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Potomac Home Sales: October, 2016

In October, 2016, 37 Potomac homes sold between $3,775,000-$410,000.

Potomac Home Sales: October, 2016

Classified Advertising November 16, 2016

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Potomac Editorial: Holidays Are for Giving

Give thanks and share locally; tens of thousands of families around us are in need.

The holidays are about giving, and giving thanks.

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Residents Organize Against Proposed Cell Tower

An application seeking to construct an 80-foot monopole in the front parking lot at the Gainsborough Road entrance to the East Gate Swim and Tennis Club has drawn opposition from some residents of the four East Gate communities

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All Things Raptor

A day for aficionados of birds of prey.

The Owl Moon Raptor Center Festival was held Sunday, Nov. 13 at Black Hill Regional Park in Boyds.


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Artomatic Arts Spectacular

Artomatic Arts Spectacular is being held at 12435 Park Potomac Ave., Floors 5 and 6, Thursdays, noon-10 p.m.; Fridays: noon-midnight; Saturdays, noon-midnight; Sunday, noon - 6 p.m.

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Setting a holiday table

Local tastemakers offer suggestions for creating festive tablescape.


As Thanksgiving draws near, thoughts of table settings and holiday décor abound.

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Guest-Ready Home for the Holidays

From organizing to decorating, a guide for getting a house ready for visitors.


Ready or not, the holidays are coming.


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Decking the Halls, Stuffing Bellies

Local cooking schools offer crash courses in holiday dishes.

Ever since Bernadette Lott can remember, she’s had a sweet tooth as big as a sugar cane field.

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Additional Factors Impede Efforts To Quit Smoking

Public encouraged to learn about challenges faced by smokers with mental illness who want to quit.

Despite her mental health challenges, Deneice Valentine quit smoking in part by learning to meditate.

Unofficial Election Results as of Monday, Nov. 14

Source: http://results.elections.virginia.gov/

Unofficial Election Results as of Monday, Nov. 14


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Clinton and Kaine Carry Virginia, Trump Seizes Key Battlegrounds

Comstock, Connolly, Beyer re-elected; meals tax voted down; bonds voted up.

MEALS TAX referendum would have allowed Fairfax County supervisors to enact up to a four percent tax on prepared foods and beverages.

Coming: Children’s Almanac 2016

Get creative and send art, poetry and more.

During the last week of each year, The Almanac devotes its entire issue to the creativity of local students and children.

Letter to the Editor: Intake Project Could Meet Other Needs

The following open letter was addressed to the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission.


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Friends of Library Celebrates 25 Years

$2,500 donated to refurbish library meeting room.

Twenty-five years ago, Karin Currie had the foresight to launch the first Friends of the Library Chapter in Montgomery County at the Potomac Library.

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‘Dolphin Daydream’

Wayside students create “Art For the Sky.”

Every Wayside Elementary School student functioned as a critical piece in a massive work of art on the afternoon of Thursday, Nov. 3.

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Built-ins as Works of Art

Transforming the ordinary.

If there's a juncture where craftsmanship enters home remodeling, it's the “built-in.”


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Living a Life in ‘A Delicate Balance’

Albee play at Congregation Har Shalom.

“A Delicate Balance” by Edward Albee is, as Director Laurie T. Freed says, a story of multiple themes: “man’s fear of taking risks in life; man’s inability to honestly communicate with family and friends; the loss of passion in one’s life; the fear of aging; the fear of the unknown.

Opinion: Candidate for Board of Education (At Large)

Candidate for Board of Education (At Large)