🌱 Patch AM: Laurel-born woman’s citizenship questioned despite hospital and state records.

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In today's newsletter:

• Laurel-born woman’s citizenship questioned despite hospital and state records.

Also on today's calendar: Feast & Fettle Brings a New Standard of Home Dining to Laurel and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: I am on a seafood diet. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Increasingly windy, with a high of 46 and low of 27 degrees.
• Monday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 45, low: 26.
• Tuesday: Sunny; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 51 and low of 37 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Maryland mother released from ICE detention, still faces battle to prove U.S. citizenship (cbsnews.com) — A 22-year-old woman who says she was born in Laurel and whose lawyers cite records from Laurel Regional Hospital, has been released from ICE detention after 25 days but still faces deportation proceedings. Her legal team argues extensive Maryland medical and birth records prove her citizenship, raising broader concerns about citizens having to prove their status while detained.
   

📸 Around Laurel

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Laurel

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday January 31

• Feast & Fettle Brings a New Standard of Home Dining to Laurel
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Monday January 12

• Improv Comedy - Laurel, MD 2026
  North Laurel Community Center , 9411 Whiskey Bottom Rd , Laurel
  10:30 am
• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 23
  Laurel - Large Meeting Room B
  10:30 am
• Game On: Virtual Reality
  Laurel - Large Meeting Room B
  3:30 pm

Tuesday January 13

• Story Explorers: Dwight D. Eisenhower Eagles Reading Ambassadors
  Laurel - Large Meeting Room A (Dorothy Height Room)
  5:30 pm

Wednesday January 14

• Bulky Item and Yard Debris Collection
  Laurel, MD Calendar Laurel, MD 20707
  8:00 am
• Rock of Ages at Toby’s, MD
  Laurel, MD Calendar Laurel, MD 20707
  10:00 am
• ASL Conversation Club: Beginner
  Laurel - Conference Room 1
  4:00 pm
• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 35
  Laurel - Large Meeting Room B
  7:00 pm

Sunday January 18

• Book Talk & Signing Resonate Healing Voices
  PJ's Coffee , 12530 Fairwood Pkwy , Bowie
  2:00 pm
• Candle Making Workshop & Spirits
  5430 Vantage Point Rd , Columbia
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday January 11

• Pens & Prana with Kayla & Alisa
  Drama MaMa Bookshop , 8600 Foundry St Suite G8 , Savage
  10:00 am
• Try The Wheel! 11am
  Clay Coven Pottery Studio , 8600 Foundry St , Savage
  11:00 am
• Fall/Winter 2025- 2026 Women's Game Day Sub Fee
  The Gardens Ice House , 13800 Old Gunpowder Rd #2fl , Laurel
  1:30 pm
• Tim Green & Sean Jones
  Keystone Korner Baltimore , 1350 Lancaster St , Baltimore
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hey Neighbors!
  Looking for something to do today??? Stop by The Home Show at Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro. Its free & open to the public Suburban Maryland… (Nextdoor Arden Pointe)
• Looking for a reliable, reasonable priced, handy man to replace a couple of ceiling lights.
  Has anyone had a great experience. Like someone you would use again. (Nextdoor High Ridge)

• Maryland Staffing posted a job opening for Custodial in Laurel. Apply here.
• Sam's Club posted a job opening for Merchandise and Stocking Associate in Laurel. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Laurel here.

🗞 Nearby News

Beltsville

• NextDAY Cabinets Beltsville Showroom Partners with Kith Kitchen to Expand Bathroom Vanities Selection (beaconjournal.com)
• Homicide Investigation Launched After Beltsville Man Found Shot To Death At Gas Station: Police (dailyvoice.com)

Greenbelt

• Joe Pug is the Quintessential 'Working Songwriter' (delmarvapublicmedia.org)
• Launch Of Pandora Satellite And CubeSats To Explore Exoplanets (astrobiology.com)
• Betelgeuse has a hidden companion and Hubble just caught its wake (sciencedaily.com)

Silver Spring

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-- The Patch AM Team

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