🌱 Patch AM: How a Silver Spring teen made school sports history in 2025

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Silver Spring teen made school sports history in 2025

Also on today's calendar: Streamline Your Workflow with Outlook Automation and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: The world champion tongue twister just got arrested! 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Some sun; windy, much colder, with a high of 35 and low of 26 degrees.
• Wednesday: Some sun, temps: high: 38, low: 27.
• Thursday: Cloudy, a flurry; colder, with a high of 30 and low of 22 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• What did you accomplish in 2025? Readers tell us their wins. (washingtonpost.com) — A Silver Spring high schooler, 16-year-old Sophie Favreau, proudly shares that her girls’ cross-country team won its division for the first time in school history. Her accomplishment appears alongside achievements from people nationwide, from new jobs and big moves to marathons and personal milestones, offering an upbeat look back at 2025.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Silver Spring

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday January 22

• Streamline Your Workflow with Outlook Automation
  7:30 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday December 31

• Maryland Historical Trust's Museum Assistance Program: Deadline
  Montgomery Preservation Inc , 8100 Georgia Ave , Silver Spring
• New Year's Eve Party
  Silver Branch Lagerhaus & Biergarten , 8401 Colesville Rd #150 , Silver Spring
  8:00 pm

Saturday January 10

• First Time Homebuyer Seminar (FREE!)
  Virtual/Online
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 30

• Family Storytime at Noyes
  Noyes Library for Young Children (Kensington) , 10237 Carroll Pl , Kensington
  9:30 am
• Tai Chi
  City of College Park, Maryland Calendar College Park, MD 20740
  10:00 am
• Little Ones - Drop-in
  Jane E. Lawton Community Recreation Center , 4301 Willow Ln , Chevy Chase
  10:30 am
• Winter Playdate at Chevy Chase
  Chevy Chase Maryland Library , 8005 Connecticut Ave , Chevy Chase
  10:30 am
• Teen Winter Break Trip: Snowtubing
  Takoma Park Community Center , 7500 Maple Ave a , Takoma Park
  11:30 am
• Bocce Rolls on!
  Schweinhaut Senior Center , 1000 Forest Glen Rd , Silver Spring
  1:00 pm
• Shuffleboard
  Schweinhaut Senior Center , 1000 Forest Glen Rd , Silver Spring
  1:00 pm
• Family Game Night at Long Branch
  Long Branch Library -
  2:00 pm
• Hyattsville Figure Drawing Group Meetup
  Pyramid Atlantic Art Center , 4318 Gallatin St , Hyattsville
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hi neighbors 👋
  I’m a 32-year-old local resident and wanted to offer a bit of free, volunteer help to anyone who might need it after the holidays. I’m respectful,… (Nextdoor South Four Corners)
• Has anyone seen a white toy poodle around Seminary Road and Gwyndale Avenue today?
  I'll post a picture once I get one, but he answers to the name Nipsey. If you see, or have seen him today, please dm me. Thank you. (Nextdoor Linden)

• Althea Woodland posted a job opening for Social Service Director in Silver Spring. Apply here.
• The Gap, Inc. posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate - Wisconsin/Chevy Chase in Chevy Chase. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Silver Spring here.

🗞 Nearby News

Takoma Park

• A Maryland parking lot becomes a hub of ICE resistance (thedailyrecord.com)

Chevy Chase

• Newmark expands finance team; Cresa hires target New York business; Leasing veteran rejoins CBRE in Phoenix (costar.com)
• Joy Kahn, Linguist and Librarian Who Worked for NSA, NIH, Dies at 89 (washingtonjewishweek.com)
• Chevy Chase had 'full meltdown' after N-word incident on 'Community' set leaked (kmph.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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