Potomac Brief: Kansas Church To Protest at Churchill
Westboro Baptist Church members from Topeka, Kansas, will be picketing outside Churchill High School during dismissal on Tuesday, Nov. 10, according to Montgomery County Public Schools.
Potomac: ‘Race for Every Child’ To Benefit Children’s National
Local team, “Jamie’s Joggers” to participate.
Team “Jamie’s Joggers” is getting ready to lace up their shoes this Halloween to support Potomac‘s Jamison Eberstein, a 5-year-old born with a rare terminal disorder called Cockayne Syndrome (CS).
Beware of Haunting Stories at Potomac Library
Authors of “In Search of Ghosts” to share tales this Saturday.
Ghosts and goblin stories will be rampant at the Potomac Library at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31.
Potomac Snapshot: Raising Funds for Swains Lockhouse
Lockhouse 21, locally known as “Swains Lockhouse” after the family who inhabited it for years, will be the seventh lockhouse rehabilitated as part of the Canal Quarters program, a joint partnership between the C&O Canal Trust and the C&O Canal National Historical Park.
Potomac: SNAP Week at Wayside Elementary School
Event designed to foster acceptance.
Students at Wayside Elementary School got a lesson in acceptance recently during the fifth annual Special Needs Awareness Program (SNAP) Week, which was held earlier this month.
Potomac: Construction Begins on Discovery Center
Bullis project to be completed in spring 2017.
The Bullis student body and staff gathered on a crisp fall day in October to celebrate the groundbreaking for the first new building on campus in more than 13 years.
Celebrating the Potomac Community
A day filled with food, rides and music.
“The Star-Spangled Banner,” sung by Potomac’s own opera singer, Chrissellene Petropoulous, opened the 2015 Potomac Day activities.
Potomac: Quick Reaction Places Tree-Cutting on Hold
Local residents protest loss of trees at Swains Lock campground.
On Friday, Oct. 16, Barbara Brown noticed something awry on her walk along the C&O Canal Towpath by the Swains Lock campground. Several large trees had come down, and more were marked for destruction.
Potomac Day: Parade Features Chamber’s Honorees
Elie Pisarra Cain to receive Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Potomac Chamber of Commerce has selected four citizens — who each make Potomac a better place to live — to honor on Potomac Day, Oct. 24.
New Principal at Potomac Elementary
Educator plans to incorporate more technology, keep parents informed.
Ever since she was an elementary school student, Catherine Allie knew that she wanted to be an educator.
Potomac: Interfaith Works Prepares for 'Empty Bowls'
Students bake bread to donate to charity event in Potomac.
Interfaith Works, a nonprofit organization with a mission to address homelessness and poverty in Montgomery County, will host an “Empty Bowls” fundraiser at the Julia Bindeman Center in Potomac on Thursday, Oct. 22.
Potomac: Food Drive To Benefit Children's Inn
Bethesda-based Case Design/Remodeling, Inc., recently held a food drive to benefit The Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health, also in Bethesda.
Potomac Snapshot: Filled with Crafty Offerings
Potomac Presbyterian Church on River Road hosted the Metropolitan Community Club Craft Show on Friday-Saturday, Oct . 16-17.
Potomac Brief: Library Show on Cable
Montgomery County’s Office of Public Information, Division of Cable Programming and Montgomery County Public Libraries have launched a new quarterly cable program called “Check Us Out” that will showcase library services available to residents.