🌱 Patch AM: Which Takoma Park and Silver Spring stories grabbed readers in 2025?

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In today's newsletter:

• Which Takoma Park and Silver Spring stories grabbed readers in 2025?

Today's riddle: What did one volcano say to the other volcano? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Partly sunny and breezy, with a high of 42 and low of 25 degrees.
• Monday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 43, low: 33.
• Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 50 and low of 39 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Spotlight on 2025: Top Stories on Source of the Spring (Most-Read Picks) (sourceofthespring.com) — Takoma Park readers will recognize themselves in this roundup of 2025’s most-read stories, which highlights coverage of Takoma Park and Silver Spring businesses and development. From Royal Farms construction and a major hotel-to-housing conversion to changing food and retail options and a returning mermaid convention, the piece recaps the local changes that shaped daily life around you last year.
   

📸 Around Takoma Park

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Takoma Park

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Wednesday January 7

• 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

Thursday January 8

• Ready 2 Read STEM: Ages 35
  Spaulding Branch Library Spauldings - Large Meeting Room
  11:00 am

Saturday January 10

• Craft and Create: Soap
  Spaulding Branch Library Spauldings - Large Meeting Room
  2:00 pm

📣 Takoma Park Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday January 4

• 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

Monday January 5

• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 02
  Hyattsville Branch Library Hyattsville -
  10:30 am
• English Conversation Club
  Mount Rainier Branch Library Mount Rainier -
  11:00 am
• Job Seekers
  Mount Rainier Branch Library Mount Rainier -
  1:00 pm
• Tail Waggin' Tutors
  Bladensburg Branch Library Bladensburg -
  4:30 pm
• Berwyn Ballet School
  City of College Park, Maryland Calendar , 4711 Knox Road , College Park
  5:15 pm
• City Events Advisory Board Virtual Meeting (Recreation Board)
  City of College Park, Maryland Calendar , Meetings are held Virtually , College Park
  7:00 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Takoma Park PatchAM possible:

• Mindsee.it — (646) 663-8317
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Report of police activity in Takoma Park, Maryland.
  12:29AM on Jan 3: Large police response from Takoma Park and Montgomery County police at Wildwood Drive and Carroll Avenue, with officers out with a… (Nextdoor )

• Washington Adventist University posted a job opening for Adjunct Faculty - Biology (Multiple positions) in Takoma Park. Apply here.
• The Archdiocese of Washington posted a job opening for Long-Term Substitute Teacher (Middle School) - St. Andrew Apostle School - Silver Spring Maryland in Silver Spring. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Takoma Park here.

🗞 Nearby News

Silver Spring

• Olympic Icon Dominique Dawes Bringing New Gymnastics Academy Home To Silver Spring (dailyvoice.com)
• Spontaneous combustion of organic material causes fire in Silver Spring on New Year's (dcnewsnow.com)
• < Hunting for Pokemon cards? Maybe skip stores and try a card show (npr.org)

Chevy Chase

• Answers to Your Antarctica Questions, Part 1 (nytimes.com)

Ok Takoma Park! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

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