🌱 Patch AM: How new state park funds will reshape Queensbury Road’s rain garden

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In today's newsletter:

• How new state park funds will reshape Queensbury Road's rain garden

Also on today's calendar: The W. Allen Taylor Quintet and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call cows dancing in the dark 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Not as warm with sunny spells, with a high of 77 and low of 67 degrees.
• Sunday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 83, low: 63.
• Monday: Not as warm with a t-storm, with a high of 73 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Board of Public Works approves $9.3 million for outdoor facilities and land conservation in Baltimore City and 12 counties (nottinghammd.com) — Riverdale Park is slated to receive state funding to restore a rain garden along Queensbury Road, part of a $9.3 million package for parks and green spaces across Maryland. The project aims to improve local stormwater management and neighborhood green space while other counties gain new trails, playgrounds, and community gardens through the Board of Public Works' latest approvals.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Riverdale Park

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday September 27
• The W. Allen Taylor Quintet →
  Takoma Station Tavern, 6914 4th St NW, Washington
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• Admissions Open House →
  Edmund Burke School, 4101 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Monday September 21
• Positively Moving - Presented by ArtStream Held in Meeting Room 2
  New Carrollton Branch Library New Carrollton -
  10:30 am
• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 0-2
  New Carrollton Branch Library New Carrollton -
  10:30 am
• Health Insurance Enrollment Clinic
  New Carrollton Branch Library New Carrollton - Conference Room
  11:00 am
• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 2-3
  New Carrollton Branch Library New Carrollton -
  11:30 am
• Craft and Create: Fabric-Covered Mini Journals
  New Carrollton Branch Library New Carrollton - Large meeting room 1
  2:00 pm
• Craft and Create: Celia Cruz Dancing Dolls
  Spaulding Branch Library Spauldings - Large Meeting Room
  4:00 pm
• Computer Basics: Open Lab
  Bladensburg Branch Library Bladensburg - BL Activity Room
  4:00 pm
• DIVORCECARE - Virtual →
  7:00 pm
Tuesday September 22
• FREE WEBINAR | "Under a Golden Sky: The Mosaics of Florence Baptistry" →
  Online
  11:30 am
• English Conversation Club
  Bladensburg Branch Library Bladensburg - BL Activity Room
  1:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

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• 2 arrested in fatal shooting of Adelphi man in Hyattsville (foxbaltimore.com)

College Park

• New Retail, Housing, Businesses Make College Park Greater This Fall (umd.edu)

Bowie

• Suspect Charged In Brentwood Boy's Death 33 Years Later (patch.com)
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• Suspect Sought In Adelphi Fatal Shooting (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Night Moo-s (Thank you John S. for sending it in!)
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