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.
Classified Advertising August 26, 2015
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Classified Advertising August 19, 2015
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Checking the Back-to-School Healthcare Blocks
Local governments, clinics offer free immunizations for all and physical exams for the uninsured.
As the lazy days of summer wind down, beach trips, lemonade stands and lax bedtimes give way to alarm clocks, textbooks and backpacks. Public health officials say that a back-to-school list should include more than pencils and paper. For many, the first order of business is a well-child physical, a dental exam and required immunizations.
Editorial: Sea Changes in Policing?
Report offers blueprint for transforming aspects of policing, jail and services for people with mental illness.
Yesterday, for the first time in the history of Fairfax County Police Department, a Fairfax County Police officer was charged in a shooting death.
Brief: Church To Mark 110th Anniversary
The Scotland African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church family will celebrate its anniversary on Sept. 13.
The Scotland African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church family will celebrate its 110th anniversary on Sept. 13. The theme is “Honoring our Past, Treasuring Our Future” based on Jeremiah 29:11.
Brief: Deceptive Mail Solicitation Stopped
The combined efforts of the Montgomery County Office of Consumer Protection, the Better Business Bureau serving Greater Maryland, and U.S. Postal Inspection Service-Washington Division have stopped a company from continuing to mail deceptive letters soliciting Maryland homeowners to pay a fee to petition a review of their property taxes.
Brief: Pilot Archery Deer Hunting Program Begins Sept. 11
A pilot Archery Managed Deer Hunting Program has been approved by Montgomery Parks.
A pilot Archery Managed Deer Hunting Program has been approved by Montgomery Parks, part of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, for the Great Seneca Stream Valley Park, Unit 1 in Germantown and the Watts Branch Stream Valley Units 1 & 2 in Potomac.
Brief: Friends of the Library Seeks Trustees
Friends of the Library is accepting applications for Board of Trustees.
Friends of the Library, Montgomery County, the not-for-profit organization that supports Montgomery County Public Libraries by raising funds and awareness for the system, is accepting applications for its Board of Trustees.