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🌱 Patch AM: How could Greenbelt’s looming budget gap hit city services?
Happening soon: Youth Advisory Council on the Greenbelt Patch calendar
Good day Greenbelt! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How could Greenbelt’s looming budget gap hit city services?
- How the Yellow Line’s return to Greenbelt changes your commute
- Will USDA funding cuts hit Greenbelt’s nearby BARC research campus?
Today's riddle: I quit my job as a banker. 🤔 (Answer below!)
Find out what's happening in Greenbeltfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Friday: Considerable cloudiness, with a high of 39 and low of 25 degrees.
- Saturday: Some sun, then clouds, temps: high: 36, low: 25.
- Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high of 39 and low of 23 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Council Gets First Look at Budget, Meets with Legislative Consultants (greenbeltnewsreview.com) — Greenbelt’s city budget outlook for FY 2027 shows rising costs outpacing revenue, forcing leaders to consider new fees, higher fines, and potential department cuts. Council and staff also outlined legislative priorities on housing, environment, and local control, while promising residents more real-time transparency as financial decisions take shape. 
Find out what's happening in Greenbeltfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
2. Metro's Green Line service returns to normal as Yellow Line extends to Greenbelt (wjla.com) — Metro riders in Greenbelt just got a big boost: Yellow Line trains are once again running all the way to Greenbelt, and Green Line delays from recent single-tracking work have ended. Service is back to normal, though only half of Yellow Line trains reach Greenbelt, and riders should watch platform signs. Holiday schedules and free New Year’s Eve rides may still affect trip timing.
3. USDA Reveals Public Comment Support For BARC as Funding Showdown Looms (greenbeltnewsreview.com) — Federal documents reveal strong public and congressional support for keeping the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center open, a major research hub just north of Greenbelt that employs hundreds nearby. With a January 11 deadline looming, USDA’s secretary must soon reveal 2026 staffing and funding plans that could determine BARC’s future and its economic impact on Prince George’s County and surrounding communities.
4. As NASA Shuts Space Library, Scientists Worry About the Loss (newser.com) — NASA is closing the main research library at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, a move that worries scientists who fear irreplaceable spaceflight records could be lost. Officials frame it as long-planned cost-cutting, while critics, including Maryland leaders, warn it may undermine major missions and erase key parts of NASA’s scientific memory.
📸 Around Greenbelt
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Greenbelt
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- Youth Advisory Council
City Building, First Floor Multipurpose Room , 4310 Gallatin St , Hyattsville
6:00 pm
Thursday January 8
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Berwyn Ballet School at The Old Parish House
City of College Park, Maryland Calendar , 4711 Knox Road , College Park
8:45 am - Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 35
Hyattsville Branch Library Hyattsville -
10:30 am - CPAE Workshop
City of College Park, Maryland Calendar , 4711 Knox Road , College Park
2:00 pm - Girl Scout Troop 23031
City of College Park, Maryland Calendar , 4601 Calvert Road , College Park
2:30 pm - College Park Arts Exchange - Youth Orchestra Rehearsals
City of College Park, Maryland Calendar , 4711 Knox Road , College Park
3:00 pm - Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 02
Hyattsville Branch Library Hyattsville -
10:30 am - English Conversation Club
Mount Rainier Branch Library Mount Rainier -
11:00 am - Job Seekers
Mount Rainier Branch Library Mount Rainier -
1:00 pm - Makerspace: Tinkercad 3D Snowflakes
Computer Lab Laurel -
3:30 pm - Teen Action Group (TAG)
Glenarden Branch Library Glenarden - Small Meeting Room
4:15 pm - Berwyn Ballet School
City of College Park, Maryland Calendar , 4711 Knox Road , College Park
5:15 pm
Saturday January 3
Sunday January 4
Monday January 5
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- LOST DOG ALERT!
Have you seen this pet? Canelo Halo was lost on December 29, 2025 and was last seen near Lanham, MD If you have information on their location,… (Nextdoor Greenbelt West) - A structure fire on Lighthouse Way in Calverton resulted in one pediatric patient being transported for evaluation and two adults being displaced.
4:27AM on Jan 1: PGFD units respond to a structure fire at a three-story multi-family dwelling on Lighthouse Way in Calverton. (Nextdoor )
- Burlington posted a job opening for Seasonal Cashier Associate - Part Time in Greenbelt. Apply here.
- Snipes posted a job opening for Stock Personnel in Greenbelt. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Greenbelt here.
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-- The Patch AM Team
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