🌱 How a Sunday church visit in Lanham turned into a carjacking
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In today's newsletter:
- How a Sunday church visit in Lanham turned into a carjacking
Also on today's calendar: Spring Open House and 8 more events.
Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Warmer with a shower or two, with a high of 73 and low of 49 degrees.
- Thursday: Partly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 77, low: 53.
- Friday: Increasing clouds, with a high of 81 and low of 54 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Maryland man accused of storming church, carjacking vehicle: police (fox5dc.com) — Lanham residents are learning more about a disturbing Sunday incident where a man is accused of disrupting a church service, then later taking a car with another man inside before a crash at Whitfield Chapel and Annapolis roads. No life‑threatening injuries were reported, and the suspect is being held without bond with a court date set for May 20. 
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★ Featured events ★
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Spring Open House
St. Vincent Pallotti High School, 113 St Marys Pl, Laurel
6:00 pm -
Purcellville Music and Arts Festival
250 S. Nursery Ave., Purcellville
12:00 pm
Thursday April 23
Saturday April 25
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Other local events
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Open House Second Family Nursing Services
Second Family Inc , 4600 Forbes Blvd #400 , Lanham
10:00 am -
Dwayne Adell — cured | 18th & 21st
Cured 18th & 21st , 10980 Grantchester Wy #110 , Columbia
6:00 pm -
2026 Spring Legislative Wrap-Up Breakfast
The Country Club at Woodmore , 12320 Pleasant Prospect , Mitchellville
8:30 am -
Ballet Theatre of Maryland presents "La Esmeralda"
Ballet Theatre of Maryland , Bay 4 , 1981 Moreland Pkwy building 4a , Annapolis
1:00 pm -
Music – Tears for Devere
Lone Oak Farm Brewing Company , 5000 Olney Laytonsville Rd , Olney
2:00 pm -
Tim Young — cured | 18th & 21st
Cured 18th & 21st , 10980 Grantchester Wy #110 , Columbia
6:00 pm -
Music from Maryland Traditions
Hammond-Harwood House , 19 Maryland Ave , Annapolis
7:30 pm -
Willing Heart Cathedral Skate Jam
Lanham Skate Center , 9901 Lanham Severn Rd , Lanham
4:30 pm -
Kidzturn
Trinity Assembly of God , 7800 Good Luck Rd , Lanham
7:00 pm
Thursday April 23
Friday April 24
Saturday April 25
Sunday April 26
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🗓 Events Nearby
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English Class: Beginner
Glenarden Branch Library , Small Meeting Room , Glenarden
1:00 pm -
Native Plant Giveaway
Bladensburg Branch Library Bladensburg -
4:00 pm -
Coding: Intro to Python Programming
Glenarden Branch Library , Small Meeting Room , Glenarden
5:30 pm -
Needlework Social
Bladensburg Branch Library , Bladensburg Large Meeting Room , Bladensburg
5:30 pm
Wednesday April 22
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💬 Chatter
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🗞 Nearby News
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