces how the local chain grew from TV repair to video rentals and early flat‑fee internet service, becoming a formative part of the region’s tech and movie‑rental culture.
   

📸 Around Falls Church

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Falls Church

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday January 11

• What Influence Does Reformed Faith Have on the Environment?
  Lewinsville Presbyterian Church, 1724 Chain Bridge Rd, McLean
  7:00 pm

Saturday January 31

• Feast & Fettle Brings a New Standard of Home Dining to Falls Church
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Monday January 12

• City Council Meeting
  Falls Church, VA Calendar , 300 Park Ave. Main Level , Falls Church
  7:30 pm

Tuesday January 13

• Falls Church Arts Drawing Classes Begin in January: Two Morning Sessions to Choose From
  Falls Church Arts Gallery , 700-B W Broad St , Falls Church
  10:00 am
• Housing Commission Meeting
  Falls Church, VA Calendar , 300 Park Ave. Main Level , Falls Church
  6:30 pm
• Human Services Advisory Council Meeting - Rescheduled from January 15
  Falls Church, VA Calendar , 300 Park Ave. , Falls Church
  6:30 pm
• Human Services Advisory Council Meeting
  Falls Church, VA Calendar , 300 Park Ave. , Falls Church
  6:30 pm
• Aurora House Girls Group Home Citizens' Advisory Committee Meeting (In-person with Virtual Option)
  Falls Church, VA Calendar , 300 Park Ave. Center, Lower Level , Falls Church
  7:00 pm

Wednesday January 14

• 1-14-26 BOE Hearing 5
  Falls Church, VA Calendar , 300 Park Ave. Center, Lower Level , Falls Church
  5:00 pm

Saturday January 17

• Taster Tots: Raising Adventurous Eaters (Picky Eaters Workshop)
  KiPS Family Gymnastics , 7395 Lee Hwy , Falls Church
  9:30 am

Wednesday January 21

• Author Talk: Bruce Holsinger on "Culpability"
  Mary Riley Styles Public Library , 120 N Virginia Ave , Falls Church
  6:30 pm
• Introduction to Judaism at Temple Rodef Shalom
  Temple Rodef Shalom , 2100 Westmoreland St , Falls Church
  7:00 pm

📣 Falls Church Shout Outs!

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Falls Church PatchAM possible:

• Redeemer Renaissance Preschool — (703) 356-3567
  Redeemer Renaissance Preschool 2025-26 Open Enrollment
• Novara Recovery Center — (703) 705-7870
  Novara Recovery Center: Fairfax’s Personalized Rehab Care
• The Grout Genie — (571) 374-3643
  Licensed Tile & Grout Experts Serving Northern Virginia
• R2 Advisors — (571) 766-6727
  Integrated Accounting, CFO & Tax Strategy
• Mindsee.it — (646) 663-8317
  Teach your kids they can achieve the impossible!
• The Brooksfield School — (703) 356-5437
  A private school in McLean, VA
• kids watch pediatrics & urgent care — (703) 775-0777
  Falls Church Families: Your Pediatric & Urgent Care Solution

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• 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 )

• CVS Health posted a job opening for District Support Pharmacist FT in Falls Church. Apply here.
• AutoZone, Inc. posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate - Full Time in Falls Church. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Falls Church here.

🗞 Nearby News

Tysons

• Top 5 Things To Do This Weekend January 9 (tysonstoday.com)

Arlington

• Abilene Christian vs UT Arlington Picks & Predictions (scoresandstats.com)
• 'At the Foot of the Cross': Arlington Chaplains Bear a Nation's Gratitude and a Family's Grief (cbn.com)
• Deputy Assistant Secretaries to Address ADC Energy and Water Forum – Association of Defense Communities (ADC) (defensecommunities.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I think I’m coming down with something!
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