🌱 Patch AM: How a Navy nurse commander is reshaping McDaniel’s nursing program

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Navy nurse commander is reshaping McDaniel's nursing program

Also on today's calendar: Frederick Ski Swap and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Sun through high clouds, with a high of 72 and low of 57 degrees.
• Sunday: Rain, temps: high: 65, low: 62.
• Monday: Warmer; a morning shower, with a high of 73 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Six Black Scholars Appointed to New Faculty Positions (jbhe.com) — A retired U.S. Navy Nurse Corps commander has joined McDaniel College in Westminster as a new assistant professor of nursing, bringing two decades of military medical experience to local students. Her appointment is featured alongside several other Black scholars stepping into new academic leadership roles nationwide, underscoring growing diversity in higher education faculty ranks.
   

📸 Around Westminster

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Westminster

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 10
• Frederick Ski Swap →
  Frederick Fairgrounds - Home of The Great Frederick Fair, 797 E Patrick St, Frederick
  9:00 am
• Frederick World Heritage Festival →
  Carroll Creek Park, Carroll Creek Linear Park, Frederick
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday October 10
• 3rd Annual Holistic Fall Festival →
  Inner Nature, 1938 Bethel Rd, Finksburg
  10:00 am
• Dracula, A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really →
  McDaniel College, 2 College Hill, Westminster
  7:30 pm
• Professor Louie & The Crowmatix →
  The Carroll Arts Center, 91 West Main Street, Westminster
  7:30 pm
Sunday October 11
• 2026 Carroll County Agritourism Passport →
  Westminster MD
• Contemporary Worship Service →
  Grace Hall, 21 Carroll Street, Westminster
  9:00 am
• Adult Sunday School/Bible/Book Study →
  Fellowship Hall/Theater, 21 Carroll Street, Westminster
  10:00 am
Sunday October 18
• Financial Scams and How to Avoid Them →
  Church of the Ascension, 23 North Court Street, Westminster, MD 21157
  12:00 pm
Monday October 19
• Monday Night Music →
  McDaniel College, 2 College Hill, Westminster
  7:00 pm
Thursday October 22
• Oct. 22: Screening of PBS Documentary Being Mortal at The Terraces at Westminster →
  The Terraces at Westminster, 45 Washington Rd, Westminster
  3:00 pm
Friday October 23
• Trick or Terror →
  McDaniel College, 2 College Hill, Westminster
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Had dinner last nite at Collision Course, very good, they feature Soul food, to me it's just good southern cookin!!
  If u haven't been u should try it, the owner is very nice, apparently Lamar gets carry out quite often. We sat outside, really nice evening (Nextdoor Uniontown Rd/Rt 31)
• Is anyone missing a domestic rabbit?
  We saw this one near the Charles Carroll Community Center this evening. We have placed a humane trap but we're unsure where the rabbit is now. (Nextdoor Union Mills / Silver Run)

• FutureCare posted a job opening for Floor Tech in Reisterstown. Apply here.
• Chipotle posted a job opening for Crew Member in Mount Airy. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Westminster here.

🗞 Nearby News

Reisterstown

• Family pleads for justice after fatal Pikesville hit-and-run (wbaltv.com)
• Missing keys, delayed mail, and inaccurate scans: What a federal audit found at Baltimore-area post offices (wmar2news.com)

Owings Mills

• Officials Unveil Maryland's First 'Net Zero' Elementary School In Baltimore County (patch.com)
• If Lamar Jackson doesn't play, can Tyler Huntley come through again for the Ravens? (nytimes.com)
• Moore Vs. Cox: Where Maryland Governor Candidates Stand On Taxes, Jobs And Energy Costs (thebaynet.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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