Top 10 Reasons to Love Living in Potomac
Perspective
For the new resident of Potomac, Washington D.C. might seem like a giant maze of numbers and letters, a traffic gridlock defined only by the outer loop and the inner loop and a land of workaholics where 9-5 is unheard of – a day of work begins at 6 a.m. and ends at 8 or 9 p.m.
Potomac Event Brought in Supplies for the New School Year
More than 1,000 Montgomery County school children began the school year with new backpacks and school supplies thanks to the generosity of some Potomac residents.
Potomac: Animals Can Help Patients with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Animals can help patients with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders heal.
Wearing her long dark hair in pigtails and a backwards baseball cap, Leah Schuman peered curiously over a low fence into a pen of miniature llamas.
Editorial: How to Vote; It Matters
Voting begins in two weeks, Sept. 18.
Election Day is Nov. 3, and on that day, virtually every state and local office is on the ballot. In-person absentee voting begins Sept. 18, barely two weeks from now.
Potomac: First Day of School
Montgomery County Public Schools welcomed more than 156,000 students for the first day of the 2015–2016 school year on Monday, Aug. 31, the largest enrollment in the district’s history.
Potomac Snapshot: Bus Collision on First Day
Two school buses with students from Churchill High School collided at Glen Road and Falls Road, at 7:58 a.m., Monday, Aug. 31. The students were released to parents or placed on another bus to continue to school. No student needed to be taken to the hospital, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services.
Potomac WMCCA: To Protect and Preserve
Newcomers & Community Guide
Wooded stream valley parks, wetlands, meadows, extensive tree canopy, rustic roads, rich biodiversity, including rare, threatened, and endangered species, and the crown jewels – the C &O Canal Historical Park and the Potomac River.
Why I Live in Potomac ...
Newcomers & Community Guide
It was love of a man that brought me to Potomac many years ago to live overlooking the Watts Branch stream in a log cabin moved in the 1940s from behind Great Falls Tavern.
Potomac Commentary: Where Local Issues Find State Support
Newcomers & Community Guide
As your state senator, one of the most rewarding pieces of legislation I sponsored during the 2015 Legislative Session created a Task Force to develop the framework and details for the establishment of Maryland’s Achieving A Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program.
Commentary: Potomac Offers ‘A Sense of Place’
Newcomers & Community Guide
If you are a newcomer to Potomac, you are in for a real treat — as living there for 20-plus years showed me every day.
Potomac: ‘Never Forget, Patriots Rule’
In Memoriam of Dr. Michael Doran
Our beloved leader, Dr. Michael Doran, died today [Aug. 19]. The Wootton community is reeling.
Obituary: William King Schumacher
William "Bill" Schumacher of Annapolis died on July 27, 2015 from complications suffered after a fall.
Potomac Home Sales: July, 2015
In July, 2015, 77 Potomac homes sold between $2,300,000-$455,000.
Potomac Home Sales: July, 2015
Potomac: Community Mourns Principal
Michael Doran called “A servant leader.”
“May you have warm words on a cold evening, a full moon on a dark night, and a smooth road all the way to your door.” This Irish blessing was read in harmony by the more than 3,000 mourners who attended the memorial service for Dr. Michael Doran, principal of Wootton High School for 12 years.
Potomac: Mt. Prospect Farms To Be Developed
One of the last working farms In Potomac.
“I’ve been here since 1941 and I love this place. I rode horseback from here to Landon School and spent my summers farming,” said Bob Hanson, 91, recalling the days when Potomac was primarily farming and fox hunting country. Nearly 75 years ago Hanson’s parents, Minna and William Hanson, bought the original property and named it Mt. Prospect Farms.
Potomac: Inexperienced Churchill Field Hockey Focused on Present
Bulldogs have reached region semis or beyond four straight years.
The Churchill field hockey program has lost in the region semifinals the last three years.
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