🌱 Patch AM: Heirloom Silver and Brass Restoration Services: Now Open in Mclean VA, THURSDAYS 10-4 and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Heirloom Silver and Brass Restoration Services: Now Open in Mclean VA, THURSDAYS 10-4 at 6830 Elm St Suite 9, McLean, VA, 22101

Today's riddle: Playing golf is bad for your brain. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Cloudy, flurries; breezy, with a high of 36 and low of 20 degrees.
• Friday: Some sun, then clouds, temps: high: 38, low: 25.
• Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 41 and low of 23 degrees.

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Thursday January 8

• Heirloom Silver and Brass Restoration Services: Now Open in Mclean VA, THURSDAYS 10-4
  6830 Elm St Suite 9, McLean, VA, 22101
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday January 2

• Hooked on Craft Kits
  Bull Run 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
• Puzzling with a Purpose
  Potomac Library - Potomac Community Room
  12:30 pm

Monday January 5

• Talking to the Author Bookmark Contest
  Chinn Park Library -
• Winter Craft Take and Make
  Independent Hill Library -
• PWC Tech Help
  Potomac Library -
  10:30 am
• Family Story Time
  Potomac Library - Potomac Community Room
  10:30 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Woodbridge

• VRE board backs funding agreement for Woodbridge station platform extension (potomaclocal.com)
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Springfield

• Morning Notes for December 30, 2025 (ffxnow.com)

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