🌱 Patch AM: Police seek witnesses after Laurel resident killed in double hit-and-run

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In today's newsletter:

• Police seek witnesses after Laurel resident killed in double hit-and-run

Also on today's calendar: Every Step Counts Autism Walk & 5K Run and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Nice with variable clouds, with a high of 74 and low of 55 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 78, low: 60.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 85 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Two Hit-Run Drivers Strike, Kill Same Laurel Man Before Both Fleeing In PG County: Police (dailyvoice.com) — A Laurel resident was killed early Sunday after being struck by two vehicles that fled while he walked along Laurel Bowie Road near Briarwood Drive. Prince George's County police are still investigating and are asking anyone with dashcam or home surveillance footage from the area to contact them to help identify the drivers involved.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Laurel

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 3
• Every Step Counts Autism Walk & 5K Run →
  Centennial Park, 10000 Clarksville Pike, Ellicott City
  9:00 am
• Vendor Members Group & the Markets of CRAFTS GALORE! →
  Held at Grace Lutheran of Lutherville, 8601 Valleyfield Rd, LUTHVLE TIMON, MD, 21093,
  9:30 am
• Dog Rescue Designer Bag & Cash Bingo →
  Elks Lodge 2266, 878 Stevenson Rd, Severn
  5:00 pm
Sunday October 11
• Harbor City Music Company Presents: The Show Must Go On! →
  Jim Rouse Theatre for the Performing Arts, 5460 Trumpeter Rd, Columbia
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday September 30
• Taste of the Towne Food Festival 2026 →
  Towne Centre at Laurel, 14828 Baltimore Avenue, Laurel
• Bulky Item and Yard Debris Collection →
  Laurel MD
  8:00 am
Thursday October 1
• Your Vote. Your Voice. →
  St Philip's Episcopal Church, 522 Main St, Laurel
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 3
• Victoria Falls 2026 Community Yard/Garage Sale →
  13701 Belle Chasse Blvd, Laurel
  10:00 am
Friday October 9
• GreyCon STEM Conference →
  11301 Springfield Rd, Laurel
  8:00 am
Saturday October 10
• Market USA Community Shred Day & Vaccination Services →
  8871 Gorman Rd, Laurel
  10:00 am
• Victoria Falls 2026 Community Craft Fair →
  13701 Belle Chasse Blvd, Laurel
  10:00 am
Sunday October 11
• Victoria Falls 2026 Community Craft Fair →
  13701 Belle Chasse Blvd, Laurel
  12:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Saw this car on my way to giant in laurel.
  Does anyone know what it is? No markings but it could be a new lucid or tesla (Nextdoor Maryland City West)
• Three nonprofits that assist migrants have launched a free online tool that gives legal advice to immigrants in detention and their families.
  The site, DetentionHelp.org, is available in English and Spanish and helps people who are being held in U.S. immigration detention centers to… (Nextdoor Greencastle Estates)

• TD Bank posted a job opening for Relationship Banker I (Laurel) in Laurel. Apply here.
• CVS Health posted a job opening for Shift Supervisor in Laurel. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Laurel here.

🗞 Nearby News

Beltsville

• Naval Aviator Honored At Pax River Change Of Command (thebaynet.com)
• Building the Digital Infrastructure to Unlock Precision Agriculture for U.S. Farmers (usda.gov)
• NASA Sent 3,400 Bees Into Space in 1984. Seven Days Later, They Had Built 200 cm² of Hexagons (dailygalaxy.com)

Greenbelt

• Credit Union With SoMd Branch Earns Workplace Honor (southernmarylandchronicle.com)
• Arctic Sea Ice Reaches 2026 Annual Minimum Extent (alaska-native-news.com)
• NASA's Roman Space Telescope Powers Up 300-Megapixel Camera (columbuspost.com)

Columbia

• 75+ Stops Along Underground Railroad Found In Maryland (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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