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🌱 Patch AM: What the new third lane on Route 123 means for your commute
Coming up: Televised "Know Before You Vote" Virginia Constitutional Amendments Special Program on the Fairfax Station Patch calendar
Cheers Fairfax Station! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- What the new third lane on Route 123 means for your commute
- How the new Silverbrook Road upgrades change your daily walk
Also on today's calendar: Televised "Know Before You Vote" Virginia Constitutional Amendments Special Program and 8 more events.
Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Sunday: Hot; a stray p.m. t-shower, with a high of 90 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Monday: Sunny and toasty conditions, temps: high: 94, low: 70.
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny and very hot, with a high of 98 and low of 71 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Third lane open on Route 123 northbound from Chapel Road to Fairfax County Parkway (virginia.gov) — If you drive Route 123 through Fairfax Station, you now have a third northbound lane between Chapel Road and the Fairfax County Parkway bridge, easing a notorious bottleneck. This is part of a $126 million project widening Fairfax County Parkway, adding shared-use paths, safer medians, and new turn lanes, with full completion expected in mid-2027. 
• People and Places - Week of August 28. 2026 (fairfaxtimes.com) — Pedestrians in Fairfax Station now have a safer way to cross Silverbrook Road at Crosspointe Drive, with new crosswalks, curb ramps, and a refuge island improving access to Silverbrook Elementary and the Crosspointe Swim and Racquet Club. The wider roundup also highlights new Fairfax County human services leadership, a countywide free tree program, and several regional student and community honors that may touch Fairfax Station families.
📸 Around Fairfax Station
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fairfax Station
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★ Featured events ★
- Televised "Know Before You Vote" Virginia Constitutional Amendments Special Program →
Fairfax Public Access, 2929 Eskridge Rd, Fairfax
8:00 pm
Monday August 31
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Other local events
- August 2026 on Mason Arts Amplified
De Laski Performing Arts Virtual Event - Back to School Night
Silverbrook Elementary School Silverbrook Elementary
6:30 pm - Back to School Night
Silverbrook Elementary School Silverbrook Elementary
6:30 pm - Back to School Night
Robert Frost Middle School Frost Middle
6:30 pm - Sterling ASL social
Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf & Hard of Hearing Persons Starbucks Coffee Company, 526 E Market St, Leesburg, VA 20176
9:00 am - Girls Freshman Volleyball vs Fairfax High School
Fairfax HIgh School Blue Days Gym
4:45 pm - Boys Freshman Football vs Fairfax High School
Fairfax HIgh School Blue Days Carter G. Woodson High
5:30 pm - Girls JV Volleyball vs Fairfax High School
Fairfax HIgh School Blue Days Gym
5:45 pm - Labor Day Weekend Model Train Show at the Fairfax Station Railroad Museum →
Fairfax Station Railroad Museum, 11200 Fairfax Station Rd, Fairfax Station
12:00 pm - Labor Day Weekend Model Train Show at the Fairfax Station Railroad Museum →
Fairfax Station Railroad Museum, 11200 Fairfax Station Rd, Fairfax Station
12:00 pm
Monday August 31
Tuesday September 1
Wednesday September 2
Sunday September 6
Monday September 7
📣 Fairfax Station Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- August 2026 on Mason Arts Amplified
De Laski Performing Arts Virtual Event - Girls Freshman Volleyball vs West Springfield High School
West Springfield High School Carter G. Woodson High
4:45 pm - Girls Freshman Volleyball @ Yorktown High School
Centreville High School Yorktown High School
4:45 pm - Girls Freshman Field Hockey @ Wakefield High School
Woodson High School Wakefield High
5:00 pm
Monday August 31
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Albertsons Companies, Inc. posted a job opening for Inventory Control Clerk-Burke in Burke. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News
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Ok Fairfax Station! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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