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🌱 How a handgun ended up on a student at Glymont Middle
Cheers Indian Head! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a handgun ended up on a student at Glymont Middle
- What Charles County’s big 2025 progress report means for Indian Head
Also on today's calendar: Purcellville Music and Arts Festival and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Times of sun and clouds, with a high of 85 and low of 60 degrees.
- Saturday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 88, low: 56. 🌶 Hot!
- Sunday: Cooler with showers, with a high of 64 and low of 43 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Handgun Discovered on Student at Charles County Middle School (southernmarylandchronicle.com) — A seventh-grader at Glymont Middle School’s Indian Head campus was taken into custody after staff learned he had a loaded handgun concealed on him, though no threats or injuries were reported. School officials and a resource officer acted quickly, classes continued, and juvenile authorities are now reviewing the case while investigators focus on how the student accessed the firearm. 
• Charles County Releases 2025 Annual Report on Progress (southernmarylandchronicle.com) — Charles County’s new annual report highlights several changes that matter in Indian Head, including a growing technology corridor and the long-awaited Oasis Fresh Foods Market, the town’s first full grocery in over 20 years. The report also details major countywide investments in schools, public safety, stormwater fixes, and transportation that will shape daily life across Western Charles County.
📸 Around Indian Head
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Texas Hold'em Poker Tourney (IHMD)
The Moose - Indian Head Lodge 1712, 11 Moose Lodge Way, Indian Head
1:00 pm
Sunday April 26
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Other local events
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Cuddle Time
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Morning Story Time
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Spring Cleaning: Sorting it all out
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It's Electric!
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Potomac Book Club
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Purcellville Music and Arts Festival
250 S. Nursery Ave. , Purcellville
12:00 pm -
Cuddle Time
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Morning Story Time
Potomac Branch Library Potomac Branch -
10:00 am
Tuesday April 21
Thursday April 23
Saturday April 25
Tuesday April 28
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Forest & Meadows---Early Spring Migration
Biscoe Gray Heritage Farm , 2695 Grays Road , Prince Frederick
4:00 am -
Cuddle Time
Potomac Branch Library Potomac Branch -
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Morning Story Time
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Spring Cleaning: Sorting it all out
Potomac Branch Library Potomac Branch -
2:00 pm
Saturday April 18
Tuesday April 21
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- I offer my cleaning services.
For more information, you can text me. 240-441-4781 (Nextdoor Indian Head Village)
- Taskrabbit posted a job opening for Mover (Taskrabbit) in Indian Head. Apply here.
- Turf Masters Brands posted a job opening for Customer Service Representative - MRW Lawns in La Plata. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Indian Head here.
🗞 Nearby News
La Plata
- CSM Students Shine in Annual Juried Art Show (southernmarylandchronicle.com)
- Future Problem-Solvers Excel At Charles County Math Challenge Event (thebaynet.com)
- Maryland Corps Program Seeks Applicants Ages 18-24 (thebaynet.com)
Fort Washington
- Troy Magoh, 18, Arrested for Southwest Robbery — Congress Heights on the Rise (congressheightsontherise.com)
Ok Indian Head! 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: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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