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🌱 Patch AM: How new McComas Avenue changes could affect your daily walk in Wheaton
And check out Welcome to the Newsletter on the Wheaton Patch calendar
Hey there, Wheaton! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How new McComas Avenue changes could affect your daily walk in Wheaton
- Did a winning $10,000 Racetrax ticket come from your Wheaton visit?
- What Friendship Heights' new plan, debated in Wheaton, could change next
Also on today's calendar: Welcome to the Newsletter and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 87 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Humid with clouds and sun, temps: high: 83, low: 58.
- Saturday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, with a high of 77 and low of 64 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Montgomery County completes pedestrian safety project in Wheaton (wtop.com) — New traffic-calming upgrades along McComas Avenue are now in place to make walking and biking safer for Wheaton residents, especially students near Stephen Knolls Elementary. County leaders say this first phase of the McComas Avenue Greenway adds sidewalks, clearer crosswalks, and markings that slow drivers, with future phases planned to better connect neighborhood streets to downtown Wheaton. 
• $210K lottery ticket sold at Maryland convenience store tops week of big wins (shorenewsnetwork.com) — A Racetrax ticket worth more than $10,000 was sold in Wheaton, putting a sizable unclaimed prize in play for one local lottery player. It's part of a big week for Maryland Lottery winners, including a $210,745 FAST PLAY jackpot in West Friendship and more than $30 million in prizes statewide.
• Friendship Heights residents are calling on planners to protect the urban area's green spaces (wtop.com) — Montgomery County planners recently held one of two public hearings at their Wheaton headquarters on an updated sector plan for Friendship Heights, drawing more than 40 speakers. Residents are split between concerns over taller buildings and hopes for more housing and economic activity, as the county revisits a master plan last updated in 1998.
📸 Around Wheaton
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wheaton
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★ Featured events ★
- Welcome to the Newsletter →
Metropolitan Avenue, Metropolitan Ave, Kensington
9:00 am - Free JSSA Montgomery County Virtual 50+ Employment Expo - Register today! →
10:00 am
Saturday September 19
Tuesday September 22
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Other local events
- Basketball Adults 18+ Drop In
Bauer Drive Community Recreation Center
7:30 pm - Pickleball Beginner Instruction Adults 55+ Drop In
Bauer Drive Community Recreation Center
9:00 am - Youth Volleyball (registration required)
Bauer Drive Community Recreation Center
9:00 am - FRITAY NIGHT with LOKAL →
Citadel Creole Cuisine, 11300 Fern Street, Wheaton-Glenmont - Walk With A Doc (September) →
Brookside Gardens, 1800 Glenallan Ave, Wheaton
11:00 am - Walk With A Doc →
Brookside Gardens, 1800 Glenallan Ave, Wheaton
11:00 am - Robotics Boot Camp at Wheaton Library- Media Lab →
Wheaton Library, 11701 Georgia Ave, Wheaton
1:00 pm - Hispanic Heritage Month Unity Festival →
M-NCPPC Wheaton Headquarters, 2425 Reedie Drive, Wheaton
2:00 pm - DMV's Longest Running Jazz Jam sponsored by PRJC →
Alfio's La Trattoria, 4515 Willard Ave, Chevy Chase
2:30 pm - Vendor Members Group & the Markets of CRAFTS GALORE! →
Held at Grace Lutheran of Lutherville, 8601 Valleyfield Rd, LUTHVLE TIMON, MD, 21093
9:30 am
Thursday September 17
Friday September 18
Saturday September 19
Sunday September 27
Saturday October 3
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🗞 Nearby News
Kensington
- Two students from Takoma Park university killed in crash with dump truck (bethesdamagazine.com)
Silver Spring
- Federal Judge Blocks Maryland From Enforcing Prohibition On Concealed Carry in Silver Spring Synagogue (shootingnewsweekly.com)
- Silver Spring man convicted for 2024 murder of man found shot in alley (dcnewsnow.com)
- Grassroots Judicial Report—September 16, 2026 (thegunmag.com)
Rockville
- MoCo Man Charged Over Deadly Sports Bar Shooting: Police (patch.com)
- Police Release Sketch Of Man Wanted For Attempted Rockville Kidnapping (patch.com)
- Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard To Take Over Former Rockville Restaurant (patch.com)
Ok Wheaton! 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: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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