🌱 Could Sasha be the next furry friend in your Front Royal home?
Front Royal, Virginia Patch AM: a 3 min readHello Front Royal! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Could Sasha be the next furry friend in your Front Royal home?
- How Front Royal helped save a bird extinct in the wild
Also on today's calendar: Necessary Turbulence - Author Talk by Eileen Isola.
Today's riddle: If you have 13 apples in one hand and 10 oranges in the other, what do you have ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 73 and low of 46 degrees.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 75, low: 51.
- Monday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 76 and low of 49 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Furrever Friday: Meet Sasha (theriver953.com) — If you’re looking to adopt locally, Sasha is a friendly 2‑year‑old cat available through the Humane Society of Warren County, supported by the Low Cost Spay and Neuter Clinic on John Marshall Highway in Front Royal. All animals are altered, microchipped, vaccinated, and you can also browse adoptable pets or visit the Pick of the Litter Thrift Shop on East Main Street. 
• Four Rare Guam Kingfisher Chicks Hatch at Virginia Facility, Making an ‘Incredibly Valuable' Addition to the Small Population of Extinct-in-the-Wild Birds (smithsonianmag.com) — Four rare Guam kingfisher chicks recently hatched at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, adding crucial genetic diversity to a species now extinct in the wild. Local keepers are hand-raising the sihek hatchlings, whose parents are first-time breeders, as part of an international effort to eventually restore these culturally important birds to predator-free island habitats.
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- I think I beat Charlotte Layton to the punch (love your posts Charlotte).
This is an incredibly interesting link to Data Center info and a place to report, hosted by Erin Brockovich https://brockovichdatacenter.com/#report (Nextdoor Esteppe Road/Creekside) - Hi neighbors, I have a water leak in my basement, and I am looking for a plumber.
Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated; thank you. *My house is in Linden. (Nextdoor Shen Farms Blue Mountain)
- PRWT Services, Inc. posted a job opening for Janitorial/Facilities Attendant Winchester in Front Royal. Apply here.
- Lowe's Companies, Inc. posted a job opening for Seasonal Merchandising Service Associate - Weekends Preferred in Front Royal. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Front Royal here.
🗞 Nearby News
Strasburg
- Prep roundup: Strasburg softball tops Buckingham County in regionals (nvdaily.com)
- Strasburg residents raise concerns over proposed data center spanning 80-acre parcel (whsv.com)
- Letter to the Editor: Perfect storm? (nvdaily.com)
Stephens City
- WPD make an arrest in a shots fired wounding incident (theriver953.com)
Washington
- Panther Dispatch: Rappahannock spring sports teams head into playoffs with momentum (rappnews.com)
- Judge temporarily halts DOJ ‘anti-weaponization fund' (kentucky.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Big hands ! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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