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🌱 Patch AM: Is your Laurel block in Sunday night’s mosquito spraying zone?

Also check out Annual Community Flea Market and Craft Fair on the Laurel Patch calendar

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Cheers Laurel! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Is your Laurel block in Sunday night's mosquito spraying zone?
  • What WSSC's fluoride change means for your tap water in Laurel.
  • How a Laurel childhood sparked a 30-year radio career

Also on today's calendar: Annual Community Flea Market and Craft Fair and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call cows dancing in the dark 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Clouds and sun; less humid, with a high of 76 and low of 66 degrees.
  • Sunday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 82, low: 62.
  • Monday: Cloudy with a shower possible, with a high of 73 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Maryland to spray for mosquitoes this weekend (baltimorefishbowl.com) — Laurel neighborhoods around Montgomery Street, Baltimore-Washington Boulevard, Nest Court, and First Baptist Lane will see mosquito-control truck spraying after 9 p.m. Sunday, with a rain date Monday. State agriculture officials will use an EPA-approved permethrin solution and urge residents to stay indoors during spraying and reduce standing water to cut mosquito-borne disease risks.
   

• Fluoride levels restored to water in Montgomery, Prince George's counties (dcnewsnow.com) — If you live in Laurel and get WSSC Water, fluoride levels in your drinking water have been restored to the standard 0.7 milligrams per liter after several months of reduced levels. The change affects 1.9 million customers across Montgomery and Prince George's counties and is meant to support better oral health while officials continue monitoring supply.
   

• 98 Rock's Amelia Looks Back As Her 30 Year Radio Career Nears Its End (dcrtv.com) — A longtime 98 Rock host is reflecting on her three-decade radio career as she prepares to sign off for good in December, and she traces her love of broadcasting back to growing up in Laurel. Her story highlights how local stations like 98 Rock and DC101 once inspired young listeners, and raises concerns about whether today's radio industry still offers those same opportunities.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • New License Plate Cameras.
    For your awareness. These new license plate/vehicle cameras are being installed on 198 Fort Meade Road-Russett Green E near Kohls. (Nextdoor Montpelier)
  • Advantage Solutions posted a job opening for Traveling Retail Merchandiser - Overnight in Laurel. Apply here.
  • Chick-fil-A posted a job opening for Back of House Team Member in Laurel. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Laurel here.

🗞 Nearby News

Beltsville

  • Popular Peruvian Chicken Chain Named One of D.C., Maryland, and Virginia's Best Cheap Eats (mocoshow.com)
  • Bicameral Lawmakers Demand Answers on USDA Cyclospora Research Terminations (house.gov)
  • What's gonna happen to the bees? (lohsgrizzlygazette.com)

Greenbelt

Columbia

  • Student Sparks Fire At Jessup High School (patch.com)
  • Earn Cash Back At Appliance Recycling Event Saturday In Columbia (patch.com)

Ok Laurel! 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: Night Moo-s (Thank you John S. for sending it in!)
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