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🌱 Patch AM: What’s happening at this year’s Greenbelt Labor Day Festival?
Coming up: High Holidays at Mishkan Torah on the Greenbelt Patch calendar
Hello Greenbelt! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- What's happening at this year's Greenbelt Labor Day Festival?
- How is Greenbelt's NASA center steering this new space telescope?
- Why is Greenbelt's federal courthouse central to a citizenship showdown?
Also on today's calendar: High Holidays at Mishkan Torah and 7 more events.
Today's riddle: What is the 1 way to guarantee winning a small fortune at the casino? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Sunshine, hot; a p.m. t-storm, with a high of 96 and low of 73 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Wednesday: A stray afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 93, low: 73.
- Thursday: Very hot with a thunderstorm, with a high of 97 and low of 74 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Family Fun Events in the DMV: Sept. 4-7 (washingtonfamily.com) — Greenbelt's annual Labor Day Festival returns Sept. 4–7 at the Historic Roosevelt Center, with four days of rides, games, and family activities right in town. Residents can enjoy everything from a pet show to a diaper derby and adult-focused events, all free to attend, making it one of Greenbelt's biggest community weekends of the year. 
• NASA's Roman telescope is in space. But don't expect photos until 2027 (miamiherald.com) — NASA's new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now en route to its deep-space orbit, with mission control based at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt. Local scientists will help manage a five-year effort to map the universe, study dark energy, and hunt exoplanets, though the first public images aren't expected until late 2026 or early 2027.
• Federal judge allows Trump's new birthright citizenship orde (conservativejournalreview.com) — A federal judge in Greenbelt has allowed President Trump's new birthright citizenship order to remain in effect for now, while signaling skepticism and fast-tracking further legal challenges. Although the case centers on national immigration policy, it puts Greenbelt's federal courthouse at the heart of a major constitutional fight that will continue unfolding in the coming weeks.
📸 Around Greenbelt
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Greenbelt
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★ Featured events ★
- High Holidays at Mishkan Torah →
Mishkan Torah Synagogue, 10 Ridge Rd, Greenbelt
9:00 pm
Friday September 11
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Other local events
- Citizenship: Study Group
Bladensburg Branch Library Bladensburg - BL Activity Room
5:30 pm - Pajama Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 3-5
New Carrollton Branch Library New Carrollton -
7:00 pm - Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 3-5
Greenbelt Branch Library Greenbelt - Program Room
12:15 pm - Needlework Social: Knitting and Crochet
New Carrollton Branch Library New Carrollton - Large meeting room 1
5:30 pm - Needlework Social
Bladensburg Branch Library Bladensburg - Bladensburg Large Meeting Room
5:30 pm - Pins and Needles
New Carrollton Branch Library New Carrollton - Large meeting room 1
10:00 am - Caseworker in the Library
Spaulding Branch Library Spauldings - Group Study Room 1
10:00 am - Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 3-5
New Carrollton Branch Library New Carrollton -
10:30 am - Greenbelt Labor Day Festival →
, Greenbelt
6:00 pm
Tuesday September 1
Wednesday September 2
Thursday September 3
Saturday September 5
📣 Greenbelt Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Monthly Coffee Connections
Prince George's Chamber of Commerce Integral Exploration Development Group (IEXDG) Hosted at Regus Milford Plaza I 16701 Melford Boulevard, Suite 400 Bowie, MD 20715
9:00 am - Pickleball - 18+ Drop-In
Long Branch Community Rec Center Long Branch Community Center
11:45 am - Pins and Needles: Knitting
Prince George's County Memorial Library System Surratts-Clinton -
12:30 pm - Homeschool Hangout: Welcome!
Prince George's County Memorial Library System Largo-Kettering - Entrepreneur Lab
12:30 pm
Tuesday September 1
Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.
💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Wendy's - Flynn Group posted a job opening for Shift Leader in Greenbelt. Apply here.
- Cardinal Group Companies posted a job opening for Turn Team Member in College Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Greenbelt here.
🗞 Nearby News
College Park
- Chick-fil-A to close remaining Little Blue Menu restaurant (restaurantdive.com)
- NIH Director Says a Lot. Critics Call Much of It Misleading (insidehighered.com)
- 'We're in charge': Vietnam veteran brothers find a new way to serve on the golf course (wmar2news.com)
Beltsville
- Two of Three Federal Cyclospora Research Programs Are Shutting Down in the Middle of a Record Season (medicaldaily.com)
Bowie
- National Championship Title Beckons To 11-Year-Old Bowie Golfer (patch.com)
- 10K Students Without Buses Now Have Transportation: PGCPS Superintendent (patch.com)
- Man Arrested In Woman's 2025 Sexual Assault: Prince George's Police (patch.com)
Ok Greenbelt! 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: By starting with a large fortune. (Thank you Kourtney Z. for sending it in!)
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