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🌱 Patch AM: What this FBI court ruling could mean for Greenbelt’s future skyline.
And on the Greenbelt Patch calendar - Michael Grasso Music - Not 2 Cool Jazz: 4th Saturday Jazz Jam
Hey there, Greenbelt! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- What this FBI court ruling could mean for Greenbelt's future skyline.
- How do Greenbelt's Outstanding Citizens really shape everyday community life?
- How a failed rescue near Greenbelt could doom a NASA telescope
Also on today's calendar: Beyond Basics Homeschool Tutorial and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 83 and low of 67 degrees.
- Friday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 78, low: 68.
- Saturday: Humid with rain and a t-storm, with a high of 81 and low of 67 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Greenbelt Back as FBI Home; Court Rejects 'Unlawful' Plan (greenbeltnewsreview.com) — A federal judge has reinstated Greenbelt as the likely site of the new FBI headquarters, overturning a Trump-era plan to move the project into downtown D.C. Maryland officials say the decision restores hundreds of millions in funding and could bring thousands of jobs and billions in economic impact to Prince George's County, with Greenbelt at the center of the project. 
2. Greenbelt Rotary Recognizes City's Outstanding Citizens (greenbeltnewsreview.com) — Greenbelt residents recently honored 11 past Outstanding Citizens at a packed Community Center event hosted by the Greenbelt Rotary Club, ahead of naming the 2026 honoree at Labor Day. Speakers reflected on decades of volunteer work, from environmental projects and youth programs to the Greenbelt News Review and Labor Day Festival, and invited Outstanding Citizens to help preserve local history through new oral history interviews.
3. Rescue mission is called off for NASA's aging Swift space telescope (newser.com) — NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt plays a key role in a now-canceled mission to rescue the aging Swift space telescope, whose instruments were shut down earlier this year. After technical problems with a private rescue spacecraft, Swift is expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere, while Goddard-based teams and partners pivot to testing future satellite-saving technologies.
4. Ex-Fauci Adviser Pleads Guilty on COVID-Related Charges (newser.com) — A former senior adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci will be sentenced in federal court in Greenbelt this November after pleading guilty to conspiring to conceal federal records tied to COVID-19 research grants. Prosecutors say Dr. David Morens used private email and destroyed documents to evade transparency laws, while House Republicans' probe into the pandemic's origins helped bring his actions to light.
5. Former Fauci adviser pleads guilty to conspiring to conceal COVID records (detroitnews.com) — Federal court in Greenbelt was the setting Tuesday as former Fauci adviser David Morens pleaded guilty to conspiring to evade public records laws on COVID-19 research grants. He faces up to five years in prison, while intelligence agencies and politicians continue to clash over the pandemic's origins and lab-leak theories.
📸 Around Greenbelt
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Greenbelt
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★ Featured events ★
- Michael Grasso Music - Not 2 Cool Jazz: 4th Saturday Jazz Jam →
New Deal Cafe, 113 Centerway, Greenbelt
2:00 pm
Saturday August 22
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Other local events
- Professional Duty Days for All Teachers
Margaret Brent Regional All Schools and Centers - Fresh Voices Open Mic
Spaulding Branch Library Spauldings - Large Meeting Room
4:00 pm - Junior Ranger Days
Greenbelt National Park Greenbelt Park Ranger Station - 6565 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20770. Upon your arrival at the park entrance, follow signs for the Park Ranger Station and the Campground.
10:00 am - Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 3-5
Bladensburg Branch Library Bladensburg -
10:30 am - Student Orientation Day, Half Day
Chapel Forge Early Childhood Center All Schools and Centers - Student Orientation Day, Half-Day
Margaret Brent Regional All Schools and Centers - Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 0-2
New Carrollton Branch Library New Carrollton -
10:30 am - Beyond Basics Homeschool Tutorial →
9811 Mallard Dr, Laurel
10:00 am
Friday August 21
Saturday August 22
Monday August 24
Monday September 14
📣 Greenbelt Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- YFS Seniors Event →
City of College Park Seniors City Facilities > College Park Woods Club - 3545 Marlbrough Way Su
9:30 am - 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 2-3
Hyattsville Branch Library Hyattsville -
10:30 am
Thursday August 20
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Burger King posted a job opening for Team Member in Greenbelt. Apply here.
- PetSmart posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate Part Time in Greenbelt. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Greenbelt here.
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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