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🌱 Patch AM: Why Greenbelt parents are stuck in hours‑long school pickup lines
Coming up on the Greenbelt Patch calendar: Bryce's Treehouse Hosts Inaugural International Overdose Awareness Day Event in Bowie – Aug. 30
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:
- Why Greenbelt parents are stuck in hours‑long school pickup lines
- How a Greenbelt federal case exposed a multimillion‑dollar PPP fraud scheme
- Why Greenbelt's federal courthouse is central to Trump's latest court battle
Also on today's calendar: Bryce's Treehouse Hosts Inaugural International Overdose Awareness Day Event in Bowie – Aug. 30 and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What has a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 83 and low of 66 degrees.
- Sunday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-shower, temps: high: 88, low: 70. 🌶 Hot!
- Monday: Sunshine and hot, with a high of 91 and low of 69 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. More school bus issues plague parents in Prince George's County (dcnewsnow.com) — Parents in Greenbelt are enduring hours‑long car lines and confusion as Prince George's County Public Schools struggle to assign buses, especially at the newly combined Dora Kennedy French Immersion and Robert Goddard Montessori campus. With thousands of students affected and no clear timeline for fixes, families are juggling work, long waits, and uncertainty while the district scrambles to sort out routes. 
2. Tax Fraud Blotter: Get your stolen checks here (accountingtoday.com) — A federal case out of Greenbelt details how a Hyattsville woman admitted helping file at least 120 fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program loan applications totaling more than $2.3 million. Prosecutors say she used a Silver Spring tax business to recruit clients and submit fake documents, and now faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
3. Trump birthright citizenship order faces new court challenge (diyatvusa.com) — A major legal fight over President Trump's latest birthright citizenship order is unfolding at the federal courthouse in Greenbelt, where Judge Deborah Boardman refused to immediately block the policy but fast-tracked a challenge. Immigrant rights groups can now add the 2026 order to their existing lawsuit, setting up a high‑stakes constitutional battle that could draw continued attention to Greenbelt's federal court.
4. This Week In Waste – August 28, 2026 (cagw.org) — A federal judge's ruling may push the government back toward building a brand‑new FBI headquarters in Greenbelt instead of retrofitting the Reagan Building in D.C. The roundup also covers a Maryland court overturning the state's digital ad tax, national broadband funding approvals, and new federal efforts to modernize technology and fight fraud.
📸 Around Greenbelt
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Greenbelt
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★ Featured events ★
- Bryce's Treehouse Hosts Inaugural International Overdose Awareness Day Event in Bowie – Aug. 30 →
Kenhill Center, 2614 Kenhill Dr, Bowie
2:00 pm - Bryce's Treehouse Hosts Inaugural International Overdose Awareness Day Event in Bowie – Aug. 30 →
Kenhill Center, 2614 Kenhill Dr, Bowie
2:00 pm - High Holidays at Mishkan Torah →
Mishkan Torah Synagogue, 10 Ridge Rd, Greenbelt
9:00 pm
Sunday August 30
Friday September 11
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Other local events
- Launching a local fitness motivation system (and looking for 3 testers) →
9:00 am - "I know what to do, I just don't do it." →
9:00 am - Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 0-2
New Carrollton Branch Library New Carrollton -
10:30 am - Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 2-3
New Carrollton Branch Library New Carrollton -
11:30 am - Computer Basics: Open Lab
Bladensburg Branch Library Bladensburg - BL Activity Room
4:00 pm - Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 2-3
Greenbelt Branch Library Greenbelt - Program Room
12:15 pm - Free HIV and Syphilis Screening
Bladensburg Branch Library Bladensburg -
1:00 pm - English Conversation Club
Bladensburg Branch Library Bladensburg - BL Activity Room
1:00 pm - Greenbelt Labor Day Festival →
, Greenbelt
6:00 pm
Monday August 31
Tuesday September 1
Saturday September 5
📣 Greenbelt Shout Outs!
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Costco Wholesale Corporation posted a job opening for Service Deli Clerk in Lanham. Apply here.
- Taco Bell posted a job opening for Late Night Team Member in Beltsville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Greenbelt here.
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: A bottle (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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