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In today's newsletter:

  • Can Bowie State women's hoops outperform their third-place preseason ranking?
  • Bowie-raised scientist wins $300K NASA prize for Mars food system
  • How will the new Sphere replace Bowie's lost Six Flags revenue?

Also on today's calendar: Live Arts Maryland Presents A Concert for Peace and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, with a high of 78 and low of 45 degrees.
  • Friday: Sunny and beautiful, temps: high: 73, low: 49.
  • Saturday: Sun through high clouds, with a high of 72 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Bowie State Women's Basketball Selected Third in 2026–27 CIAA Preseason Poll (bsubulldogs.com) — Bowie fans can look forward to another strong season as Bowie State's women's basketball team is picked third in the CIAA preseason poll after last year's division title. Senior guard and Bowie native Malaka Cobb made the Preseason All-CIAA Team, returning as a key scoring leader for a defense-focused squad eyeing another deep conference run.
   

• Chinyere Ukeje Wins $300K NASA Competition for Space Food Systems (theinnercitynews.com) — A young innovator who grew up in Bowie has just won a $300,000 NASA prize for designing a new food system to feed astronauts on long Mars missions. Now a graduate student at Johns Hopkins, she proposed turning compact food cubes into customizable meals using portable electric lunch boxes, and plans to invest part of her winnings into further food technology research.
   

• Prince George's Co. Council votes to advance billion-dollar Sphere project (wtop.com) — Prince George's County leaders just advanced a massive $1.4 billion Sphere entertainment venue at National Harbor, arguing it will more than replace tax revenue lost from Six Flags' closure in Bowie and the Commanders' planned exit from Landover. The council approved bond financing and a labor peace deal, but rejected guarantees that 40% of construction work go to union labor, frustrating some organized labor groups.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Crofton

  • MD Highway Worker Hospitalized After Car Crashes Into Work Zone: State Police (patch.com)

Landover

  • Tropical Storm Isaias: Remnants could bring rain to DC region this weekend (fox5dc.com)
  • John F. McKenzie, 92, (smnewsnet.com)
  • New York Giants injury report: Malik Nabers, Andrew Thomas miss practice (usatoday.com)

Greenbelt

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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