🌱 Patch AM: Meet the Potomac native turning heads in college baseball

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In today's newsletter:

• Meet the Potomac native turning heads in college baseball

Also on today's calendar: McLean School Open House (Kindergarten-Grade 4) and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: After dinner, my parents asked if I could clear the table. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Sunshine mixing with clouds, with a high of 56 and low of 38 degrees.
• Friday: A little afternoon rain, temps: high: 58, low: 48.
• Saturday: Cloudy with a few showers, with a high of 56 and low of 44 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Pair of Aggies Named Perfect Game Preseason All-Americans - Texas A&M Athletics (12thman.com) — A standout Texas A&M baseball player hails from right here in Potomac bringing local pride to a national college program. Junior infielder Chris Hacopian, a top MLB draft prospect, was named a Perfect Game Preseason All-American after a stellar 2025 season for Maryland.
   

📸 Around Potomac

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Potomac

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday January 10

• McLean School Open House (Kindergarten-Grade 4)
  McLean School-Falls Road Campus (Lower School), 11810 Falls Rd, Potomac
  9:00 am
• First Time Homebuyer Seminar (FREE!)
  Virtual/Online,
  10:00 am
• McLean School Open House (Grades 5-12)
  McLean School-Lochinver Lane Campus (Middle & Upper School), 8224 Lochinver Ln, Potomac
  1:00 pm

Monday January 12

• St. Raphael Nursery School Open House — Join Us January 12 at 9:30 a.m.!
  1513 Dunster Rd, Rockville
  9:30 am

Saturday January 31

• Feast & Fettle Brings a New Standard of Home Dining to Potomac
  9:00 am
• Just Stalking Resources' Annual Awareness Month Soirée
  Trinity Lutheran Church, 11200 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
  5:00 pm

Sunday February 8

• Great Falls Got Talent
  9818 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday January 8

• PCV-hosted Women's Group
  Potomac Library
  1:00 pm

Friday January 9

• PCV presents: Contemporary Painter, Printmaker and Mixed Media Artist
  Potomac Community Recreation Center , 11315 Falls Rd , Potomac
  10:30 am
• January Family Night at Chuck E. Cheese
  Luxmanor Elementary School , 5238 Nicholson Ln , Kensington
  4:00 pm

Thursday January 15

• PCV Speaker Series: The President Has Been Shot!
  Potomac Community Recreation Center , 11315 Falls Rd , Potomac
  3:00 pm

Tuesday January 20

• JCA Montgomery County Virtual 50+ Employment Expo
  Zoom
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I would like to thank the person who found my wallet (not sure where), and put it in my mailbox!
  I had given up finding it, and was making a mental list of all the things that I was going to have to do to recover what was in it. I hope that that… (Nextdoor Copenhaver)
• Hello!
  I would like to create and/or to join an existing group in Potomac, MD to meet and talk about the stock market and finances. We could meet ourselves… (Nextdoor Glen Hills)

• The ECPI University posted a job opening for Clinical Nursing Faculty in Bethesda. Apply here.
• City of Rockville MD posted a job opening for Childcare Teacher Substitute of Preschool in Rockville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Potomac here.

🗞 Nearby News

Rockville

• Things to Do, DMV: Weekend Rundown, Jan. 8-11 (washingtoninformer.com)

Gaithersburg

• Maryland's Viral Smashburger That Had People Waiting in Freezing Temps (mocoshow.com)
• Silverman Group Pays $203M for Mid-Atlantic Industrial Portfolio (commercialsearch.com)
• Chick-fil-A at Montrose Crossing to Temporarily Close for Renovations (mocoshow.com)

Silver Spring

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-- The Patch AM Team

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