🌱 Chamber Cup Bowling Challenge and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Chamber Cup Bowling Challenge at Bowlero Mechanicsville
• BCMS Open House at Bell Creek Middle School

Today's riddle: What do you call a snowman that is having a temper tantrum? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 95 and low of 73 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Tuesday: Hot and humid with some sun, temps: high: 91, low: 69.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and humid, with a high of 90 and low of 72 degrees.

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📸 Around Mechanicsville

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mechanicsville

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 22

• Chamber Cup Bowling Challenge →
  Bowlero Mechanicsville, 7317 Bell Creek Rd, Mechanicsville
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Wednesday August 19

• BCMS Open House
  Bell Creek Middle School Mechanicsville, VA 23111
  4:30 pm

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📣 Mechanicsville Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday August 17

• Afternoon Book Club
  Pamunkey Regional Library Ashland Meeting Room A (Kitchenette Side), Ashland Meeting Room B (Projector Side), Ashland Branch
  1:00 pm
• Community Services Board Meeting
  Hanover County Main Calendar Human Services Building - CSB - 12300 Washington Highway Ashland
  5:30 pm
• Phoenix Rising
  Highland Springs High School - Baseball
  5:30 pm
• Level Up with LaShawn
  Chamberlayne Elementary The Oak Avenue Complex, 15 S Oak Ave, Highland Springs, VA 2307
  6:00 pm

Tuesday August 18

• Upcoming Open Call Fall 2026: Undergraduate Juried Exhibition
  Grace Street Theater 934 W Grace St, Richmond, VA 23220
• School Athletics
  Deep Run High School - Multipurpose
  7:30 am
• Virtual Volunteer Training in Partnership with The Herbert Adelman Foundation
  Comfort Zone Camp Virtual
  6:00 pm
• Ashland Evening Book Club
  Pamunkey Regional Library Ashland Meeting Room A (Kitchenette Side), Ashland Meeting Room B (Projector Side), Ashland Branch
  6:00 pm

Wednesday August 19

• Exceptional Ed. Staff Developement
  Deep Run High Multiple Locations
  8:00 am
• Beginner's Hula Dancing
  Pamunkey Regional Library Atlee Meeting Room, Atlee Branch
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• United Natural Foods, Inc. posted a job opening for 3rd shift Forklift Operator - Mechanicsville - $19.50/hr in Mechanicsville. Apply here.
• Acosta Group - Acosta Sales & Marketing Company posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser - Walmart in Mechanicsville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mechanicsville here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Glen Allen

• Priscilla Block Tickets Giveaway: Your Chance to Win! (audacy.com)
• Henrico Rewind: Week in Review – Aug. 9-15, 2026 (henricocitizen.com)
• Virginia upcoming events Aug 17 (lemonwire.com)

Richmond

• Richmond's community gardens are a hidden gem (richmonder.org)
• Richmond community garden seeks $3,000 to rebuild after repeated vandalism (nbc12.com)
• Man killed in block party shooting in Richmond neighborhood, Crime Insider sources tell Jon Burkett (wtvr.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A meltdown ! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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