🌱 What could Beltsville lose if USDA shutters its research center?
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- What could Beltsville lose if USDA shutters its research center?
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Today's riddle: Who is taller, Mr Bigger or Mr Bigger's son? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Friday: Increasing cloudiness, with a high of 61 and low of 45 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Maryland Lawmakers Push Back As USDA Moves To Shut Down Beltsville Facility (thebaynet.com) — Beltsville residents face major uncertainty as the USDA plans to decommission the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, a massive campus in Prince George’s County that supports about 1,000 Maryland jobs. Federal officials say they’ll move research programs nationwide for efficiency, while Maryland lawmakers are pushing back, demanding cost details, workforce impact projections, and a clear timeline before the facility can be shut down. 
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42 Lakeside Yard Sale →
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English Class: Beginner / Clases básicas de inglés
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YFS Seniors Event →
College Park Woods Club, 3545 Marlbrough Way Suite 201, College Park
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SpanishEnglish Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 35
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Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 23
Spaulding Branch Library Spauldings - Storytime Barn
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11720 Beltsville Dr, 11720 Beltsville Dr, Beltsville
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Play and Learn
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Play and Learn
Spaulding Branch Library Spauldings - Storytime Barn
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CBE Solar Info Meeting →
Davis Hall, 9217 51st Avenue, College Park
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Wednesday April 29
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Friday May 1
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City of College Park, Maryland Calendar College Park, MD 20740
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Basketball - 18+ Drop-in
Long Branch Community Center
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Recreational Swim
Martin Luther King Swim Center
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Wednesday April 29
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🗞 Nearby News
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: His son; he's just a little Bigger. (Thank you Joe Y. for sending it in!)
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