🌱 Patch AM: New Year's Eve Celebration and Storytime at Damascus Community Recreation Center and 11 more events

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Today's riddle: I think I’ll wear only one boot today. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: An a.m. flurry; partly sunny, with a high of 38 and low of 27 degrees.
• Thursday: Colder with a flurry, temps: high: 30, low: 19. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Mostly cloudy and not as cold, with a high of 38 and low of 26 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 31

• New Year's Eve Celebration and Storytime at Damascus Community Recreation Center
  Damascus Library , 9701 Main St #2 , Damascus
  10:15 am
• Hello Dolly
  Olney Theatre Center , 2001 Olney Sandy Spring Rd , Olney
  1:00 pm
• Teen Lounge
  Rockville Memorial Library , 21 Maryland Ave , Rockville
  4:00 pm
• Bring the Family & Ring in 2026 EARLY at D&B
  Dave & Buster's Gaithersburg , 9811 Washingtonian Blvd , Gaithersburg
  4:00 pm
• Family Storytime
  Gaithersburg Library , 18330 Montgomery Village Ave , Gaithersburg
  5:30 pm
• Template - USCCA Scenario-Based - Employment Termination Risks
  I.C.E. Firearms & Defensive Training , 1502 S Main St # 201 , Mt Airy
  6:00 pm
• Template - Stop the Bleed
  I.C.E. Firearms & Defensive Training , 1502 S Main St # 201 , Mt Airy
  6:00 pm
• Ring in the New Year!
  Hank Dietle's Tavern , 11010 Rockville Pike , Rockville
  9:00 pm

Saturday January 3

• Sunday 9am Youth Group Lessons - Session 2
  Rockville Town Square Outdoor Ice Skating , 131 Gibbs St , Rockville
  9:00 am

Wednesday January 7

• Financial Aid Night
  Rockville High School Rockville, MD 20851
  5:30 pm
• SVHS IB Program Information Night
  Seneca Valley High School Germantown, MD 20874
  6:30 pm

Thursday January 8

• RMS Open House
  Redland Middle School Derwood, MD 20855
  8:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• A fire on the 9th floor of Victory Tower, a senior living facility in Takoma Park, was contained and extinguished, with over 50 occupants evacuated and staged in the lobby.
  1:15AM on Dec 30: Fire on the 9th floor of Victory Tower at 7051 Carroll Ave., Takoma Park, prompts response from multiple Montgomery County fire and… (Nextdoor )
• Hi Neighbors!
  I wanted to share a pastel pet pawtrait I did for Christmas. His name is Oso. (Nextdoor Patton Ridge)

• Montgomery County Public Schools posted a job opening for FY26\: Teacher, Literacy Instructional Coach, Harriet R. Tubman ES, 1.0 FTE in Gaithersburg. Apply here.
• Costco Wholesale Corporation posted a job opening for Payroll Clerk in Gaithersburg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Montgomery Village here.

🗞 Nearby News

Gaithersburg

• Who is Stefon Diggs? What to know about NFL player facing charges (usatoday.com)
• Matan Inks 203K-SF Industrial Lease in Virginia (commercialobserver.com)
• Missing Kentucky Teen Found Safe In Maryland; Man Charged With Kidnapping (thebaynet.com)

Germantown

• 2 Germantown teens turn classroom idea into global AI farming tool (wtop.com)
• Downed tree damages trailer, displaces family in Germantown (wusa9.com)
• Driver arrested after fleeing police and striking several vehicles in Germantown (mymcmedia.org)

Columbia

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