🌱 Patch AM: Laurel Small Business Meet & Greet and 12 more events

Good day Laurel! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee 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
• Bulky Item and Yard Debris Collection at Laurel, MD Calendar

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

📸 Have a great pic of holiday decorations from around Laurel? Post it to Laurel photos of the day! ☃️ 🟢-🟠-🟣-🔴-🟡-🔵 ☃️

Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Clouds and sun; not as cold, with a high of 38 and low of 22 degrees.
• Wednesday: Sunny intervals; not as cold, temps: high: 49, low: 26.
• Thursday: An afternoon shower in spots, with a high of 51 and low of 42 degrees.

📸 Around Laurel

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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

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

• Caseworker in the Library
  Spaulding Branch Library Spauldings - Group Study Room 1
  10:00 am
• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 02
  Laurel - Large Meeting Room B
  10:30 am
• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 23
  Spauldings - Storytime Barn
  11:00 am
• Laurel Small Business Meet & Greet
  Laurel Branch Library , PGCMLS , Laurel
  11:00 am
• Laurel Board Of Trade December Networking Happy Hour
  154 Lafayette Ave , Laurel
  5:30 pm

📣 Laurel Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Udvar Hazy Air & Space Museum, VA
  Laurel, MD Calendar
  9:00 am
• Family Storytime at Marilyn J. Praisner Library - In-person
  Marilyn J. Praisner (Burtonsville) Library , 14910 Old Columbia Pike , Burtonsville
  11:00 am
• Bollywood Celebration
  North Laurel Community Center , 9411 Whiskey Bottom Rd , Laurel
  1:30 pm
• Family Market
  Fairland Cafeteria
  4:30 pm

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Laurel PatchAM possible:

• Greenbelt SITY Stars — (301) 679-5100
  35% Off - Jump Rope Classes

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• FOUND CATS: These three cats, a long-haired gray tabby, a short-haired gray, and a Siamese/Ragdoll cat, were found between December 6 and December 12 on Marganza S in Laurel/Maryland City.
  These cats may be semi-feral, but we are posting just in case they are lost. If you know who these cats belong to, please contact Laurel Cats at 301… (Nextdoor Laurel)

• Michaels posted a job opening for Early am freight team member in Laurel. Apply here.
• Food Lion posted a job opening for FT Cake Decorator in Laurel. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Laurel here.

🗞 Nearby News

Greenbelt

• An early candidate for 2026's word of the year: ‘affordability' (coloradopolitics.com)
• Latest Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards; COLUMBIA HEIGHTS BOLERO BAR Leads Best Musical! (broadwayworld.com)

Columbia

• Ornaments Drawn By Howard Co. Kids Displayed Near National Christmas Tree (patch.com)

College Park

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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