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🌱 Patch AM: Discover why Brookside Gardens might be your best free family day.

Spotted on the Silver Spring calendar: MAA Paint the Town Art Exhibit and Sale

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Morning Silver Spring! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Discover why Brookside Gardens might be your best free family day.

Also on today's calendar: MAA Paint the Town Art Exhibit and Sale and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: How fast is milk when you pour it? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 81 and low of 56 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 80, low: 59.
  • Wednesday: A shower in the afternoon, with a high of 83 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Affordable Maryland Family Adventures That Won't Break the Bank (myfamilytravels.com) — One of the most budget-friendly family adventures highlighted is Brookside Gardens, a free 50-acre public display garden tucked inside Wheaton Regional Park in Silver Spring. The guide also rounds up other low-cost Maryland day trips, from state parks and beaches to historic districts and wildlife refuges, all focused on stretching family fun without stretching your wallet.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Looking to rehome these two bonded cats.
    Whiskey (black, male, ~5), Tennessee (tortilla, female, ~3). An elderly friend of a friend took them in a year ago, when they were being rehomed (I… (Nextdoor Dumont Oaks)
  • Holy Moley.
    It's 75°, sunny and the Olney Farmers Market is POPPING!!!! Dozens of vendors and hundreds of people. Come out. Open until 1. (Nextdoor Layhill View)
  • Didlake posted a job opening for Janitor in Silver Spring. Apply here.
  • Goodwin Recruiting posted a job opening for Restaurant Sous Chef in Silver Spring. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Silver Spring here.

🗞 Nearby News

Takoma Park

  • Almost a dozen cars broken into in Takoma Park overnight (dcnewsnow.com)

Chevy Chase

  • The Cannabist Company Retail Associate (part-time) in Chevy Chase, MD (mlive.com)
  • Marcus Ericsson speaks with LIWKNN ahead of Freedom 250 Grand Prix (foxsports1340am.com)

Ok Silver Spring! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It's "Pasturized" before you know it! (Thank you Judy M. for sending it in!)
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