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🌱 Patch AM: Which Takoma Park-area business stories grabbed the most attention in 2025?
Spotted on the Takoma Park calendar: First Time Homebuyer Seminar (FREE!)
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In today's newsletter:
- Which Takoma Park-area business stories grabbed the most attention in 2025?
Also on today's calendar: First Time Homebuyer Seminar (FREE!) and 2 more events.
Find out what's happening in Takoma Parkfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Find out what's happening in Takoma Parkfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Saturday: Some sun, then clouds, with a high of 36 and low of 28 degrees.
- Sunday: Partly sunny and breezy, temps: high: 39, low: 25.
- Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 38 and low of 28 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Spotlight on 2025: Top Stories on Source of the Spring (Most-Read Picks) (sourceofthespring.com) — Takoma Park readers will see their local business community highlighted in this roundup of 2025’s most-read stories, which focused heavily on Silver Spring and Takoma Park openings and closings. The piece revisits big changes like Hotel Silver Spring’s conversion to affordable housing, a major 7-Eleven closure, the Montgomery Hills Royal Farms controversy, and other developments shaping nearby neighborhoods and commutes. 
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Takoma Park
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- Get Active: Quick Sweat Zumba
Spaulding Branch Library Spauldings - Large Meeting Room
12:30 pm - Lawyer in the Library: Tenants Rights and Housing Clinic
Spaulding Branch Library Spauldings - Large Meeting Room
2:00 pm - Ready 2 Read STEM: Ages 35
Spaulding Branch Library Spauldings - Large Meeting Room
11:00 am - First Time Homebuyer Seminar (FREE!)
Virtual/Online
10:00 am - Craft and Create: Soap
Spaulding Branch Library Spauldings - Large Meeting Room
2:00 pm
Wednesday January 7
Thursday January 8
Saturday January 10
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Berwyn Ballet School at The Old Parish House
City of College Park, Maryland Calendar , 4711 Knox Road , College Park
8:45 am - Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 35
Hyattsville Branch Library Hyattsville -
10:30 am - Capital Food Bank Food Distribution for Federal Workers and Contractors
Mount Rainier, MD Calendar
1:00 pm - CPAE Workshop
City of College Park, Maryland Calendar , 4711 Knox Road , College Park
2:00 pm - Girl Scout Troop 23031
City of College Park, Maryland Calendar , 4601 Calvert Road , College Park
2:30 pm - College Park Arts Exchange - Youth Orchestra Rehearsals
City of College Park, Maryland Calendar , 4711 Knox Road , College Park
3:00 pm - Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 02
Hyattsville Branch Library Hyattsville -
10:30 am
Saturday January 3
Sunday January 4
Monday January 5
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- A two-alarm apartment fire on Lighthouse Way near Calverton, MD, resulted in numerous people being trapped and assisted by firefighters, with all visible fire knocked down and crews working on hotspots.
2:07AM on Jan 1: A two-alarm apartment fire was reported at a three-story building on Lighthouse Way near Calverton, MD, with fire visible upon… (Nextdoor ) - Hyattsville Police Department investigates shots fired with no reported injuries, and East-West Highway is closed, but the scene is cleared and the road is reopened.
1:56PM on Jan 1: Hyattsville Police Department is investigating shots fired in the 3300 block of East-West Highway, with no reported injuries and… (Nextdoor )
- Washington Adventist University posted a job opening for Executive Assistant to the President in Takoma Park. Apply here.
- Petroleum Marketing Group, Inc. posted a job opening for Assistant Store Manager - Silver Spring, MD in Silver Spring. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Takoma Park here.
🗞 Nearby News
Silver Spring
- Spontaneous combustion of organic material causes fire in Silver Spring on New Year's (dcnewsnow.com)
- Olympic Icon Dominique Dawes To Bring Gymnastics Empire Back Home To Maryland In 2026 (dailyvoice.com)
- Men rescued from hotel ledge after escaping armed robbery, police say (wusa9.com)
Chevy Chase
- The Village Movement helps seniors age in place in Montgomery County (thebanner.com)
- Analysis: Is Gaza a sleeper issue in the Maryland midterms? (marylandmatters.org)
Rockville
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-- The Patch AM Team
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