Ideas for Summer Learning
Experts offer suggestions for avoiding summer brain drain.
While summer is opportunity for fun, it can also be a breeding ground for stagnation.
Potomac: KEEN Celebrates 23 Years with Sports Festival
Benefitting athletes and volunteers.
Kids Enjoying Exercise Now (KEEN) holds a special place in the hearts of many young adults with disabilities, their volunteer coaches, family members and supporters. On Sunday, June 7, KEEN participants from Maryland, D.C. and Virginia made it around the bases, jumped for volleyballs, cheered as their teammates made it through the obstacle course and played on the playground at the KEEN Sports Festival at Avenel Park.
Potomac: Providing Friends for Those with Developmental Challenges
Friendship Circle hosts awards dinner.
Three children climbed onto the stage at the Friendship Circle Awards Dinner — and rocked the house, filling the room with joy and laughter as they told the crowd why they loved their "friends-at-home" buddies. Sarah said, "I love to play soccer with her."
Potomac: Luncheon To Benefit First Tee
Program teaches golf and life skills.
Golf fans may one day see the name Brittany Campbell of Silver Spring on the Ladies Professional Golf Association tour. The 13-year-old middle-school student shot the longest drive of all the female golfers in her competition last year. Golf has become her passion since she started in The First Tee program with free lessons at Sligo Creek Golf Course four years ago. “I’m trying to get into college on a scholarship,” she said. “But I still play to have fun … that’s my goal.”
Potomac: Muslim Foundation Honors Volunteers at Annual Cookout
Year-round effort helps families throughout county.
Many residents aren’t aware of the scope of the problem of hunger in Montgomery County. However, the Montgomery County Muslim Foundation (MCMF) understands and confronts the challenge of the hunger of the less fortunate by its food collections of non-perishable goods for Manna.
Potomac: Farewell to Winston Churchill High School
Winston Churchill High School held Commencement Exercises at D.A.R. Constitution Hall on Tuesday, June 2.
Potomac: Walt Whitman High Graduates Look to the Future
Family and friends of the Walt Whitman Class of 2015 proceed into D.A.R. Constitution Hall as the doors open at 1:30 on Wednesday afternoon, June 3.
Trending in the Garden
Local landscape architects offer suggestions for updating.
As summer gets underway, so does time spent outside. The American Society of Landscape Architects recently released the results of its 2015 Residential Landscape Architecture Survey, a list of trends in outdoor design that yields a bounty of backyard design ideas. From adding a pond to planting a garden, local landscape gurus explain how these trends can be used to transform an outdoor space into a favorite escape.
Potomac: Market Introduces ‘Community First Day’
Effort seeks to help alleviate hunger.
Once a month, Yasmin Abadian, husband Jimmy McWhorter and their daughter Anna Irani arise at dawn, drive to 24th and G Street in D.C., don aprons, prepare and serve breakfast to the homeless who rely on Miriam’s Kitchen to provide them with a substantial breakfast and to counsel them on how to end their homelessness.
Potomac: Possible Loss of Tennis Club Upsets Members
New assisted living facility is proposed.
Potomac Tennis and Fitness Club (PTC) and Potomac Pilates members are fearful, angry and disheartened that their favorite recreational facility may be demolished within a year or two.
Potomac: Luxury Condominium Clubhouse Opens
Quarry Springs model grand opening set for June 28.
The developers of a new, luxury condominium complex unveiled the project’s clubhouse recently.
Potomac: Bethesda Big Train off to Undefeated Start
Manager Colangelo looking for stronger road starts.
Bethesda Big Train manager Sal Colangelo was pleased with the final result of Monday’s game against the Vienna River Dogs — an early-season matchup of undefeated teams in the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League. But it was the Big Train’s initial effort that had Colangelo voicing his displeasure.
Potomac: New Traffic Light to Alleviate Backups
A new traffic light was installed over the past several weeks at Brickyard Road and MacArthur Boulevard.
Editorial: Overdose Deaths Are Preventable
New “safe reporting” law encourages people to seek help in time.
The death rate due to heroin overdose more than doubled between 2010 through 2013, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), with an average increase of 37 percent per year in the United States.
Kudzu: ‘The Vine That Ate the South’ Spreads in Potomac
Most people living in the Potomac area are used to a sight common along the beltway and area roadsides. That is, thick masses of coiling, dark green vines climbing all over other native trees and shrubs. This plant is known as kudzu. And like it or not, its reputation is spreading.