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Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)
• Economic Development, Homeless Solutions Center of Department Day Trips: Community Connections Visit to Montgomery County (maryland.gov) — Takoma Park is getting a major boost as the state helps fund renovation of the historic Takoma Park Bank into a new distillery and cocktail bar for Sangfroid Distilling, backed by $150,000 in revitalization funds. During a Montgomery County visit, housing secretary Jake Day met with local leaders on homelessness and Purple Line development, then joined Takoma Park officials to highlight this investment in the city's small-business economy.
• Two students from Takoma Park university killed in crash with dump truck (bethesdamagazine.com) — Two Washington Adventist University students from Takoma Park were killed in a crash with a dump truck in Delaware, a tragedy that will deeply affect many local classmates and neighbors. The brief roundup also notes a fatal Beltway incident in Kensington and a new free math tutoring program for teens at Rockville Memorial Library, which Takoma Park families can register for now.
• J'Nai Bridges & Sphinx Virtuosi to Headline Opening of Anna H. Wang Concert Series' 2026-27 Season (operawire.com) — A major classical concert is headed to Takoma Park this fall, with Grammy-winning mezzo-soprano J'Nai Bridges and the Sphinx Virtuosi performing at Takoma Park Seventh Day Adventist Church on October 24. The program will feature a new song cycle, "Declaration," plus works by several composers, with a pre-concert talk by composer Damien Geter and a partnership with the Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Black eyed peas can sing us a song but chick peas can only hummus one. (Thank you Bev H. for sending it in!)
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