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Fall-like Highs, a Fish Tank of Enormous Size and a Carjacking Reprise

Plus: Recent real estate and fair photos.

Hey Takoma Park! Sure happy it’s Thursday!

Here’s a look at some of the things you need to know to be in the know in Takoma Park today:

1. Top That: Are you the kind of person that can find something wrong with anything? If so, you might’ve noticed a couple of clouds yesterday. (You know, like that tourism commercial where all the beachgoers groan as one tiny cloud blots out the sun for all of three seconds and the lady remarks how “the weather was so much better yesterday.”) Well, according to the National Weather Service, you’ll have to find something else to complain about today while we enjoy sunny skies, presumably no tiny clouds, and a high near 80.

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2. An Ocean Under the Big Top: Cirque Italia debuts tonight at Takoma Academy, featuring a stage that “holds 35,000 gallons of water that performers dazzle over while thrilling the audience in every move.” The greatest show over water runs through Sunday.

3. Watch Your Back: Apparently August Mondays mean carjackings in public parking garages in Silver Spring. An Aspen Hill teenager was arrested in the latest incident.

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4. So You Didn’t Win Powerball: But you “only” need $450,000 to buy this. (It’s relatively affordable for its size and this town.)

5. All’s Fair at the Ag Fair: Beautiful weather makes for fun fair-going. Are you a fairgoer? If not, become one before it’s a fair-goner. The 65th Montgomery County Agricultural Fair continues today through Saturday in Gaithersburg with food, farm animals, families and midway fun.

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For a full list of things to do this week, check out the Patch events calendar.


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