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🌱 County Receives Grants To Keep Maryland Beautiful + PGCPS Mandate

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Alexis Goring, Neighbor
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Happy Tuesday, people of Laurel! Here's everything you need to know going on locallytoday.

First, today's weather:

Warmer; a morning shower. High: 74 Low: 54.

Here are the top three stories today in Laurel:

  1. Forever Maryland recently announced the awarding of 85 grants totaling $320,000 have been awarded toward environmental education, community cleanup and beautification projects through the Keep Maryland Beautiful program. Keep Maryland Beautiful recipients includes schools, nonprofit groups, municipalities and land trusts in 20 counties. Eight grants were given to Prince George's County. (SoMdNews.com)
  2. Businesses in the Laurel area are hiring! Read this round-up of some of the best local job openings listed within the past week. Looking for full-time or part-time work? This list of recently posted jobs in the Laurel region to help job seekers navigate the current landscape. (Laurel Patch)
  3. Students in Prince George's County are required to take a coronavirus test and upload results before returning from spring break. Monica Goldson, the CEO of Prince George's County Public Schools, said all students will receive COVID-19 home test kits by the end of the week. Results must be shared before students are scheduled to return April 19. (WTOP)

Today in Laurel:

  • Photography & Words: A Workshop for Family Caregivers in Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library in NW D.C.—This workshop is for family caregivers and others who want to learn a way to help with any loved ones who need care. In conjunction with IONA Senior Services, we offer "Photography & Words: A Workshop for Family Caregivers". It is a four-part workshop offers family caregivers an opportunity to process the day-to-day experience, as well as a time for reflection. Sharing archival images and making new ones, participants add words and find a space for conversation, listening and enjoying a time-out. Anyone is welcome to join the group. It is ideal if you are currently a caregiver, but participants can relate the material to any loved one. Materials and cameras provided. Karen Ruckman is a photographer and workshop teacher. She has worked in the nation's capital photographing decision makers. Emma Pearce is a D.C.-based producer, writer, and editor. (3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.)
  • Tuesday Happy Hour and Open Mic at 5 Sisters Restaurant in Laurel (4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.)
  • Vegan Fast Food Fare—Cooking healthy doesn't mean you have to sacrifice bold and fresh flavors. You can learn how to perfect lighter fare during Baltimore cooking classes on healthy food. Join a professional chef in the kitchen for an evening preparing an array of healthy options that'll please not only your taste buds but also your wellbeing. Expand your culinary horizons while improving your lifestyle with a healthy cooking class in Baltimore; you'll be so happy you did. (7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.)
  • Mean Girls at the Kennedy Center in NW D.C.—Cady Heron may have grown up on an African savanna, but nothing prepared her for the vicious ways of her strange new home: suburban Illinois. Soon, this naïve newbie falls prey to a trio of lionized frenemies led by the charming but ruthless Regina George. But when Cady devises a plan to end Regina's reign, she learns the hard way that you can't cross a Queen Bee without getting stung. Direct from Broadway, Mean Girls is the hilarious hit musical from an award-winning creative team, including book writer Tina Fey (30 Rock), composer Jeff Richmond (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), lyricist Nell Benjamin (Legally Blonde), and director Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon). (7:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

  • Laurel Police Department: This week is National Public Safety Telecommunications Week. This is a week to honor those brave women and men who answer the call in times of crisis.(Facebook)
  • City of Laurel - Government: Save Water, Win Money! Make your pledge to conserve water and save energy during Earth Month and you can win $3,000 toward your annual utility bills, water saving fixtures, and hundreds of prizes. (Facebook)
  • Nextdoor Neighbor, South Laurel/Beltsville: I want to share information on the house cleaning service I have used for 17 years! I tried out four different cleaners/services before my neighbor highly recommended Orbelina. She is amazing! (Nextdoor)
  • Nextdoor Neighbor, Victoria Falls: Here are the ducks enjoying the "seaman pond" in my backyard on Paperbark Terrace in Victoria Falls. (Nextdoor)
  • Nextdoor Neighbor, Old Sandy Spring Road: Need recommendations for a place to donate clothes. (Nextdoor)
  • Nextdoor Neighbor, High Ridge: Could someone please recommend a company to remove birds in the ceiling? (Nextdoor)
  • Nextdoor Neighbor, North Laurel Road: Thank you to the gentleman who paid for my gas tonight at the Shell gas station on All Saints Road. I was having trouble with my debit card and feeling beyond frustrated. (Nextdoor)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Tuesday. I'll be back in your inbox tomorrow with another update!

— Alexis Goring

About me: My name is Alexis A. Goring. I'm a Bowie area resident with a pulse for people, news and feature stories! I've worked as a freelance writer/editor/proofreader in the media industry for 15 years. I'm also a published author, experienced blogger, and founder of Writer at Heart Editorial Services. Visit my website for more details about me and my work. Here's the link: https://alexisagoring.jimdofree.com.

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