Column: Examining Artificial Turf’s Environmental Issues
Representatives of the Safe Healthy Playing Fields Coalition spoke to the WMCCA about the health and environmental issues related to artificial turf at the December general meeting.
Season Winds Down with Caroling and Company
“Mother and Daddy started a Christmas Eve with music tradition in our home during World War II and we have continued it,” Nan Muntzing confided as she and her husband, Manning, once again invited friends and family for another Christmas Eve gathering at their Potomac home.
Glen Hills Area Sewer Study Update
The Phase I study report was taken down from the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection website in order for DEP to respond to citizen demands concerning the Report's designation of their lots as not being sustainable on septic systems.
Brickyard Road School Site Update
The Maryland Court of Special Appeals denied the County’s motion to overturn the Stay issued by Judge Greenberg in the Brickyard Board of Education lawsuit.
Environmental Report: Two Tree Bills Introduced
After two years of waiting, the County Executive has sent to the Council an urban tree bill – Bill 25-12, the Montgomery County Urban Canopy Bill.
Opinion: Master Plan: Still Timely Today
In a transition zone between Maryland’s piedmont and coastal plains, the Potomac Subregion has a unique geology and biodiversity.
Quick Relief for Holiday Stress
Simple strategies for bringing down anxiety levels in a hurry.
“Listen to your favorite relaxation music on your iPod as you shop. It can help reduce anxiety in overcrowded shops. Reserve time to relax or meditate at peak times of stress.” — Michelle Walters-Edwards, Marymount University
Letter to the Editor: Make Difference On Gun Control
As our new voice in Congress, Rep.-elect John Delaney is finding his way around the halls of the Capitol and determining what course his Congressional career will take. I hope he will choose as his signature issue to be a leader on gun control.
Letter to the Editor: Move Ahead On Improving Rink
I am writing in regard to the proposed rink that would be located at the Potomac Community Center.
Letter to the Editor: A Center For Everyone
I live just behind the Potomac Community Center tennis courts and have lived here for the past 21 years.
Norwood Raises Money After Hurricane Sandy
Participants raise more than $4,000 to help purchase books, rugs, easels and bookcases.
More than 200 Norwood School students, parents, teachers and staff members walked the grounds of the school’s Potomac campus earlier this month to raise money for schools devastated by Hurricane Sandy in New York City.
Fireworks In February?
Court of Special Appeals rejects county on Brickyard; legality of school board lease to be argued early next year.
Chief Judge Peter B. Krauser and the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland on Dec. 7, 2012 rejected Montgomery County’s motion that would have allowed moving forward with development of soccer fields on Brickyard Road.
She Leads Model Organization of American States
Holy Child’s Andrea Manchester elected assembly’s president.
Andrea Manchester has extensive experience in diplomatic relations, debating, creating solutions and setting public policy — and she is only a junior in high school. In 7th grade, she took part in the Model United Nations in New York City. She was the first Holy Child freshman involved with the Model Organization of American States — and this December, she was elected to the position of president of MOAS at the Model Assembly held at the Organization of American States headquarters in Washington DC.
‘Brother Bear’
Starting Jan. 3, Imagination Stage brings back its popular show for the very young: Wake Up, Brother Bear! Called “very entertaining for both kids and adults” by Our Kids, this 45-minute show invites children to enter the world of a young brother bear and his sister as they venture through the seasons of the year.
Work Group to Study Bell Times
Superintendent of Schools Joshua P. Starr is establishing a work group to study the issue of school bell times.