🌱 Patch AM: Why Laurel’s Arby’s just shut its doors for good

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In today's newsletter:

• Why Laurel’s Arby’s just shut its doors for good

Today's riddle: Playing golf is bad for your brain. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Cloudy, a flurry; breezy, with a high of 34 and low of 21 degrees.
• Friday: Considerable cloudiness, temps: high: 37, low: 25.
• Saturday: Mainly cloudy, with a high of 39 and low of 22 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Arby's Closing Restaurants Across U.S. (eurweb.com) — An Arby’s restaurant in Laurel has closed as part of a wave of at least 14 shutdowns nationwide driven by rising costs and underperforming locations. The closure reflects broader financial pressures on fast-food franchises, where independent owners are quietly shuttering stores that no longer make economic sense.
   

📸 Around Laurel

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Laurel

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday January 3

• Amazin Bundle - DC, MD, VA, FL, AZ & more
  Amazin Affairs LLC, 8101 Sandy Spring Rd #100, Laurel
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday January 3

• GW Univ Textile Museum, DC
  Laurel, MD Calendar Laurel, MD 20707
  10:30 am

Sunday January 4

• ICE! Holiday Event at Gaylord National, MD
  Laurel, MD Calendar Laurel, MD 20707
  1:00 pm

Monday January 5

• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 23
  Laurel Branch Library Laurel - Large Meeting Room B
  10:30 am

Tuesday January 6

• 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

Wednesday January 7

• 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

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday January 1

• Adjusted Collection for the New Year Holiday
  Laurel, MD Calendar
  8:00 am

Monday January 5

• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 23
  Beltsville - Program Room
  10:30 am

Tuesday January 6

• Story Explorers: Dwight D. Eisenhower Eagles Reading Ambassadors
  Laurel Branch Library Laurel - Large Meeting Room A (Dorothy Height Room)
  5:30 pm
• Needlework Social: Knitting and Crocheting
  Laurel Branch Library Laurel - Large Meeting Room B
  6:30 pm

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

• VivaVets Animal Hospital — (443) 542-2938
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• Mindsee.it — (646) 663-8317
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• FOUND CAT: This brown tabby with white on her face, chest, belly, and legs was found on December 29 at Laurel Pines Apartments on Bowie Road 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 13, 2026, this cat will be made… (Nextdoor Laurel)
• I just wanted to share this business that provided last minute service when another shop turned me away before shop closing hours.
  The customer service, work and knowledge from Louis was exceptional and worth sharing. Please check him out if you’re ever in need. I will post his… (Nextdoor Briarwood Place)

• Giant Food posted a job opening for PT Service Clerk - Bake Off - 0340 in Laurel. Apply here.
• Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Holdings, Inc. posted a job opening for Machinist / Fabricator in Laurel. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Laurel here.

🗞 Nearby News

Greenbelt

• Your Eyes Do Not Deceive You – Yellow Line Now Goes* All The Way to Greenbelt – Plus Don't Forget Metro and Bus is Free Tonight! (popville.com)
• Nationally Recognized Stock Market Expert and Top Speaker to Teach 'How to Create Income Outside of a Job' at Powerful Wealth-Building Event in the D.C. Metro Area (blacknews.com)
• Greenbelt, Md., mayor looking ahead to what's next after FBI HQ stays in DC (wjla.com)

Columbia

• What's Open, Closed On New Year's Day 2026 In Columbia (patch.com)

College Park

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I just heard a golfer say he had four strokes on the first hole!
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