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Hey there, Laurel! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a domestic dispute on Muirkirk Road became a two-alarm fire
  • Which Laurel restaurant catered Maryland football’s big Thanksgiving feast?
  • How a Laurel-based lab is helping decode the Sun’s wild outbursts

Also on today's calendar: Marc Douglas Berardo and Guest Charlotte Morris at Edith Mays and 7 more events.

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  • Friday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 39 and low of 26 degrees.
  • Saturday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 44, low: 26.
  • Sunday: Colder; morning snow, 1-3", with a high of 32 and low of 18 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!

📰 News we're reading

• Man allegedly throws woman's dog off 3rd floor apartment balcony, sets building on fire (local12.com) — Emergency crews rushed to a two-alarm fire on Muirkirk Road in Laurel after a domestic dispute allegedly escalated into arson that damaged an apartment building and injured the suspect. Authorities say a woman’s dog was thrown from a third-floor balcony hours earlier but is expected to survive, and multiple agencies are now investigating the incident and related charges.
   

• How Maryland football's Thanksgiving turned into a team-wide gathering this year (dbknews.com) — A Laurel-based restaurant, Miss Toya’s Southern Kitchen, helped feed the Maryland football team when coaches turned Thanksgiving into a large, on-campus gathering for players and staff. The catered Cajun spread, games, and time in SECU Stadium’s Presidential Suite were designed to give athletes without nearby family a relaxed holiday and strengthen team bonds beyond football.
   

• NASA's Parker Solar Probe Spies Solar Wind ‘U-Turn' (nasa.gov) — Laurel residents might be interested to know that NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is operated from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory right in Laurel where the spacecraft was also designed and built. New ultra-close images from its 2024 flyby show solar material falling back toward the Sun, offering scientists fresh insight into how solar eruptions form and evolve, which could eventually improve space-weather forecasting that affects satellites and power grids on Earth.
   

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