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Tuesday June 2nd Patch AM

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In today's newsletter:

  • Why Laurel’s council backed the newspaper but blocked a $1M housing plan
  • How Laurel engineers are helping NASA’s Dragonfly survive Titan’s brutal conditions

Also on today's calendar: Savage Fest and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why does my coffee taste like dirt? 🤔 (Answer below!)


Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 75 and low of 51 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 81, low: 54.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 87 and low of 61 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

📰 News we're reading

• Laurel City Council restores funding to The Laurel Independent (streetcarsuburbs.news) — Laurel’s City Council has overridden Mayor Keith Sydnor’s vetoes, restoring $45,000 in city funding for The Laurel Independent while again removing $1 million for a proposed housing assistance program. After weeks of debate and a packed Municipal Center meeting, councilmembers pledged to keep working with the mayor and community on how best to support local renters and information access.    

• NASA's Dragonfly Flight System Faces Heat (nasa.gov) — Laurel gets a notable shout-out as Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory engineers there continue integrating and testing key systems for NASA’s Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s moon Titan. Recent trials in New Mexico showed the spacecraft’s new PICA-D heat shield material can withstand extreme temperatures, while APL teams in Laurel fine-tune Dragonfly’s high‑gain antenna that will beam science data back to Earth after its planned 2028 launch.    


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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • OWNER FOUND!!
    Thank you all! #reunited Is anyone missing their puppy? Light brown male (not neutered), maybe a few months old. He was wandering Old Scaggsville… (Nextdoor High Ridge)
  • 11:00 PM now!
    A your small white & black dog on Muirkirk near grade school off road. (Nextdoor Montpelier Hills)
  • Carrols Corporation posted a job opening for Team Member in Beltsville. Apply here.
  • Johnston & Murphy posted a job opening for Part-Time Stock Associate in Columbia. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Laurel here.

🗞 Nearby News

Beltsville

Greenbelt

  • Roman Space Telescope Passes Critical Inspection, Next Stop Florida (talkoftitusville.com)
  • NASA's Roman telescope could reveal 100,000 hidden worlds (sciencedaily.com)
  • Weekend Recap: Acro Burgas World Cup • USA Gymnastics (usagym.org)

Columbia

  • Middle Schoolers Make History Placing 10th In National Science Tournament (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It was just ground this morning (Thank you Robin C. for sending it in!)Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!


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