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🌱 MoCo Recreation Summer Camps (Registration Required) and 11 more events
Happening soon: Union Station Drop Off, DC on the Spencerville Patch calendar
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Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 81 and low of 67 degrees.
- Friday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 77, low: 68.
- Saturday: Humid with rain and a t-storm, with a high of 80 and low of 65 degrees.
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🗓 Events Nearby
- MoCo Recreation Summer Camps (Registration Required)
Wheaton Hills Community Center Wheaton Community Recreation Center
9:00 am - Union Station Drop Off, DC →
Laurel, MD Calendar Laurel, MD 20707
10:00 am - Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 0-2
Laurel Branch Library Laurel - Large Meeting Room B
10:30 am - Spanish-English Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 3-5
Beltsville Branch Library Beltsville - Program Room
10:30 am - Laurel Farmer's Market →
Laurel, MD Calendar, 378 Main Street, Laurel
3:00 pm - Basketball Youth Drop In (ages 11-17)
Wheaton Hills Community Center Wheaton Community Recreation Center
4:15 pm - Pickleball - Adults 18+ Drop-In
Wheaton Hills Community Center Wheaton Community Recreation Center
6:00 pm - Professional Duty Days for All Teachers
James E. Duckworth Regional All Schools and Centers - Tail Waggin' Tutors
Beltsville Branch Library Beltsville -
3:00 pm - Music at the Mansion →
Laurel, MD Calendar, 13910 Laurel Lakes Avenue, Laurel
5:30 pm - Basketball Adults 18+ Drop In
Wheaton Hills Community Center Wheaton Community Recreation Center
6:15 pm - Volleyball Ages 16+ Drop In
Wheaton Hills Community Center Wheaton Community Recreation Center
8:45 pm
Thursday August 20
Friday August 21
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Firefighters responded to a kitchen fire at the Scarborough Square Apartments in Rockville on Wednesday morning, with no injuries reported and all occupants displaced with help from the Red Cross.
7:34AM on Aug 19: Firefighters responded to a kitchen fire Wednesday morning at the Scarborough Square Apartments in Rockville. (Nextdoor )
- Harris Teeter posted a job opening for Part Time Bagger in Olney. Apply here.
- YMCA of Metropolitan Washington posted a job opening for YMCA Silver Spring Senior Camp Counselor 26 in Silver Spring. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Spencerville here.
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- FDA Public Meeting: Testosterone Use In Menopausal Women - 09/17/2026 (fda.gov)
- Trump taps White House adviser to run FDA after months of tumult (kentucky.com)
- Ultragenyx's gene therapy for rare metabolic disorder secures US FDA nod (thenewstribune.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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