🌱 Hampstead’s Xavier Bowman earns all-conference soccer honors

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In today's newsletter:

• Hampstead’s Xavier Bowman earns all-conference soccer honors

Also on today's calendar: Holly Fair on Main Street and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, with a high of 63 and low of 49 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly cloudy, showers around, temps: high: 57, low: 42.
• Friday: A shower in the a.m.; breezy, with a high of 45 and low of 35 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Empire 8 Unveils 2026 Men's Soccer All-Conference Awards (empire8.com) — Hampstead’s Xavier Bowman, a Manchester Valley graduate and senior forward at Alfred University, earned second-team honors in the Empire 8’s 2026 men’s soccer awards. The selections, announced Nov. 10 and voted on by the league’s head coaches, included four Alfred players across the all-conference teams.
   

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📸 Around Hampstead

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hampstead

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday November 14

• Holly Fair on Main Street →
  Reisterstown United Methodist Church, 246 Main St, Reisterstown
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday November 12

• North Carroll Writers Group
  North Carroll Branch Library, 2255 Hanover Pike, Hampstead
  10:00 am
• Family Storytime
  North Carroll Branch Library, 2255 Hanover Pike, Hampstead
  10:00 am
• Club Friendship: Libraries Are for Everyone
  North Carroll Branch Library, 2255 Hanover Pike, Hampstead
  1:00 pm
• Crazy for Crafting
  North Carroll Branch Library, 2255 Hanover Pike, Hampstead
  6:00 pm
• Sacred Pause: An Evening Ritual →
  Inspired By Yoga, 4500 Black Rock Road, Hampstead
  6:45 pm

Friday November 13

• Read and Play
  North Carroll Branch Library, 2255 Hanover Pike, Hampstead
  10:00 am
• Chair Yoga at the Library
  North Carroll Branch Library, 2255 Hanover Pike, Hampstead
  11:30 am

Monday November 16

• Read and Play
  North Carroll Branch Library, 2255 Hanover Pike, Hampstead
  10:00 am
• Alphabet Train
  North Carroll Branch Library, 2255 Hanover Pike, Hampstead
  11:00 am

Tuesday November 17

• North Carroll Ask a Master Gardener
  North Carroll Branch Library, 2255 Hanover Pike, Hampstead
  9:30 am
• Move & Groove Storytime
  North Carroll Branch Library, 2255 Hanover Pike, Hampstead
  10:00 am
• North Carroll Needle and Fiber Arts
  North Carroll Branch Library, 2255 Hanover Pike, Hampstead
  1:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Cargill posted a job opening for Machine Operator in Hampstead. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Westminster

• Gladys Marion Britton (leesburg-news.com)
• Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026 (sewardindependent.com)
• From flight testing to quantum computing, 5 Maryland counties define their tech niches (technical.ly)

Reisterstown

• Baltimore County's new council members have plans for development, grocery stores and roads (baltimoresun.com)

Owings Mills

• Maryland Horse Library To Show Award-Winning 'Dakota 38' (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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