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🌱 Patch AM: Will Mount Vernon’s rec center makeover shape Fairfax’s next big upgrades?

Make time for HOLIDAY FUN! Flea Market - Arts & Crafts Fair in Alexandria on the Mount Vernon Patch calendar

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Hi there, Mount Vernon! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Will Mount Vernon’s rec center makeover shape Fairfax’s next big upgrades?

Also on today's calendar: HOLIDAY FUN! Flea Market - Arts & Crafts Fair in Alexandria and 6 more events.

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

Today's riddle: What did one astronaut stranded on the moon say to another? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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

  • Friday: Showers early this morning, with a high of 61 and low of 24 degrees.
  • Saturday: Cooler with periods of sun, temps: high: 44, low: 34.
  • Sunday: Sunny much of the time, with a high of 51 and low of 25 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Fairfax County Park Authority rec centers may have to wait in line for upgrades (ffxnow.com) — Fairfax County park leaders say future rec center upgrades will likely follow the recently completed Mount Vernon Rec Center renovation model, which required a two-year closure but now draws over 5,500 members. As officials shape a 2026 park bond, they’re weighing how to fund major work at other centers while acknowledging Mount Vernon’s overhaul as a potential template.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Friday December 19
  • Preschool STEAM Play at Courthouse
    Courthouse Library Children's Area ,
    10:00 am
  • Family Storytime at Central
    Central Library Barbara M. Donnellan Auditorium,
    10:15 am
  • Stroller Strides
    Potomac Library , 2201 Opitz Blvd , Woodbridge
    10:15 am
  • English Conversation at Aurora Hills
    Aurora Hills Library , Eads Room , Lake Barcroft
    10:30 am
  • Family Storytime at Westover
    Westover Library Children's Area ,
    10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

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🗞 Nearby News

Fort Belvoir

  • Nonprofit Organization Presents First Responders with Letter of Appreciation (briefingwire.com)
  • Gov't Makes Stunning Admission Regarding Blame for Deadly Black Hawk-Jet Mid-Air Collision That Killed 67 (redstate.com)
  • 2025-2026: VMI Confers Degrees, Commissions Officers (vmi.edu)

Lorton

  • State, federal legislators look to address speed enforcement on GW Parkway (ffxnow.com)
  • Workhouse debuts reimagined version of ‘Into the Woods' (insidenova.com)

Woodbridge

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-- The Patch AM Team

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