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🌱 Patch AM: Where you’re most likely to spot wild mistletoe around Laurel
Also check out Kwanzaa Market Day on the Laurel Patch calendar
Good morning Laurel! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Where you’re most likely to spot wild mistletoe around Laurel
- Want to help shape Laurel’s hometown newspaper from your home office?
Also on today's calendar: Kwanzaa Market Day and 8 more events.
Find out what's happening in Laurelfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
📸 Have a great pic of holiday decorations from around Laurel? Post it to Laurel photos of the day! ☃️ 🟢-🟠-🟣-🔴-🟡-🔵 ☃️
Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)
Find out what's happening in Laurelfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 46 and low of 28 degrees.
- Thursday: A little afternoon rain, temps: high: 47, low: 42.
- Friday: Breezy; cooler in the p.m., with a high of 51 and low of 24 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Rewilding Route 1: Merry Mistletoe! (streetcarsuburbs.news) — American mistletoe is already growing in Laurel and nearby Route 1 communities, and warming winters are helping it spread north along local waterways. The piece explains how this hemiparasitic plant lives on trees, how birds help it spread, and why its berries are both culturally iconic and toxic, giving Laurel residents a new lens on those green clumps overhead. 
• Current openings (streetcarsuburbs.news) — A part-time managing editor role is open at The Laurel Independent, the community newspaper serving Laurel and nearby Prince George’s County neighborhoods. The home-based position oversees the monthly print edition, web content, and volunteer contributors, and strongly prefers applicants living in Laurel or adjacent communities. Flexible hours, weekend availability, and solid editing experience are key requirements.
📸 Around Laurel
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Laurel
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★ Featured events ★
- Kwanzaa Market Day
Harriet Tubman Cultural Center, 8045 Harriet Tubman Ln, Columbia
12:00 pm - ASO presents: Holiday Pops with Bowie State University Concert Choir
Bowie State University, 14000 Jericho Park Rd, Bowie
3:00 pm
Saturday December 20
Sunday December 21
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Other local events
- 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 - Laurel Small Business Meet & Greet
Laurel Branch Library , PGCMLS , Laurel
11:00 am - Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 23
Spauldings - Storytime Barn
11:00 am - Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 02
Laurel - Large Meeting Room B
11:15 am - Thursday, 11:30am
The Gardens Ice House , 13800 Old Gunpowder Rd #2fl , Laurel
11:30 am - Christmas Village in Baltimore, MD
Laurel, MD Calendar Laurel, MD 20707
2:00 pm - Patuxent Research Refuge Film/Speaker Event
Laurel, MD Calendar , 10901 Scarlet Tanager Loop , Laurel
4:00 pm - Laurel Board Of Trade December Networking Happy Hour
154 Lafayette Ave , Laurel
5:30 pm
Thursday December 18
📣 Laurel Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Time For Us (18 months - 3 years with adult) TK
Savage Branch - Howard County Library System , 9525 Durness Ln , Laurel
9:30 am - Craft Crafer Crafting in the New Studio — Bead Soup
Bead Soup , Old Weave Building , 8600 Foundry St , Savage
11:00 am - Senior Social Events-AFCP2
College Park Woods Club , 3545 Marlbrough Way , College Park
1:00 pm - All Together Now (families) TK
Savage Branch - Howard County Library System , 9525 Durness Ln , Laurel
2:30 pm
Wednesday December 17
Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.
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
- Cat found!
Is anyone missing an orange tabby? It is friendly and very talkative but has maybe been loose a few days. We are currently keeping it. We did check… (Nextdoor North Laurel Road)
- Wal-Mart posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Laurel. Apply here.
- Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. posted a job opening for New Graduate - Assistant Store Manager in Burtonsville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Laurel here.
🗞 Nearby News
Beltsville
- Guatemalan National Indicted for Illegal Reentry After Multiple Deportations (einpresswire.com)
Greenbelt
- The $4.3 billion space telescope Trump tried to cancel is now complete (arstechnica.com)
- An early candidate for 2026's word of the year: ‘affordability' (coloradopolitics.com)
- Navy officer convicted of cyberstalking ex-wife in Prince George's County (dcnewsnow.com)
Columbia
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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