🌱 Patch AM: How could new utility rules change your rent this year?

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In today's newsletter:

• How could new utility rules change your rent this year?

Also on today's calendar: Vendor Members Group & the Markets of CRAFTS GALORE! and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Cooler; a shower in the a.m., with a high of 67 and low of 59 degrees.
• Sunday: Cool with rain at times, temps: high: 63, low: 57.
• Monday: Partly sunny and warmer, with a high of 73 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Takoma Park reviews utility transfer options in rent stabilization policy (mdstatewire.com) — Takoma Park is weighing three different ways to calculate rent reductions when landlords shift utility costs to tenants, and wants your feedback. City staff will outline options ranging from detailed bill reviews to standardized utility schedules at a community meeting on October 12, both at the Community Center and online, with potential impacts on renters' monthly costs and landlords' administrative burdens.
   

📸 Around Takoma Park

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Takoma Park

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 3
• Vendor Members Group & the Markets of CRAFTS GALORE! →
  Held at Grace Lutheran of Lutherville, 8601 Valleyfield Rd, LUTHVLE TIMON, MD, 21093,
  9:30 am
Sunday October 4
• Transfiguration - Chiarina Chamber Players with Jasper String Quartet →
  St Mark's Capitol Hill, 301 A St SE, Washington
  7:30 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

Sunday October 4
• Takoma Park Farmers Market →
  Parking Lot with Entrance at 6931 Laurel Ave, 6931 Laurel Ave, Takoma Park
  9:00 am
• Takoma Park Street Festival →
  Carroll Ave in Takoma Park to Carroll Street, NW, Takoma Park
  10:00 am
• Vocal Takoma →
  Carroll Avenue at Laurel Avenue, Takoma Park
  11:00 am
• Free Adult Self-Defense Class in Takoma Park, MD →
  Dance Exchange, 7117 Maple Ave, Takoma Park
  1:30 pm
• Sugar & Spice Book Club with Alexzandra →
  People's Book, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave., Takoma Park
  5:00 pm
• Book Talk: Relative Strangers: An Anthology Panel about family secrets and DNA Surprises →
  People's Book, 7014-A Westmoreland Ave., Takoma Park
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Holy Cross Health Neuroscience Symposium →
  Holy Cross Hospital, 1500 Forest Glen Rd, Silver Spring
  8:00 am
• Frederick Ski Swap →
  Frederick Fairgrounds - Home of The Great Frederick Fair, 797 E Patrick St, Frederick
  9:00 am
Saturday October 17
• TPPC Fall Bazaar →
  Takoma Park Presbyterian Church, 310 Tulip Ave, Takoma Park
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Orangetheory Fitness, Inc. posted a job opening for Head Coach Silver Spring in Silver Spring. Apply here.
• Phenom People posted a job opening for Dietary Supervisor in Silver Spring. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Takoma Park here.

🗞 Nearby News

Silver Spring

• Tasty Tidbits: D.C.'s Toastique sets sights on Friendship Heights location (bethesdamagazine.com)
• 7 things to do in the capital region, from Boom Ball to burgers (thebanner.com)
• Maryland's most terrifying and unusual haunted houses (thebanner.com)

Potomac

• MD Native, Prominent ALS Advocate Brooke Eby Dies At 37 (patch.com)

Rockville

• Mexican-Fusion Restaurant Opens 1st Standalone Eatery In Montgomery County (patch.com)

Ok Takoma Park! 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: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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