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Mount Vernon RECenter Offers Discounts This Month

There are two days left to vote in our Best of Route 1 contest.

1. There are two days left to vote in our Battle of the Burgers. The winner will be announced on Patch on Wednesday morning.

2. January is Blood Donor Month. Did you know you can donate blood at ? To make an appointment, call 1-866-BLOODSAVES or visit Inova Blood Donor Services' website.

3. The Mount Vernon RECenter is honoring National Skating Month by offering a 10 percent discount on skating passes now until February 14th.

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4. Morning clouds will give way to sun later today, with highs reaching 47 degrees.

5. On this day in 1914, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. was founded. It was the first historically black intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity to be officially recognized at Howard University in Washington, D.C.

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