🌱 Cakechella 2025 - Dessert Festival and 12 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Purcellville Artisan Tour
• The DC Big Flea returns Nov.1-2 for the last Big Flea of 2025! at Dulles Expo Center
• 49th McLean Antiques Show at McLean Community Center

... and check out 9 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did Noah tell his sons about fishing off the ark? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 57 and low of 43 degrees.
• Wednesday: Breezy; a little p.m. rain, temps: high: 53, low: 47.
• Thursday: Breezy with rain, with a high of 61 and low of 45 degrees.

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📸 Around Lowes Island

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lowes Island

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday November 1

• Purcellville Artisan Tour
  Purcellville
  11:00 am

Sunday November 2

• The DC Big Flea returns Nov.1-2 for the last Big Flea of 2025!
  Dulles Expo Center, 4320 Chantilly Shopping Center, Chantilly
  11:00 am

Friday November 7

• 49th McLean Antiques Show
  McLean Community Center, 1234 Ingleside Ave, McLean
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Tuesday October 28

• Community Meeting - Paeonian Springs and Waterford Interconnected Community Water and Wastewater Systems
  Loudoun County, VA Calendar , Rust Library, Large Meeting Room 380 Old Waterford Road , Leesburg
  6:00 pm
• Planning Commission Public Hearing
  Loudoun County, VA Calendar , 1 Harrison St., SE , Leesburg
  6:00 pm

Wednesday October 29

• Early Voting at the Office of Elections
  Loudoun County, VA Calendar Leesburg, VA 20175
  8:30 am
• Early Voting at Carver Senior Center
  Loudoun County, VA Calendar
  10:00 am
• Early Voting at Dulles South Recreation Center
  Loudoun County, VA Calendar , 24950 Riding Center Drive , South Riding
  10:00 am
• Early Voting at Claude Moore Recreation Center
  Loudoun County, VA Calendar , 46105 Loudoun Park Lane , Sterling
  10:00 am
• Early Voting at Ashburn Recreation Center
  Loudoun County, VA Calendar , 21105 Coopers Hawk Dr. , VA - 20148 , Ashburn
  10:00 am

Sunday November 9

• Cakechella 2025 - Dessert Festival
  Bluemont Station Brewery , 18301 Whitehall Estate Ln , Bluemont
  1:00 pm
• What We Love-Meet the Artist
  Lake Anne - Jo Ann Rose Gallery Reston Community Center 1609-A Washington Plaza N, Reston, VA 20190 United States
  2:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Great Falls

• Ole Miss AIChE Team Heads to Nationals With Carbon Capture Cube (olemiss.edu)
• 10 Super Giftable Children's Books by D.C.-Area Authors (arlingtonmagazine.com)
• ‘I'm still processing it': DC singer stuns on ‘The Voice' (wtop.com)

Sterling

• Remains Found At Loudoun 3-Alarm Fire Scene (patch.com)
• Dog Attack Leads To Shooting Death Homecoming Shootings: VA Weekend (patch.com)
• Candidates See Commonwealth at a Crossroads in Final Week of Campaigns (loudounnow.com)

Ashburn

• Remains Found At Loudoun 3-Alarm Fire Scene (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Go easy on the bait, boys. I only have two worms.
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