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🌱 Patch AM: Say It Loud - An MLK Event and 11 more events
And on the Germantown Patch calendar - JCA Montgomery County Virtual 50+ Employment Expo

Good morning Germantown! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️
Coming up on the calendar:
- Say It Loud - An MLK Event at BlackRock Center for the Arts
- JCA Montgomery County Virtual 50+ Employment Expo at Zoom
- BSO Presents Instrument Zoo Woodwind Quartet at BlackRock Center for the Arts
Find out what's happening in Germantownfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Find out what's happening in Germantownfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Monday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 46 and low of 26 degrees.
- Tuesday: Sunshine; breezy in the p.m., temps: high: 51, low: 37.
- Wednesday: Rather cloudy, with a high of 51 and low of 37 degrees.
📸 Around Germantown
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Germantown
- Say It Loud - An MLK Event
BlackRock Center for the Arts , 12901 Town Commons Dr , Germantown
12:00 pm - JCA Montgomery County Virtual 50+ Employment Expo
Zoom
10:00 am - BSO Presents Instrument Zoo Woodwind Quartet
BlackRock Center for the Arts , 12901 Town Commons Dr , Germantown
11:00 am
Saturday January 17
Tuesday January 20
Saturday January 24
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🗓 Events Nearby
- B JV Basketball @ Watkins Mill HS
Watkins Mill HS
5:30 pm - G JV Basketball vs Watkins Mill Hs
Poolesville High School PHS
5:30 pm - B V Basketball @ Watkins Mill HS
Watkins Mill HS
7:15 pm - G V Basketball vs Watkins Mill HS
Poolesville High School PHS
7:15 pm - Basketball - Youth Drop - In (Ages 11-17)
Damascus Community Recreation Center , 25520 Oak Dr , Damascus
3:45 pm - V Wrestling vs Einstein & Walter Johnson
Poolesville High School PHS
4:00 pm - B JV Basketball @ Quince Orchard HS
Quince Orchard High School Quince Orchard HS
5:30 pm - G JV Basketball vs Quince Orchard HS
Poolesville High School PHS
5:30 pm - FAFSA/MDCAPS Completion Session
Col. Zadok Magruder High School Derwood, MD 20855
6:30 pm
Monday January 12
Tuesday January 13
Wednesday January 14
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Newly received stray animals at the shelter (BREED DETERMINATIONS ARE MADE BY THE SHELTER):
DOGS: ROCKI - A531816 I am an unaltered male, tan Shih Tzu and Yorkshire Terrier. The shelter staff think I am about 1 year and 7 months old. I was… (Nextdoor Fountain Hills) - Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services responded to a report of a building fire at 12 Whetstone Drive, which was found to be a car fire outside the building with no injuries.
10:11PM on Jan 10: Montgomery County Fire and Rescue is dispatched to a building fire at Whetstone Apartments in Gaithersburg, with a 911 caller… (Nextdoor )
- Wal-Mart posted a job opening for Janitorial Associate in Germantown. Apply here.
- Montgomery County Public Schools posted a job opening for FY26\: Long-Term Substitute Teacher, Physical Education/Health, Mecca Business Learning Institute Public Charter School, 1.0 FTE in Germantown. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Germantown here.
🗞 Nearby News
Montgomery Village
- Saturday Bird Droppings: One month from spring training (camdenchat.com)
- Heat lamp near chicken coop likely sparked $1M Montgomery County house fire, officials say (fox5dc.com)
- Rockville Man Charged in Multi-County Circuit Breaker Theft Spree (mocoshow.com)
Clarksburg
- Good Counsel (Md.) boys basketball HC GJ Kissal notches 200th win (on3.com)
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