🌱 How will Largo’s new council chair reshape child care and budgets?

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• How will Largo’s new council chair reshape child care and budgets?

Also on today's calendar: Santa is coming to Largo Xfinity Store - Saturday, 12/13 and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Cold with decreasing clouds, with a high of 39 and low of 27 degrees.
• Friday: Cloudy and cold, temps: high: 37, low: 29.
• Saturday: Mainly cloudy, with a high of 43 and low of 25 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Krystal Oriandha elected chair of Prince George's County Council (afro.com) — A major leadership change for Prince George’s County government just took place at the Wayne K. Curry Administration Building in Largo, where Councilwoman Krystal Oriandha was unanimously elected council chair. She plans to tackle child-care access, workforce initiatives, and modernizing council processes while the county faces another looming budget deficit and continues adjusting to federal layoffs and the canceled FBI headquarters move.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Largo

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 13

• Santa is coming to Largo Xfinity Store - Saturday, 12/13
  10582 Campus Way South Largo, MD 20774,
  12:00 pm
• 'Tis The Season
  Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr, High School, 12650 Brooke Ln, Upper Marlboro
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday December 12

• Coffee and Conversation
  Laurel , Conference Room 1 , Laurel
  10:00 am
• Pre-K Story Hour / Hora de Cuentos de Prekinder
  Largo-Kettering Branch Library , PGCMLS , Largo
  10:30 am
• Play and Grow: Ages 03
  Oxon Hill , Small Meeting Room , Oxon Hill
  11:00 am
• 4th Annual Rene G. Haley Initiative - Holiday Giveback
  DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Largo/Washington DC , 9100 Basil Ct , Largo
  6:00 pm
• Carbon Leaf
  Rams Head On Stage , 33 West St , Annapolis
  8:30 pm

Saturday December 13

• Agee & Gates Hoop Dreams High School Invitational
  Novak Field House , Largo
  12:00 pm
• Craft and Create: Origami Woven Mats
  Accokeek , Large Meeting Room , Accokeek
  2:00 pm

Monday December 15

• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 23
  Laurel , Large Meeting Room B , Laurel
  10:30 am

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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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Caseworker in the Library
  Spauldings - Group Study Room 1
  10:00 am
• Dance Party: Winter Fun
  Largo-Kettering - LK Program Room
  10:30 am
• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 35
  Fairmount Heights - Large Meeting Room
  11:00 am
• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 3–5
  5904 Kolb St , Fairmount Heights
  4:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Forestville

• Shop with a Cop event puts smiles on dozens of kid's faces in Prince George's County (dcnewsnow.com)
• High school basketball rankings: Another week, another No. 1 in the MaxPreps Top 25 (maxpreps.com)

Capitol Heights

• Waldorf Man Killed in Capitol Heights Club Shooting (southernmarylandchronicle.com)
• Suspect In Homicide Case Arrested Months After Cutting Off Ankle Monitor And Fleeing (patch.com)

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