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Good morning to you Rockville! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a $230,000 Rockville check erased thousands of student meal debts
  • Did you know public cursing is technically illegal on Rockville streets?
  • See which historic golf moment happened right here in Rockville

Also on today's calendar: Swing 5 Jazz and 9 more events.

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Today's riddle: I used to work in a doughnut shop. 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Wednesday: Some sun, then clouds; breezy, with a high of 50 and low of 33 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly cloudy with mist, temps: high: 52, low: 29.
  • Friday: Cloudy, a little rain; colder, with a high of 35 and low of 31 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Donor pays off the debt for more than 80,000 school meals in a Maryland county (spokesman.com) — Montgomery County Public Schools’ headquarters in Rockville just received a $230,000 donation to wipe out about two years of school meal debt for low-income students. The gift, from DARCARS’ education foundation partners, will cover roughly 82,000 meals and ease costs for families in the FARM program and others struggling to pay. Local leaders say it’s a major boost against student food insecurity.
   

• The 22 Weirdest Driving Laws in the Country (rd.com) — Rockville gets a quirky national shout-out for a little-known law that bans loud public cursing on or near local streets and sidewalks within earshot of passersby. The piece surveys 22 unusual driving-related rules around the country, highlighting how some towns, including Rockville, regulate surprisingly specific behaviors behind the wheel and on the road.
   

• USGA acquires J.J. Spaun's U.S. Open golf ball, Kim Moore's prosthetic (usatoday.com) — Rockville gets a brief spotlight as the host site of Kim Moore’s 2025 U.S. Adaptive Open victory at Woodmont Country Club’s South Course, where she later donated her prosthetic leg to the USGA museum. The piece mainly highlights ten notable golf artifacts the USGA acquired this year, including J.J. Spaun’s winning U.S. Open ball and Bryson DeChambeau’s famous bunker wedge.
   

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