🌱 Patch AM: Which Elkridge convenience store just sold a $50,000 Powerball ticket?

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In today's newsletter:

• Which Elkridge convenience store just sold a $50,000 Powerball ticket?

Also on today's calendar: LAST DAY! BIG YEAR END WOOL RUG SALE in Historic Ellicott City! and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: I think I’ll wear only one boot today. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: A morning flurry; some sun, with a high of 38 and low of 29 degrees.
• Thursday: Cloudy, a flurry; colder, temps: high: 32, low: 19. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 37 and low of 25 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• $2 Powerball ticket turns into big win for Anne Arundel player (shorenewsnetwork.com) — A $2 Powerball ticket bought at the Royal Farms on Lark Brown Drive in Elkridge turned into a $50,000 prize for a Hanover man on Christmas Eve. He matched four white balls and the Powerball, claimed the third-tier prize on December 29, and says he plans to invest the unexpected windfall. Powerball drawings continue three times a week for Maryland players.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Elkridge

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 31

• LAST DAY! BIG YEAR END WOOL RUG SALE in Historic Ellicott City!
  Main Street Oriental Rugs, 8290 Main St, Ellicott City
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Monday January 5

• Indoor Walking Challenge
  6625 Selnick Dr , Elkridge
  6:30 pm

Saturday January 10

• Beginner Yoga Series PLUS 3 classes $89
  Yoga Haven Howard County , 2470 Longstone Ln , Ellicott City
  10:30 am
• Middle School Organized Gym Night
  Elkridge Elementary School , 7075 Montgomery Rd , Elkridge
  6:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 31

• Strike Up the FUN at Main Event’s 2026 NYE Bash - Columbia
  Main Event Columbia , 10300 Little Patuxent Pkwy Suite 2520 , Columbia
  2:00 pm
• Baile de año nuevo
  La Fontaine Bleue , 7514 Ritchie Hwy , Glen Burnie
  7:00 pm
• New Year's Eve Gala
  Blue Dolphin Seafood Bar & Grill , 1166 MD-3 North , Gambrills
  7:00 pm
• Tommy Davidson
  Baltimore Comedy Factory , 5625 O'Donnell St , Baltimore
  7:30 pm
• Tobacco Leaf New Year's Eve Smoke and Soiree
  Tobacco Leaf , 7395 Cedar Ave , Jessup
  8:00 pm
• New Years Eve Party!
  Kahler Hall , 5440 Old Tucker Row , Columbia
  8:30 pm
• NYE at the Lord Baltimore
  Lord Baltimore Hotel , 20 W Baltimore St , Baltimore
  9:00 pm
• NYE Live Baltimore
  Power Plant Live! , 34 Market Pl , Baltimore
  9:00 pm

Thursday January 1

• Schools & Central Offices closed - New Year's Day
  Chesapeake Science Point Hanover, MD 21076

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• Elkridge Baptist Church — (410) 796-4486
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• Mindsee.it — (646) 663-8317
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• CrossLife Community Church — 4109606301
  Meeting on Sunday mornings at 10 am
• NVHomes — (202) 931-5230
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• MacGillis Global Academy — (240) 599-8968
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• River Church Baltimore: Join us this Wednesday for our New Year's Eve Crossover Service.
  It will be a powerful night of prayer and thanksgiving as we step into the new year together. We start at 9:30pm at 160 W Ridgely Rd, Timonium, MD… (Nextdoor Augustine Ave)

• Maryland Staffing posted a job opening for Assembler (Pay Rate $20/hr To $22/hr) in Elkridge. Apply here.
• Lowe's posted a job opening for Merchandising Part Time Days in Elkridge. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Elkridge here.

🗞 Nearby News

Jessup

• Maryland prison killings rise to decade high amid staffing shortage (thebanner.com)

Severn

• NFL stars model Jesus' example by washing students' feet at local school (readlion.com)
• Sale of waterfront estate in exclusive Annapolis neighborhood tops list of week's home deals (wbaltv.com)

Catonsville

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I heard there’s only a 50 percent chance of snow.
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