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🌱 Patch AM: 4 Stops Added To Flash Blue Route In Howard Co.

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Hi Columbia! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • New Flash Blue bus stops boost Columbia's regional transit connections
  • Was your Columbia neighborhood hit in this week's crime bulletin?

Also on today's calendar: The "Dollar Tree" of garage sales, everything priced at rock bottom! and 11 more events.

Today's riddle: Where do math teachers go on vacation? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Partly sunny and not as warm, with a high of 81 and low of 61 degrees.
  • Sunday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 80, low: 59.
  • Monday: Partly sunny, with a high of 80 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 4 Stops Added To Flash Blue Route In Howard Co. (patch.com) — Columbia residents will soon have four new stops on the Flash Blue bus rapid transit route, improving connections between downtown Columbia and downtown Silver Spring. With service every 15 to 20 minutes during peak hours, riders can board in Columbia at Merriweather Drive and Little Patuxent Parkway and link to more than 30 regional bus and rail routes via the Silver Spring Transit Center.
   

• Laurel Shooting, Two Vehicle Thefts Reported in Howard County Crime Bulletin (shorenewsnetwork.com) — Columbia residents should know police are investigating a commercial burglary on McGaw Court and the overnight theft of a gray 2024 Acura Integra from Oakhurst Drive. The same Howard County crime bulletin details a non-life-threatening shooting in Laurel, stolen tires in Ellicott City, and another vehicle theft, and asks anyone with information to contact police.
   

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    I own 2 mini o's wooden bats. I am not sure the unknown value of them but the wood is in great shape. Curious any mlb o's fans in columbia or bmore. (Nextdoor Longfellow)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Times Square (Thank you Jean K. for sending it in!)
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