🌱 Patch AM: County FY 27 budget town hall and 11 more events

Hey there, Crofton! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• FREE Martial Arts Class for Homeschoolers at Jing Ying Institute of Kung Fu & Tai Chi
• County FY 27 budget town hall at Southern High School
• Annual Autumn Wellness Event🍂 at 1667 Crofton Center, Suite 6, Crofton, MD, 21114

Today's riddle: I quit my job as a banker. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Considerable cloudiness, with a high of 39 and low of 26 degrees.
• Saturday: Some sun, then clouds, temps: high: 37, low: 24.
• Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high of 40 and low of 24 degrees.

📸 Around Crofton

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Crofton

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★ Featured events ★

Friday January 2

• FREE Martial Arts Class for Homeschoolers
  Jing Ying Institute of Kung Fu & Tai Chi, 1195 Baltimore Annapolis Blvd, Arnold
  12:30 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday January 6

• County FY 27 budget town hall
  Southern High School , 4400 Solomons Island Rd , Harwood
  6:00 pm

Saturday January 10

• Annual Autumn Wellness Event🍂
  1667 Crofton Center, Suite 6, Crofton, MD, 21114
  3:00 pm

📣 Crofton Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday January 3

• GW Univ Textile Museum, DC
  Laurel, MD Calendar Laurel, MD 20707
  10:30 am

Sunday January 4

• ICE! Holiday Event at Gaylord National, MD
  Laurel, MD Calendar Laurel, MD 20707
  1:00 pm

Monday January 5

• Caseworker in the Library
  Author Room Oxon Hill -
  10:00 am
• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 02
  Hyattsville -
  10:30 am
• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 23
  Large Meeting Room B Laurel -
  10:30 am
• English Conversation Club
  Mount Rainier -
  11:00 am
• Job Seekers
  Mount Rainier -
  1:00 pm
• APD Swearing In
  Annapolis, MD Calendar , 160 Duke of Gloucester St , Annapolis
  1:30 pm
• Homeschool Hangout: Game Fun
  Auditorium (150) Surratts-Clinton -
  1:30 pm
• Makerspace: Tinkercad 3D Snowflakes
  Computer Lab Laurel -
  3:30 pm

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Crofton PatchAM possible:

• Mindsee.it — (646) 663-8317
  Teach your kids they can achieve the impossible!
• STROB Apothecary — (301) 246-0070
  Wellness shop in Crofton: herbs, teas, crystals & community
• Accrete Martial Arts — (301) 219-4794
  Become the best version of yourself!

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💬 Chatter

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• Hello!
  I am an 18-year-old handyman and I am available tomorrow. If anyone needs help with any of the services listed below, I would really appreciate the… (Nextdoor Chapman Farm)
• Thinking about getting upstairs bathroom redone .
  Tub removed replaced with walk in shower. Anyone have any experience with this? (Nextdoor Nantucket Mews)

• Snipes posted a job opening for Stock Personnel in Bowie. Apply here.
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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I just lost interest.
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