🌱 Patch AM: Avoiding Seasonal Viruses and 12 more events

Cheers Greenbelt! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• English Conversation Club at Bladensburg Branch Library
• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 35 at Greenbelt Branch Library
• Needlework Social at Bladensburg Branch Library

... and check out 6 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did one elevator say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Breezy in the a.m.; sunshine, with a high of 47 and low of 26 degrees.
• Tuesday: Sunny; breezy in the p.m., temps: high: 51, low: 36.
• Wednesday: Rather cloudy, with a high of 51 and low of 36 degrees.

📸 Around Greenbelt

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Greenbelt

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Tuesday January 13

• English Conversation Club
  Bladensburg Branch Library Bladensburg - Bladensburg Study Room 3
  1:00 pm

Wednesday January 14

• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 35
  Greenbelt Branch Library Greenbelt - Program Room
  12:15 pm
• Needlework Social
  Bladensburg Branch Library Bladensburg - Bladensburg Large Meeting Room
  5:30 pm

Thursday January 15

• Pins and Needles
  New Carrollton Branch Library New Carrollton - Large meeting room 1
  10:00 am
• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 02
  Greenbelt Branch Library Greenbelt - Program Room
  10:15 am
• Get Active: Ride and Read
  Greenbelt Branch Library Greenbelt - Auditorium
  11:00 am

Friday January 16

• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 23
  Greenbelt Branch Library Greenbelt - Program Room
  11:15 am

Saturday January 17

• Dance Party
  Greenbelt Branch Library Greenbelt - Auditorium
  10:30 am

Saturday January 24

• Avoiding Seasonal Viruses
  Bladensburg Branch Library, PGCMLS , 4820 Annapolis Rd , Bladensburg
  3:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday January 12

• Caseworker in the Library
  Oxon Hill - Author Room
  10:00 am
• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 02
  Hyattsville - Hyattsville -
  10:30 am
• English Conversation Club
  Mount Rainier Branch Library Mount Rainier -
  11:00 am
• The Lunch Bunch @ Shagga
  Shagga Coffee & Restaurant , 6040 Baltimore Ave , Hyattsville
  12:00 pm

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• Mindsee.it — (646) 663-8317
  Teach your kids they can achieve the impossible!

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Good morning,
  There were 10 crimes in my area of responsibility for the week January 05 thru January 10, 2026.   Northern College Park Community Area: (3 Crimes)… (Nextdoor )

• PetSmart posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate Part Time in Greenbelt. Apply here.
• Burlington posted a job opening for Retail Stocking Associate - Part Time in Greenbelt. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Greenbelt here.

🗞 Nearby News

College Park

• A room full of flu patients and no one got sick (sciencedaily.com)
• Trump Accounts: Free Money for Your Kids—With a Catch (newswise.com)
• Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 12 LSU hands No. 2 Texas first loss (modbee.com)

Beltsville

• NextDAY Cabinets Beltsville Showroom Partners with Kith Kitchen to Expand Bathroom Vanities Selection (beaconjournal.com)
• The Erol's Video Club Locations Many Maryland and Northern VA Kids Grew Up With (mocoshow.com)

Hyattsville

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I think I’m coming down with something!
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