🌱 Patch AM: Laurel Board Of Trade December Networking Happy Hour and 12 more events

Greetings Laurel! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Kwanzaa Market Day at Harriet Tubman Cultural Center
• ASO presents: Holiday Pops with Bowie State University Concert Choir at Bowie State University
• Udvar Hazy Air & Space Museum, VA at Laurel, MD Calendar

... and check out 8 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did the stop sign say to the yield sign? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Mostly cloudy and very cold, with a high of 29 and low of 17 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Tuesday: Turning cloudy; not as cold, temps: high: 38, low: 22.
• Wednesday: Sunny intervals; not as cold, with a high of 49 and low of 26 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Laurel

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 20

• Kwanzaa Market Day
  Harriet Tubman Cultural Center, 8045 Harriet Tubman Ln, Columbia
  12:00 pm

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

Tuesday December 16

• Udvar Hazy Air & Space Museum, VA
  Laurel, MD Calendar Laurel, MD 20707
  9:00 am
• Story Explorers: Dwight D. Eisenhower Eagles Reading Ambassadors
  Laurel - Large Meeting Room A (Dorothy Height Room)
  5:30 pm
• Historic District Commission
  Laurel, MD Calendar
  6:00 pm
• Needlework Social: Knitting and Crocheting
  Laurel - Large Meeting Room B
  6:30 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Bulky Item and Yard Debris Collection
  Laurel, MD Calendar Laurel, MD 20707
  8:00 am
• Needlework Social
  Spaulding Branch Library Spauldings - Conference Room
  5:00 pm
• Sovereignty and World Order: A Foreign Policy Discussion Series
  Laurel Branch Library Laurel - Large Meeting Room A (Dorothy Height Room)
  6:00 pm
• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 35
  Laurel - Large Meeting Room B
  7:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Laurel Board Of Trade December Networking Happy Hour
  154 Lafayette Ave , Laurel
  5:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday December 15

• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 23
  Beltsville Branch Library Beltsville - Program Room
  10:30 am
• Monday, 11:00am
  The Gardens Ice House , 13800 Old Gunpowder Rd #2fl , Laurel
  11:30 am
• Computer Basics: Introduction to PCs
  Spaulding Branch Library Spauldings - Conference Room
  2:00 pm
• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 2–3
  4319 Sellman Rd , Beltsville
  3:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• MISSING DOG!!
  Hello neighbors, Please be on the lookout! My dog got out from my back yard this morning at around 10:45 am in the Briarwood neighborhood in South… (Nextdoor Snow Hill Manor)
• Missing, American shorthair tabby, grey female cat 12 years old...
  Docile, likely seeking shelter, hates the cold. She does not wear collar, and is not microchipped. Last seen about 11:00 p.m. on 12/12/25. Please… (Nextdoor Walker Hill)

• Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Holdings, Inc. posted a job opening for Machinist / Fabricator in Laurel. Apply here.
• Eaton Corporation posted a job opening for Customer Quality Inspector in Beltsville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Laurel here.

🗞 Nearby News

Beltsville

• Maryland judge's pivotal ruling frees Kilmar Abrego Garcia for now as Trump official targets her "naked judicial activism" (cbsnews.com)

Greenbelt

• Paid firefighters return to Berwyn Heights (streetcarsuburbs.news)

Columbia

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know either. They were speaking in sign language.
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