🌱 How Lake Arbor’s delegate just gained new influence at UMD

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In today's newsletter:

• How Lake Arbor’s delegate just gained new influence at UMD

Also on today's calendar: ASO presents: Holiday Pops with Bowie State University Concert Choir.

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Some sun, then turning cloudy, with a high of 48 and low of 43 degrees.
• Friday: Increasingly windy, temps: high: 58, low: 25.
• Saturday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 44 and low of 35 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Del. Jazz M. Lewis Tapped to Lead State Government… (umd.edu) — Lake Arbor residents are represented in Annapolis by Del. Jazz Lewis, who has now been tapped to lead state government relations for the University of Maryland. A Prince George’s County native and longtime policymaker, he’ll serve as UMD’s main liaison to state and local officials, shaping strategy and advocating for investments that affect communities like Lake Arbor and the broader county.
   

📸 Around Lake Arbor

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lake Arbor

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday December 21

• ASO presents: Holiday Pops with Bowie State University Concert Choir
  Bowie State University, 14000 Jericho Park Rd, Bowie
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Caseworker in the Library
  Spauldings - Group Study Room 1
  10:00 am
• Pins and Needles
  Large meeting room 1 New Carrollton -
  10:00 am
• SpanishEnglish Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 35
  Program Room Beltsville -
  10:30 am
• Playday at the Library: Celebrate Winter
  Largo-Kettering Branch Library, PGCMLS , 9601 Capital Ln , Largo
  10:30 am
• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 23
  Spauldings - Storytime Barn
  11:00 am
• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 35
  Fairmount Heights - Large Meeting Room
  11:00 am
• NutritionTalk with Carmen:Diabetes-Friendly Cooking & Baking
  East Columbia 50+ Senior Center , 6610 Cradlerock Way , Columbia
  11:00 am
• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 02
  Large Meeting Room B Laurel -
  11:15 am
• Thursday, 11:30am
  The Gardens Ice House , 13800 Old Gunpowder Rd #2fl , Laurel
  11:30 am
• STEM Fun: Winter Terrariums
  Glenarden Branch Library Glenarden - Small Meeting Room
  12:30 pm
• Movie: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
  Elkridge 50+ Senior Center , 6540 Washington Blvd , Elkridge
  1:00 pm
• Free HIV and Syphilis Screening
  Bladensburg Large Meeting Room Bladensburg -
  2:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Largo

• AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Tramell Tillman, the ‘Severance' star who is very much connecting (sentinelcolorado.com)
• Toy Drives In Bowie: How To Make The Holidays Merry For Everyone (patch.com)
• The 2026 Best Maternity Care Hospitals in Maryland (chesapeakefamily.com)

Landover

• Why are data centers coming to the Agricultural Reserve? (thebaltimorebanner.com)
• The Real Race for an AI Moratorium: Stopping Data Centers (techpolicy.press)
• 5 NFL Head Coaches That Need To Be Fired And 5 that Deserve One More Year (totalprosports.com)

Bowie

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-- The Patch AM Team

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