Morning Notes for Oct. 29: Today and this week, Around town

Weather: Today: Sunny, 73°F. Tonight: Clear, 50°F. Friday: Sunny, 72°F. Friday Night: Mostly clear, 40°F. (NWS forecast)

Today and this week

• Whiskey Wednesday Guided Tasting with Dan at Vault & Cellar Wed. Nov. 4, 6 p.m.; Vault & Cellar; 7843 Main Street, Middletown; $52.00 (Winchester-Frederick County Convention & Visitors Bureau)
• You Should Be Dancing! Wed. Nov. 4, 7 p.m.; Vibrissa; 10 N Kent St, Winchester (Winchester-Frederick County Convention & Visitors Bureau)
• Things to Fear Film Festival Sat. Oct. 31, 4 p.m.; Alamo Drafthouse Cinema; 181 Kernstown Commons Blvd., Winchester (Winchester-Frederick County Convention & Visitors Bureau)
• Haunted History Ghost Tour Sat. Oct. 31, 6 p.m.; South Entrance of Loudoun Street Mall; 141 S. Loudoun Street (Winchester-Frederick County Convention & Visitors Bureau)
• Casino Night Fri. Oct. 30, 7 p.m.; Millwood Station Special Event Center; 252 Costello Drive, Winchester (Winchester-Frederick County Convention & Visitors Bureau)
• 2026 Holiday Parade Applications Open 29 Oct 2026 It's time to start planning for one of Winchester's favorite holiday traditions! Applications are now being accepted for participants in this year's Holiday Parade. We (City of Winchester calendar)
• Planning and Economic Development Committee Meeting 29 Oct 2026 A committee of the Winchester Common Council. Meets monthly at 4:00PM on the last Thursday of each month, unless otherwise noticed, in the Rouss City Hall Zuckerman Roo (City of Winchester calendar)
• Strategic Planning Committee Meeting 02 Nov 2026 A committee of the Winchester City Council. The primary function of the Strategic Planning Committee is to assist City Staff with the development of initiatives and upd (City of Winchester calendar)

Around town

• Former Hornet Carl Joseph on Resilience, Fuel, and Entrepreneurship When Carl Joseph played running back for Shenandoah University (2011–2013), his life centered on speed, discipline, and execution. But inside a classroom, an offhand lesson in a sp (Shenandoah University)
• Shenandoah Continues Voter Education Efforts As An Ask Every Student Commitment Campus By Samantha Scott ’27 In the Fall 2026 term, Shenandoah University obtained a grant of $4,500 from Ask Every Student (AES), a nonprofit organization committed to teaching students (Shenandoah University)
• Shenandoah School of Business Graduates Join Inaugural Virginia Athletics Foundation Intern Cohort Shenandoah University’s School of Business has always taken pride in preparing students to step straight from the classroom into high-impact roles. That tradition continues with th (Shenandoah University)
• SU Acting Graduate Bevin Taylor ’25 Wins Best Oral Advocate at Scalia Law School Acting skills are proving to be a superpower for Bevin Taylor ’25, who recently received the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University’s prestigious Thacher Best Oral Ad (Shenandoah University)
• Shenandoah Career Switchers Win Teaching Accolades Before being named a 2026 finalist for Fairfax County Public Schools’ Outstanding Secondary Teacher of the Year, Jason Marsh had a 29-year career in IT financing and asset manageme (Shenandoah University) Morning Notes is a daily digest of what Winchester’s public bodies published, linked to the original. Have something for tomorrow’s Notes? Send a news tip.