🌱 Patch AM: How Wheaton’s hometown rink helped launch two Olympic ice hopefuls

What's up Wheaton! 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:

• How Wheaton’s hometown rink helped launch two Olympic ice hopefuls

Also on today's calendar: Camp and Program expo.

Today's riddle: Playing golf is bad for your brain. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Cloudy, a flurry; breezy, with a high of 33 and low of 22 degrees.
• Friday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 37, low: 25.
• Saturday: Mainly cloudy, with a high of 37 and low of 22 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Ice dancers Caroline Green and Michael Parsons are Olympic hopefuls (thebaltimorebanner.com) — Two U.S. ice dancers who grew up training at Wheaton Ice Arena and the Wheaton Ice Skating Academy are now on the brink of making the 2026 Olympic team. Caroline Green and Michael Parsons, raised in Montgomery County, will vie for one of three U.S. ice dance spots at Nationals in early January, hoping to represent both their country and their home community on the world stage.
   

📸 Around Wheaton

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wheaton

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Sunday January 11

• Camp and Program expo
  Wheaton Ice Arena , 11717 Orebaugh Ave , Wheaton-Glenmont
  11:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday January 3

• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 35
  Hyattsville Branch Library Hyattsville -
  10:30 am

Monday January 5

• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 02
  Hyattsville Branch Library Hyattsville -
  10:30 am
• TOCC Book Club, 7 p.m.
  Chevy Chase, MD Calendar , 4301 Willow Lane , Chevy Chase
  7:00 pm

Tuesday January 6

• CC@H Speaker Series: Unforced Errors with Robert Blaemire, 1 p.m.
  Chevy Chase, MD Calendar , 4301 Willow Lane , Chevy Chase
  1:00 pm
• Financial Incentives for the Maryland Heritage Areas Program - Q&A Session #1
  Montgomery Preservation Inc , 8100 Georgia Ave , Silver Spring
  1:00 pm
• Needlework Social
  Hyattsville - Learning Lab
  4:00 pm
• Basketball - Girls JV Quince Orchard at Walter Johnson 5:30 pm
  Walter Johnson High School Bethesda, MD 20814
  5:30 pm
• Basketball - Boys JV Walter Johnson at Quince Orchard 5:30 pm
  Walter Johnson High School Bethesda, MD 20814
  5:30 pm
• Basketball - Girls Varsity Quince Orchard at Walter Johnson 7:15 pm
  Walter Johnson High School Bethesda, MD 20814
  7:15 pm
• Basketball - Boys Varsity Walter Johnson at Quince Orchard 7:15 pm
  Walter Johnson High School Bethesda, MD 20814
  7:15 pm

Wednesday January 7

• Financial Aid Night
  Rockville High School Rockville, MD 20851
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• A fire in a bedroom at 23,400 Tailor Shop Place off Tannery Ridge Dr., Clarksburg, was reported, with smoke showing and the occupant safely evacuated.
  1:01PM on Dec 30: Fire reported in a bedroom at 23,400 Tailor Shop Place off Tannery Ridge Dr., Clarksburg, with multiple fire and rescue units… (Nextdoor )
• Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service responded to a possible chimney fire at 1000 Windmill Ln., which extended to an outside wall, with one patient being evaluated.
  5:06PM on Dec 30: Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service responded to a possible chimney fire at a single-family house on 1000 Windmill Ln. near… (Nextdoor )

🗞 Nearby News

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• Wall Street sees a bright 2026 for this beat-up dividend-paying stock (cnbc.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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