🌱 MoCo Recreation Summer Camps (Registration Required) and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Safety & The Disability Community at East Columbia 50+ Senior Center

Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 80 and low of 65 degrees.
• Friday: A shower and t-storm; humid, temps: high: 77, low: 69.
• Saturday: Humid with rain and a t-storm, with a high of 79 and low of 66 degrees.

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Thursday August 20
• Safety & The Disability Community →
  East Columbia 50+ Senior Center, 6610 Cradlerock Way, Columbia
  6:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 20
• MoCo Recreation Summer Camps (Registration Required)
  Wheaton Hills Community Center Wheaton Community Recreation Center
  9:00 am
• YFS Seniors Event →
  City of College Park Seniors City Facilities > College Park Woods Club - 3545 Marlbrough Way Su
  9:30 am
• Union Station Drop Off, DC →
  Laurel, MD Calendar Laurel, MD 20707
  10:00 am
• Caseworker in the Library
  Spaulding Branch Library Spauldings - Group Study Room 1
  10:00 am
• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 0-2
  Laurel Branch Library Laurel - Large Meeting Room B
  10:30 am
• Spanish-English Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 3-5
  Beltsville Branch Library Beltsville - Program Room
  10:30 am
• Playday at the Library
  Spaulding Branch Library Spauldings - Large Meeting Room
  11:00 am
• Laurel Farmer's Market →
  Laurel, MD Calendar, 378 Main Street, Laurel
  3:00 pm
• Basketball Youth Drop In (ages 11-17)
  Wheaton Hills Community Center Wheaton Community Recreation Center
  4:15 pm
• Pickleball - Adults 18+ Drop-In
  Wheaton Hills Community Center Wheaton Community Recreation Center
  6:00 pm
Friday August 21
• Professional Duty Days for All Teachers
  James E. Duckworth Regional All Schools and Centers
• Walk the Streets of Early Rockville
  Montgomery Preservation Inc 8100 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910
  10:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Burtonsville

• Restaurant and Gas Station Burglaries Included in August 18 Crime Summary (mocoshow.com)

Columbia

• Columbia House ends after decades of mail-order music (wbaltv.com)
• Summer ICE surge: Maryland immigrant advocacy group confirms more than 200 calls to hotline since July (wmar2news.com)

Ellicott City

• Main Street Music Fest Returns To Old Ellicott City (patch.com)

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