🌱 Patch AM: What’s happening at this year’s Greenbelt Labor Day Festival?

Hello Greenbelt! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• What's happening at this year's Greenbelt Labor Day Festival?
• How is Greenbelt's NASA center steering this new space telescope?
• Why is Greenbelt's federal courthouse central to a citizenship showdown?

Also on today's calendar: High Holidays at Mishkan Torah and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the 1 way to guarantee winning a small fortune at the casino? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Sunshine, hot; a p.m. t-storm, with a high of 96 and low of 73 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Wednesday: A stray afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 93, low: 73.
• Thursday: Very hot with a thunderstorm, with a high of 97 and low of 74 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Family Fun Events in the DMV: Sept. 4-7 (washingtonfamily.com) — Greenbelt's annual Labor Day Festival returns Sept. 4–7 at the Historic Roosevelt Center, with four days of rides, games, and family activities right in town. Residents can enjoy everything from a pet show to a diaper derby and adult-focused events, all free to attend, making it one of Greenbelt's biggest community weekends of the year.
   

• NASA's Roman telescope is in space. But don't expect photos until 2027 (miamiherald.com) — NASA's new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now en route to its deep-space orbit, with mission control based at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt. Local scientists will help manage a five-year effort to map the universe, study dark energy, and hunt exoplanets, though the first public images aren't expected until late 2026 or early 2027.
   

• Federal judge allows Trump's new birthright citizenship orde (conservativejournalreview.com) — A federal judge in Greenbelt has allowed President Trump's new birthright citizenship order to remain in effect for now, while signaling skepticism and fast-tracking further legal challenges. Although the case centers on national immigration policy, it puts Greenbelt's federal courthouse at the heart of a major constitutional fight that will continue unfolding in the coming weeks.
   

📸 Around Greenbelt

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Greenbelt

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★ Featured events ★

Friday September 11
• High Holidays at Mishkan Torah →
  Mishkan Torah Synagogue, 10 Ridge Rd, Greenbelt
  9:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday September 1
• Citizenship: Study Group
  Bladensburg Branch Library Bladensburg - BL Activity Room
  5:30 pm
• Pajama Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 3-5
  New Carrollton Branch Library New Carrollton -
  7:00 pm
Wednesday September 2
• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 3-5
  Greenbelt Branch Library Greenbelt - Program Room
  12:15 pm
• Needlework Social: Knitting and Crochet
  New Carrollton Branch Library New Carrollton - Large meeting room 1
  5:30 pm
• Needlework Social
  Bladensburg Branch Library Bladensburg - Bladensburg Large Meeting Room
  5:30 pm
Thursday September 3
• Pins and Needles
  New Carrollton Branch Library New Carrollton - Large meeting room 1
  10:00 am
• Caseworker in the Library
  Spaulding Branch Library Spauldings - Group Study Room 1
  10:00 am
• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 3-5
  New Carrollton Branch Library New Carrollton -
  10:30 am
Saturday September 5
• Greenbelt Labor Day Festival →
  , Greenbelt
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 1
• Monthly Coffee Connections
  Prince George's Chamber of Commerce Integral Exploration Development Group (IEXDG) Hosted at Regus Milford Plaza I 16701 Melford Boulevard, Suite 400 Bowie, MD 20715
  9:00 am
• Pickleball - 18+ Drop-In
  Long Branch Community Rec Center Long Branch Community Center
  11:45 am
• Pins and Needles: Knitting
  Prince George's County Memorial Library System Surratts-Clinton -
  12:30 pm
• Homeschool Hangout: Welcome!
  Prince George's County Memorial Library System Largo-Kettering - Entrepreneur Lab
  12:30 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Wendy's - Flynn Group posted a job opening for Shift Leader in Greenbelt. Apply here.
• Cardinal Group Companies posted a job opening for Turn Team Member in College Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Greenbelt here.

🗞 Nearby News

College Park

• Chick-fil-A to close remaining Little Blue Menu restaurant (restaurantdive.com)
• NIH Director Says a Lot. Critics Call Much of It Misleading (insidehighered.com)
• 'We're in charge': Vietnam veteran brothers find a new way to serve on the golf course (wmar2news.com)

Beltsville

• Two of Three Federal Cyclospora Research Programs Are Shutting Down in the Middle of a Record Season (medicaldaily.com)

Bowie

• National Championship Title Beckons To 11-Year-Old Bowie Golfer (patch.com)
• 10K Students Without Buses Now Have Transportation: PGCPS Superintendent (patch.com)
• Man Arrested In Woman's 2025 Sexual Assault: Prince George's Police (patch.com)

Ok Greenbelt! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By starting with a large fortune. (Thank you Kourtney Z. for sending it in!)
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