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🌱 Patch AM: Coffee Shops Closing + Buc-ee's Delayed + New Meals Tax + $1.6M Game Show Win: VA Business

Also, don't miss Women Artists of the DMV Opens on January 10 at Falls Church Arts; Reception open to the Publlic on the McLean Patch…

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Hello McLean! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • See which McLean spots are serving up Winter Restaurant Week deals
  • How a McLean resident pulled off a million-dollar luxury watch fraud
  • How could FCPS’s new boundary map reshape McLean school assignments?

Also on today's calendar: Women Artists of the DMV Opens on January 10 at Falls Church Arts; Reception open to the Publlic and 9 more events.

Find out what's happening in McLeanfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

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

Weather forecast:

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  • Saturday: Rain, becoming heavy at times, with a high of 49 and low of 39 degrees.
  • Sunday: Increasingly windy, temps: high: 47, low: 29.
  • Monday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 48 and low of 28 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Coffee Shops Closing + Buc-ee's Delayed + New Meals Tax + $1.6M Game Show Win: VA Business (patch.com) — Northern Virginia diners get a preview of which McLean restaurants are joining D.C.’s Winter Restaurant Week, alongside highlighted eateries in nearby Fairfax, Arlington, Reston, Alexandria and Ashburn. The broader business roundup also covers new taxes, store closures, expansions and special local programs, but the restaurant week listings give McLean residents timely options for special dining deals close to home.
   

2. Luxury watch scheme lands McLean man in prison (wusa9.com) — A McLean resident has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison after federal prosecutors said he used American Express accounts and fake names to obtain and resell luxury watches. Authorities say the scheme caused more than $1.2 million in losses to a London retailer and the credit card company, highlighting a major fraud case tied back to McLean.
   

3. FCPS Proposes Boundary Changes Affecting More Than 2,200 Students in 52 Schools (northernvirginiamag.com) — Major Fairfax County school boundary changes could shift students in and around McLean, as FCPS moves to reduce overcrowding, cut split feeders, and shorten commutes across 52 schools. A public hearing is set for Saturday, January 10, with a final school board vote on January 22 that could immediately reshape how McLean neighborhoods feed into local schools.
   

4. Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Welcomes Four New Members to Its Board of Directors (trcp.org) — McLean gets a brief nod as the home of Claude Moore Colonial Farm, where new Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership board member Jack Hazel once served on the board. The broader announcement introduces four conservation and business leaders joining TRCP’s national board and a new board chair, outlining their backgrounds in outdoor recreation, construction, wildlife management, and public policy.
   

5. Threat Made Against WH Press Secretary Leavitt on X (newsmax.com) — A McLean man has been ordered detained in a federal case alleging he sent death threats to a presidential envoy, just as separate online threats targeted current White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. While the newer threats center on national figures, the earlier case underscores how a McLean resident is now facing serious federal scrutiny over alleged violent messages.
   

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  • Back with a missing cat -- Milkyway left this morning and we haven't seen him since.
    Here's a photo -- lost from around Montcalm and Chain Bridge in McLean. He's the black and white guy in this photo. Please let me know if you see… (Nextdoor Hallcrest Heights)
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