🌱 Patch AM: Owner Burned In Car Fire, $3,500 Damage Reported

What's up Westminster! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Westminster driver burned after car fire on Rinehart Road

Also on today's calendar: New Year Job Search with Carroll County Workforce and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the baby light bulb say to its mom? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Cloudy, with a high of 42 and low of 31 degrees.
• Tuesday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 48, low: 39.
• Wednesday: Breezy in the morning; cloudy, with a high of 52 and low of 33 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Owner Burned In Car Fire, $3,500 Damage Reported (patch.com) — A Westminster resident was hospitalized with non-life-threatening burns after their Oldsmobile caught fire Saturday morning on Rinehart Road, reportedly starting in vegetation beneath the car. Manchester Volunteer Fire Company extinguished the accidental blaze, which caused about $3,500 in damage, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal.
   

📸 Around Westminster

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Westminster

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Monday January 5

• New Year Job Search with Carroll County Workforce
  224 N Center St , Westminster
  9:00 am

Tuesday January 6

• Read and Play
  Westminster Branch Library , 50 East Main Street , Westminster
  10:00 am
• Twos and Threes Together
  Westminster Branch Library , 50 East Main Street , Westminster
  11:00 am
• Needle Little Klatch?
  Westminster Branch Library , 50 East Main Street , Westminster
  5:00 pm
• Pajama Party Storytime
  Westminster Branch Library , 50 East Main Street , Westminster
  7:00 pm

Wednesday January 7

• Read and Play
  Westminster Branch Library , 50 East Main Street , Westminster
  10:00 am
• Twos and Threes Together
  Westminster Branch Library , 50 East Main Street , Westminster
  11:00 am
• Open Mah Jongg
  Westminster Branch Library , 50 East Main Street , Westminster
  1:00 pm
• Westminster Historic District Commission Meeting - Canceled
  Westminster, MD Calendar , 1838 Emerald Hill Lane , Westminster
  6:00 pm

Monday January 12

• Carroll County Workforce Development Job Seeker assistance
  224 N Center St , Westminster
  9:00 am

📣 Westminster Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday January 5

• Read and Play
  North Carroll Branch Library , 2255 Hanover Pike , Hampstead
  10:00 am
• Alphabet Train
  North Carroll Branch Library , 2255 Hanover Pike , Hampstead
  11:00 am

Tuesday January 6

• Move and Learn
  North Carroll Branch Library , 2255 Hanover Pike , Hampstead
  10:00 am
• North Carroll Writers Group
  North Carroll Branch Library , 2255 Hanover Pike , Hampstead
  5:30 pm

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

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• My family went away for Christmas and we hired Liz Coughenour to pet sit.
  She was great!! We found her on Nextdoor & definitely recommend her! UPDATE: I asked Liz if she would mind if I put her contact information in this… (Nextdoor Pennsylvania - Carroll)
• Dog gates
  I have a bunch of connecting dog gates I no longer need. I used them for fencing around my pool before I got a nicer temporary fence. I have about 40… (Nextdoor Mountain View)

• Aramark Corporation posted a job opening for Housekeeper - McDaniel College Facilities in Westminster. Apply here.
• The Guitar Center posted a job opening for Music Teacher Store 1309 in Westminster. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Westminster here.

🗞 Nearby News

Reisterstown

• Man Shot Multiple Times on Reisterstown Road, Expected to Survive (baltimorewitness.org)

Owings Mills

• Maryland Public Television ‘committed' to lifelong learning after federal funding ends (kentucky.com)

Ok Westminster! 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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