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🌱 Patch AM: How one night of car break-ins rattled Laurel neighborhoods
Also check out Feast & Fettle Brings a New Standard of Home Dining to Laurel on the Laurel Patch calendar
Cheers Laurel! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How one night of car break-ins rattled Laurel neighborhoods
- Was the $100,000 Holiday Raffle ticket sold in your neighborhood?
Also on today's calendar: Feast & Fettle Brings a New Standard of Home Dining to Laurel and 6 more events.
Find out what's happening in Laurelfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Find out what's happening in Laurelfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Saturday: Some sun, then clouds, with a high of 36 and low of 25 degrees.
- Sunday: More sunshine than clouds, temps: high: 39, low: 24.
- Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 35 and low of 27 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• More than 40 Laurel vehicles were broken into Dec. 20-21 (streetcarsuburbs.news) — A wave of at least 45 overnight car break-ins hit Laurel and nearby West and South Laurel streets just before Christmas, with many residents waking to smashed windows and rifled vehicles. Laurel’s police chief is urging drivers to lock up, remove valuables, and report suspicious activity, while also calling for tougher juvenile accountability to curb repeat offenses. 
• $1M ticket among thousands of winners in Maryland Lottery Holiday Raffle (wbaltv.com) — A Maryland Lottery Holiday Raffle ticket worth $100,000 was sold at Roundabout Fine Wine & Spirits on Ice Crystal Drive in Laurel, giving one local player a major New Year’s windfall. The article also lists other top-winning ticket locations statewide and explains how players can check their numbers online or via the lottery app.
📸 Around Laurel
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Laurel
★ Featured events ★
- Feast & Fettle Brings a New Standard of Home Dining to Laurel
9:00 am
Saturday January 31
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Other local events
- ICE! Holiday Event at Gaylord National, MD
Laurel, MD Calendar Laurel, MD 20707
1:00 pm - Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 23
Laurel Branch Library Laurel - Large Meeting Room B
10:30 am - Story Explorers: Dwight D. Eisenhower Eagles Reading Ambassadors
Laurel - Large Meeting Room A (Dorothy Height Room)
5:30 pm - Needlework Social: Knitting and Crocheting
Laurel - Large Meeting Room B
6:30 pm - Get Active: Quick Sweat Zumba
Spauldings - Large Meeting Room
12:30 pm - Lawyer in the Library: Tenants Rights and Housing Clinic
Spauldings - Large Meeting Room
2:00 pm - ASL Conversation Club: Beginner
Laurel - Conference Room 1
4:00 pm - Craft and Create: Junk Journaling
Laurel - Large Meeting Room A (Dorothy Height Room)
6:00 pm
Sunday January 4
Monday January 5
Tuesday January 6
Wednesday January 7
📣 Laurel Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Amazin Bundle - DC, MD, VA, FL, AZ & more
Amazin Affairs LLC , 8101 Sandy Spring Rd #100 , Laurel
9:00 am - GW Univ Textile Museum, DC
Laurel, MD Calendar
10:30 am - Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 23
Beltsville - Program Room
10:30 am - Story Explorers: Dwight D. Eisenhower Eagles Reading Ambassadors
Laurel Branch Library Laurel - Large Meeting Room A (Dorothy Height Room)
5:30 pm
Saturday January 3
Monday January 5
Tuesday January 6
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- I’m looking to rehome an 8 year old female bulldog.
I developed an allergy towards her fur which will require me to get an allergy shot every 3 months and unfortunately that is too expensive. She is… (Nextdoor Arden Pointe) - FOUND CAT: This male brown tabby was found on December 30, 2025, at Summerlyn Apartments on Elaine Court in Laurel.
If you know who this cat belongs to, please contact Laurel Cats at 301-886-0161. If no owner is identified by January 14, 2026, this cat will be made… (Nextdoor Laurel)
- Tower Federal Credit Union posted a job opening for AVP, ACH & Item Processing Operations in Laurel. Apply here.
- Travel America / Petro - TA Operating, LLC posted a job opening for Store Cashier I in Jessup. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Laurel here.
🗞 Nearby News
Beltsville
- Baby transported to hospital after fire in three-story apartment in Beltsville (wusa9.com)
Greenbelt
- Top Stories of 2025 (greenbeltnewsreview.com)
- Council Gets First Look at Budget, Meets with Legislative Consultants (greenbeltnewsreview.com)
- Trump Closing NASA's Largest Library Today, Along Side Staffing Cuts - Materials Set to Be 'Tossed Away' (smnewsnet.com)
Ok Laurel! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
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