🌱 Baby Lapsit Storytime at Central and 11 more events

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

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Partly sunny and breezy, with a high of 39 and low of 27 degrees.
• Friday: Some sun, then clouds; cold, temps: high: 35, low: 29.
• Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 43 and low of 25 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Baby Lapsit Storytime at Central
  Central Library Quincy Room,
  10:15 am
• Stretch for Mobility
  Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library - Meeting Room
  10:30 am
• Family Storytime at Aurora Hills
  Aurora Hills Library Eads Room,
  10:30 am
• Cuentos para niĂąos / Stories for Children at SH
  Shirlington Library Campbell Room,
  10:30 am
• Family Storytime at Glencarlyn
  Glencarlyn Library
  10:30 am
• Tunes and Tales Storytime at Westover
  Westover Library Children's Area ,
  10:30 am
• Line dancing 201
  Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library - Meeting Room
  12:00 pm
• Baby Bounce - for babies 0-14 months and their caretaker(s)
  Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library -
  1:15 pm
• Ready, Set, Game!: Nintendo Switch Sports at Westover
  Westover Library Longfellow Room,
  3:00 pm
• Ready, Set, Game! at Glencarlyn Library
  Glencarlyn Library
  3:00 pm
• Board games and Beer (Strangeways)
  Strangeways Brewing Fredericksburg , 350 Lansdowne Rd , Fredericksburg
  3:00 pm
• Food Truck: Taco Tuesday
  Creekside Farm Brewery , 15492 Creekside Ln , King George
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• A crash on I-495 North at the American Legion Bridge in Fairfax County closed one travel lane, causing a three-mile delay.
  1:21PM on Dec 10: A crash on I-495 North at the American Legion Bridge in Fairfax County has closed one travel lane and caused a two-mile delay. 1… (Nextdoor )
• A vehicle fire on I-495 North before VA-236 has been contained to the right shoulder, and all travel lanes are reopened, with delays beginning near the Springfield Interchange.
  8:54AM on Dec 10: A vehicle fire on NB I-495 at MM52.9 in Fairfax County has closed two northbound travel lanes, causing a 2-mile delay. (Nextdoor )

🗞 Nearby News

Springfield

• Lake Thoreau dredging delayed by insufficient water levels (ffxnow.com)
• Grab a Festive Yule Log Cake at 6 Northern Virginia Bakeries (northernvirginiamag.com)
• Fairfax board narrowly votes to oppose any casino legislation not requested by supervisors (ffxnow.com)

Annandale

• Gary Clause to bring holiday gifts to local kids (annandaletoday.com)
• The most common zodiac signs (and birthdays) (democraticunderground.com)
• The Largest Jane Austen Collection in North America is, Surprisingly, Right in Our Backyard (baltimoremagazine.com)

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