🌱 PTA Family Fall Festival 5-7PM and 11 more events

Hello Woodlake! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Steve Gonsalves Live: A Life With Ghosts at Hippodrome Theatre
• Free family event Oct. 24 supporting retired police K-9s / Commonwealth K-9 Classic at Chesterfield County Fairgrounds
• PTA Family Fall Festival 5-7PM at Spring Run Elementary

Today's riddle: What happens when two monkeys get a divorce? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Hot with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 92 and low of 68 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: Mostly cloudy with a shower, temps: high: 72, low: 63.
• Friday: Clouds and sun; breezy, humid, with a high of 85 and low of 48 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Woodlake

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 17

• Steve Gonsalves Live: A Life With Ghosts →
  Hippodrome Theatre, 528 N 2nd St, Richmond
  7:00 pm

Saturday October 24

• Free family event Oct. 24 supporting retired police K-9s / Commonwealth K-9 Classic →
  Chesterfield County Fairgrounds, 10300 Courthouse Rd, Chesterfield
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Friday October 16

• PTA Family Fall Festival 5-7PM
  Spring Run Elementary Midlothian, VA 23112
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 15

• Virginia TOGA! Treadle conference →
  All Things New Sewing & Service, 9830 Midlothian Turnpike, Bon Air
  10:00 am
• Economic Development Authority →
  Economic Development Office, 7053 Celebration Park Avenue Suite 5, Bon Air
  3:00 pm
• Community Services Board →
  Rogers Building - Mental Health Support Services, 6801 Lucy Corr, Bon Air
  7:00 pm

Friday October 16

• PTA Family Fall Festival 5-7PM
  Spring Run Elementary Midlothian, VA 23112
  5:00 pm
• Nurse Blake: But Did You Die? Comedy Tour →
  The National, 708 E Broad St, Richmond
  7:00 pm

Monday October 19

• Chesterfield-Colonial Heights Social Services Board →
  Smith-Wagner Building, 9501 Lucy Corr Circle, Chesterfield
  8:30 am
• Freeman Boys JV Volleyball @ Clover Hill →
  Clover Hill High School, 13301 Kelly Green Ln, Midlothian
  5:30 pm

Tuesday October 20

• Chair’s Plant Medicine Ad Hoc Committee →
  Community Development Building, 9800 Government Center Parkway, Bon Air
  3:00 pm
• Planning Commission Meeting →
  Public Meeting Room, 10001 Iron Bridge Road, Chesterfield
  3:00 pm

Friday October 23

• PTA: Movie Night
  Swift Creek Elementary Midlothian, VA 23112
  6:30 pm

Saturday October 24

• Trunk or Treat at TLE Bon Air →
  The Learning Experience - Bon Air, 1402 Packer Crossing, Bon Air
  4:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Tuckahoe

• Book excerpt: The Heart of the Matter, Chapter 12 (henricocitizen.com)
• Nominations open for holiday assistance program for Virginia fathers (henricocitizen.com)
• Henrico Business in Brief: Oct. 12, 2026 (henricocitizen.com)

Richmond

• Matchbox Twenty stops in Richmond for 30th Anniversary tour (nbc12.com)
• 56th Richmond Oktoberfest is this weekend (12onyourside.com)
• Avula explains decision not to renew Flock contract in Richmond as police chief reports drop in murders (wtvr.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What happens when two monkeys get a divorce?" — They are banana split. (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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