🌱 Patch AM: Did you buy your Powerball ticket at Wheaton’s Georgia Avenue Safeway?

Morning Wheaton! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Did you buy your Powerball ticket at Wheaton’s Georgia Avenue Safeway?

Also on today's calendar: Basketball Adults 18+ Drop In and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What did the clock say when it ran out of batteries? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: An icy mix, up to 1", with a high of 34 and low of 32 degrees.
• Saturday: Cloudy, temps: high: 42, low: 31.
• Sunday: Rain and drizzle in the p.m., with a high of 46 and low of 42 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• $50K Powerball Tickets Sold in Montgomery County on Christmas Eve (mocoshow.com) — A Wheaton shopper who bought a Powerball ticket at the Safeway on Georgia Avenue just scored a $50,000 Christmas Eve win, matching four white balls plus the Powerball. The prize is one of Montgomery County’s biggest hits from a record jackpot run that showered Maryland players with millions in winnings, including several other high-value tickets sold in nearby Germantown and Silver Spring.
   

📸 Around Wheaton

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wheaton

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 27

• Poetry and Resistance: Exploring the Poetry of Ana Blandiana - w/ Vocales Verticales - in person
  Wheaton Library, 11701 Georgia Ave, Wheaton
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday December 27

• Basketball Adults 18+ Drop In
  Wheaton Library , 11701 Georgia Ave , Wheaton
  6:00 pm
• Collide at the Limerick
  The Limerick Pub , 11301 Elkin St , Wheaton
  7:00 pm

Sunday December 28

• Magician Mike Rose at Wheaton Library!
  Wheaton Library , 11701 Georgia Ave , Wheaton
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday December 26

• Little Ones - Drop In (ages 5 and under)
  Wheaton Library , 11701 Georgia Ave , Wheaton
  9:00 am
• Basketball - Youth Drop-In
  Long Branch Community Center , 8700 Piney Branch Rd , Silver Spring
  3:00 pm
• TCG Standard League Tournament — Player 1 Services
  Player 1 Services , 4000 Howard Ave Unit E , Kensington
  6:00 pm

Saturday December 27

• Silver Spring Run
  Kaldi’s Social House Silver Spring , 918 Silver Spring Ave , Silver Spring
  10:00 am
• Superb Saturday STEM
  Noyes Library for Young Children (Kensington) , 10237 Carroll Pl , Kensington
  11:00 am
• Rock Creek Trail Run
  
  12:30 pm
• Last Saturday Spades in Silver Spring
  Nando's PERi-PERi , 924 Ellsworth Dr , Silver Spring
  6:00 pm
• Trap Karaoke
  The Fillmore Silver Spring , 8656 Colesville Rd , Silver Spring
  7:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

North Bethesda

• We taste-tested 9 bagels across Montgomery County and found the best one (thebanner.com)
• Montgomery County celebrates ‘big win' with Samsung Biologics' arrival (wtop.com)

Silver Spring

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I guess I’m out of time.
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