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🌱 Patch AM: Where can Elkridge residents get free walk-up flu shots this fall?
Be sure to catch Harbor City Music Company Presents: The Show Must Go On! on the Elkridge Patch calendar

Hi there, Elkridge! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Where can Elkridge residents get free walk-up flu shots this fall?
Also on today's calendar: Harbor City Music Company Presents: The Show Must Go On! and 12 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Sunday: Tropical Rainstorm Isaias, with a high of 67 and low of 59 degrees.
- Monday: A morning shower or two, temps: high: 74, low: 54.
- Tuesday: Partly sunny and warmer, with a high of 82 and low of 61 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Respiratory Illnesses On The Rise: See What's Circulating, Find Vaccines In MD (patch.com) — Several free, walk-up flu shot clinics are scheduled right in Elkridge, including Deep Run Elementary, the Elkridge Volunteer Fire Department, the Elkridge Branch Library/50+ Center, and Chin Bethel Church, starting Oct. 1. Health officials expect a moderately severe respiratory season, so residents are urged to get vaccinated for flu and COVID-19 at these local sites or nearby pharmacies.
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📸 Around Elkridge
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Elkridge
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★ Featured events ★
- Harbor City Music Company Presents: The Show Must Go On! →
Jim Rouse Theatre for the Performing Arts, 5460 Trumpeter Rd, Columbia
3:00 pm - U.S. Marine Band Chamber Music Ensemble →
St John's Episcopal Church, 9202 Frederick Rd, Ellicott City
4:00 pm - Ravens 'Guess the Score' Contest Prize is $900 Cash! →
Online,
8:20 pm - Good News Club at Elkridge Elementary School →
7075 Montgomery Road, Elkridge, MD 21075,
4:00 pm - Howard Community College Presents Fall for All! →
Howard Community College, 10901 Little Patuxent Pkwy, Columbia
11:00 am - Breast Cancer Awareness: Truth vs Myth →
Miller Branch - Howard County Library System, 9421 Frederick Rd, Ellicott City
6:00 pm - 3-Club Toastmasters Special Event - Open House →
Baltimore County Public Library - Arbutus Branch, 855 Sulphur Spring Rd, Arbutus
10:00 am - The Upper Room →
Laurel High School, 8000 Cherry Ln, Laurel
9:00 pm - DMV Chocolate and Coffee Festival ~ Maryland Edition →
Adventist HealthCare Fieldhouse, 18031 Central Park Cir,
10:00 am
Sunday October 11
Thursday October 15
Friday October 16
Thursday October 22
Saturday October 24
Friday November 6
Saturday November 7
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Other local events
- Howard Lions Pride Athletic Boosters 2026 Fall Arts, Crafts, & More Show →
Howard High School, 8700 Old Annapolis Rd, Ellicott City
10:00 am - Home Building Industry to Attempt Guinness World Record in Maryland →
Howard County Fairgrounds, 2210 Fairgrounds Rd
4:30 pm - Chesapeake Bay Blues Quilt Show →
First Presbyterian Church of Howard County (PCUSA), 9325 Presbyterian Cir, Columbia
10:00 am - Sandridge Community Yard Sale →
Innkeeper Drive, Innkeeper Dr, Severn
8:00 am - Frightreads Book Festival 6 →
Howard County Fairgrounds
12:00 pm - Fall Fest. →
Thomas Viaduct Middle School, 7000 Banbury Dr, Elkridge
6:00 pm
Sunday October 18
Wednesday October 21
Thursday October 22
Saturday October 24
Friday October 30
📣 Elkridge Shout Outs!
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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Elkridge PatchAM possible:
- CrossLife Community Church — 4109606301
- A1 Roofing's KangaRoof — 4107991600
- MacGillis Global Academy — (443) 393-0892
- Glass Doctor Home + Business of Randallstown — (443) 272-1554
- Elkridge Baptist Church — (410) 796-4486
- Hop To It Organizers, LLC — 443-741-2575
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Baltimore Aircoil Company posted a job opening for Product Manager- Manufacturing in Jessup. Apply here.
- Advantage Solutions posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser in Columbia. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Elkridge here.
🗞 Nearby News
Jessup
- 2 Md. inmates accused of targeting corrections officers with bodily fluids (corrections1.com)
- Brenda Sue Turner (theenterprise.net)
Catonsville
- 'Connect on a deeper level': The new signs pointing to Catonsville's history (wmar2news.com)
- Your Voice, Your Stories: Safer streets, road repairs and a food truck's new home (wmar2news.com)
- Erickson Senior Living Opens Oxford Hills Sales Center (patch.com)
Ok Elkridge! 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
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath?" — A dirty double crosser ! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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