🌱 Patch AM: Join CCACC Health Center's Bilingual Online Health Talk on Common ENT Conditions on 1/2/2026 and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Join CCACC Health Center's Bilingual Online Health Talk on Common ENT Conditions on 1/2/2026
• Beaded Succulents at Kentlands Mansion
• First Time Homebuyer Seminar (FREE!) at Virtual/Online

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

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly cloudy and not as cold, with a high of 38 and low of 26 degrees.
• Saturday: Some sun, then clouds, temps: high: 36, low: 22.
• Sunday: Sunshine; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 39 and low of 22 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Gaithersburg

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Friday January 2

• Join CCACC Health Center's Bilingual Online Health Talk on Common ENT Conditions on 1/2/2026
  4:00 pm

Thursday January 8

• Beaded Succulents
  Kentlands Mansion , 320 Kent Square Rd , Gaithersburg
  6:30 pm

Saturday January 10

• First Time Homebuyer Seminar (FREE!)
  Virtual/Online
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday January 3

• Sunday 9am Youth Group Lessons - Session 2
  Rockville Town Square Outdoor Ice Skating , 131 Gibbs St , Rockville
  9:00 am

Tuesday January 6

• Basketball - Girls JV Quince Orchard at Walter Johnson 5:30 pm
  Walter Johnson High School Bethesda, MD 20814
  5:30 pm
• Basketball - Boys JV Walter Johnson at Quince Orchard 5:30 pm
  Walter Johnson High School Bethesda, MD 20814
  5:30 pm
• Basketball - Boys Varsity Walter Johnson at Quince Orchard 7:15 pm
  Walter Johnson High School Bethesda, MD 20814
  7:15 pm
• Basketball - Girls Varsity Quince Orchard at Walter Johnson 7:15 pm
  Walter Johnson High School Bethesda, MD 20814
  7:15 pm

Wednesday January 7

• Financial Aid Night
  Rockville High School Rockville, MD 20851
  5:30 pm
• Wrestling - Varsity Walter Johnson at Northwood 6:15 pm
  Walter Johnson High School Bethesda, MD 20814
  6:15 pm
• SVHS IB Program Information Night
  Seneca Valley High School Germantown, MD 20874
  6:30 pm
• Wrestling - JV Walter Johnson at Northwood 7:15 pm
  Walter Johnson High School Bethesda, MD 20814
  7:15 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• CCACC Photo Club Exhibition "Light & Motion" to Be Held at CCACC Art Gallery on 1/6/2026 —CCACC Read on Patch

• Welcoming the New Year with open arms.
  May 2026 be filled with happiness, growth, and new opportunities! (Nextdoor Kentlands)
• Sammy, former resident of the Montgomery County Animal Services & Adoption Center was pulled today by Homeward Trails Animal Rescue.
  Big Bruno sponcered him. Tonight Sammy will be sleeping in a warm bed at his fosters home. Best wishes to Sammy in the new year. Big Bruno (Nextdoor Whetstone Run)

• Wawa, Inc. posted a job opening for Customer Service Supervisor in Gaithersburg. Apply here.
• Dave & Buster's Restaurant posted a job opening for Greeter in Gaithersburg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Gaithersburg here.

🗞 Nearby News

Montgomery Village

• Penn State Football Defensive Lineman Xavier Gilliam Plans To Enter Transfer Portal (onwardstate.com)
• Montgomery County police stepping up roadway patrols for New Year's Eve (dcnewsnow.com)
• In 2026, affordable housing is needed ‘now more than ever,' but getting there is the challenge (marylandmatters.org)

Germantown

• Man hurt in shooting near Germantown apartment complex (dcnewsnow.com)

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