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🌱 Patch AM: Which Catonsville liquor store just sold a $10,000 lottery ticket?
Also, don't miss Yoga For Recovery on the Catonsville Patch calendar
Coffee in hand, Catonsville? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Which Catonsville liquor store just sold a $10,000 lottery ticket?
- How a deadly Catonsville raid shaped this retiring SWAT leader’s life
Also on today's calendar: Yoga For Recovery and 2 more events.
Find out what's happening in Catonsvillefor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Today's riddle: The world champion tongue twister just got arrested! 🤔 (Answer below!)
Find out what's happening in Catonsvillefor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Tuesday: Very windy; much colder, with a high of 33 and low of 27 degrees.
- Wednesday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 38, low: 25.
- Thursday: Colder with a flurry or two, with a high of 30 and low of 23 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Maryland Lottery players close out 2025 with big wins ahead of $1M holiday raffle drawing (wcbm.com) — A Catonsville player scored a $10,000 Maryland Lottery FAST PLAY win with a ticket bought at Ingleside Liquors on Baltimore National Pike, as part of a big week of statewide prizes. The story also highlights other large wins and reminds players about the upcoming New Year’s Holiday Raffle drawing with a $1 million top prize. 
• Newly Retired Md. SWAT Team Leader Talks Challenges of Job, Policing: 'It Ages You Quickly' (officer.com) — Catonsville is recalled as the site where officer Jason Schneider was killed serving a warrant, a loss that deeply shaped retiring Baltimore County SWAT leader Robert Steinberg. In a candid interview, Steinberg describes the physical and emotional toll of thousands of high‑risk deployments, changing public sentiment toward police, and his decision to step away to prioritize his family.
📸 Around Catonsville
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Catonsville
- Yoga For Recovery
Rolling Brook Yoga, 730 Frederick Rd, Suite 203, Catonsville, MD, 21228
5:15 pm - Yoga Nidra
Rolling Brook Yoga, 730 Frederick Rd, Suite 203, Catonsville, MD, 21228
6:30 pm - Schools Reopen
Catonsville Center for Alternative Studies Catonsville, MD 21228 - Beginner Yoga Series PLUS 3 classes $89
Yoga Haven Howard County , 2470 Longstone Ln , Ellicott City
10:30 am - RINGING IN THE NEW YEAR! Restorative Yoga & Sound Bath Meditation Workshop
Rolling Brook Yoga, 730 Frederick Rd, Suite 203, Catonsville, MD, 21228
1:30 pm
Friday January 2
Monday January 5
Saturday January 10
📣 Catonsville Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Kids Creative Crafts
Eldersburg Branch Library , 6400 Hemlock Drive , Eldersburg
10:00 am - Tuesday, 11:30am
The Gardens Ice House , 13800 Old Gunpowder Rd #2fl , Laurel
11:30 am - Family and Friends Story Time
855 Sulphur Spring Rd , Arbutus
3:30 pm - Sit and Stitch
Baltimore County Public Library - Lansdowne Branch , 500 3rd Ave , Lansdowne
6:30 pm - New Year's Eve
Eldersburg Branch Library , 6400 Hemlock Drive , Eldersburg - Noon Year's Eve Party at sweetFrog Dundalk
sweetFrog , 1407 Merritt Blvd Ste B , Dundalk
11:00 am - Town Offices Closed 1/2 Day - New Year's Eve
Sykesville, MD Calendar Sykesville, MD 21784
12:00 pm
Tuesday December 30
Wednesday December 31
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- All lanes on I-795 Northwest Expressway southbound prior to exit 1 I-695 Baltimore Beltway are open.
11:37PM on Dec 28: All lanes on I-795 Northwest Expressway southbound prior to exit 1 I-695 Baltimore Beltway are closed due to a crash. (Nextdoor ) - Report of police activity in Towson, Maryland.
8:54PM on Dec 28: Nextdoor user reports eight police cars on Thornton Road at Thornton Ridge Road. (Nextdoor )
- Harbor Freight Tools posted a job opening for Retail Stocking Associate in Catonsville. Apply here.
- The Guitar Center posted a job opening for MAA Master Music Teacher Store 010 in Ellicott City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Catonsville here.
🗞 Nearby News
Woodlawn
- Baltimore County woman knits scarf with each color tracking daily temperatures (wbaltv.com)
Ellicott City
- Report Fallen Tree Limbs, Downed Power Lines From High Winds (patch.com)
- Howard Co. Man Charged In Baltimore Woman's Homicide (patch.com)
Baltimore
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-- The Patch AM Team
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