🌱 How are Sterling Playmakers stacking up in this year’s theater awards?

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• How are Sterling Playmakers stacking up in this year’s theater awards?

Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Partly sunny and not as cold, with a high of 38 and low of 26 degrees.
• Wednesday: Times of sun and clouds, temps: high: 47, low: 27.
• Thursday: Some sun, then turning cloudy, with a high of 51 and low of 41 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Latest Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards; COLUMBIA HEIGHTS BOLERO BAR Leads Best Musical! (broadwayworld.com) — Sterling’s own Sterling Playmakers show up repeatedly in the latest BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards standings, with nominations for productions like The Lightning Thief, The Last Five Years, A Streetcar Named Desire, and original work World of Spycraft. The article breaks down current vote percentages across dozens of categories and reminds theater fans they can still support their favorite local performers and companies.
   

📸 Around Sterling

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Sterling

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday December 16

• Community Dinner STERLING
  Sterling Community Center, 120 Enterprise St, Sterling
  6:30 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday December 16

• Home Food Preservation: The Art of Making Kombucha
  Loudoun County, VA Calendar , 22330 S. Sterling Blvd Suite A117 , Sterling
  6:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Economic Development Authority
  Loudoun County, VA Calendar , 43777 Central Station Dr., Suite 300 , Ashburn
  3:00 pm
• Rural Economic Development Council, Executive Committee
  Loudoun County, VA Calendar , 750 Miller Dr. SE, Suite 131 , Leesburg
  4:00 pm
• Board of Supervisors Transportation and Land Use Committee
  Loudoun County, VA Calendar , 1 Harrison St., SE , Leesburg
  5:00 pm
• Library Board of Trustees Meeting
  Loudoun County, VA Calendar , Rust Library 380 Old Waterford Road NW , Leesburg
  7:00 pm
• Animal Advisory Committee
  Loudoun County, VA Calendar , 42225 ADOPTION DR. , Leesburg
  7:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Low Cost Vaccination & Microchip Clinic
  Loudoun County, VA Calendar , 42225 Adoption Drive , Leesburg
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Pop Strings at Arrival
  River Bend Middle School Ashburn, VA 20148
  8:15 am
• 30 Second Commercial - Tell Me About Yourself Workshop (ON SITE)
  Loudoun County, VA Calendar , 705 East Market Street Suite E , Leesburg
  9:30 am
• Board of Supervisors Business Meeting
  Loudoun County, VA Calendar , 1 Harrison St., SE , Leesburg
  4:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• American Culture at Herndon Library
  Herndon Fortnightly Library , 768 Center St , Herndon
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hi neighbors, I’m curious about pet policies in the Woodstone area.
  Are dogs allowed on other people’s lawns, or should they stay on sidewalks? Also, do homeowners need to post signs to keep dogs off their lawns, or… (Nextdoor Woodstone)
• Repost - FOUND DOG - by Reston Fire Station
  Please share & repost to help reunite this stray dog! FOUND on December 12, 2025 in Reston, VA 20190 near Eon next to Reston FireStation Sharing for… (Nextdoor CountrySide - Oak Ridge)

• Sam's Club posted a job opening for Merchandise and Stocking Associate in Sterling. Apply here.
• Loudoun County Public Schools posted a job opening for Soccer, Boys Head Coach in Sterling. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Sterling here.

🗞 Nearby News

Herndon

• AARP Reveals Virginia's 10 Top Livable Communities (brunswicktimes-gazette.com)
• National security tech contractor moves N. Va. office to Reston (ffxnow.com)
• Texas, Florida label CAIR a terrorist group as other GOP governors stay silent (dailyfly.com)

Ashburn

• Could Tiny Homes and ADUs Be the Key to Scaling? (biggerpockets.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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