Watkins Mill Interchange Ahead of Schedule According to the city’s Office of Economic Development, the Watkins Mill Interchange project is proceeding ahead of schedule. The project is now 83 percent complete and is scheduled to be finished in summer 2020.…
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Constant Reader: Contemporary Novels Explore the Secrets of the Past
While both authors I read this month are capable, prolific and acclaimed, their latest novels are most noticeably different in terms of the number of characters. Baltimore-based crime writer Laura Lippman’s “Lady in the Lake” uses some 20 voices to…
Shop Talk
Foundry Fitness Supports The Tree House Foundry Fitness, 205 Market St. West, teamed up with The Tree House Child Advocacy Center this month with their first-ever Thanksgiving Charity Food Drive. Fitness studio members donated baskets full of non-perishable items and…
Shop Talk
Occasions Gift Store Grand Opening This Saturday Lakelands resident Stephanie Menick is opening another location for her Occasions Gift Store, this one close to home. The 113 Market St. store in Kentlands Market Square will celebrate its grand opening this…
Fade to Black
The problem with working at home is that when weird things happen, there is no one around to dissect the situation with. And so it was every afternoon at slightly after 12 p.m. when the satellite would just stop working.…
Arts and Entertainment Briefs
Latino Art League Exhibition Through Oct. 28, Bohrer Park Contemporary art featuring Latino artists in the greater D.C. area. ‘The New Wave’ Solo Art Exhibit Through Oct. 31 The Framer’s Choice Gallery, 402 Main St. This solo art exhibition features…
Park Pages
Halloween Party at the Clubhouse Next Saturday QOP’s annual Halloween treat will return on Saturday, Oct. 26 with a monster bash at the clubhouse, 5 to 7 p.m. According to Fran Gianaris, QOP resident and real estate agent sponsoring the…
Remembering Dr. Maria Annette Cook Hayes
Dr. Maria Annette Cook Hayes, 57, mother and dear friend to many, passed peacefully on September 12, 2019 at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital, Rockville, MD. She had spent 58 days battling complications from an undiagnosed brain AVM. Although Maria grew…
Quince Orchard Unbeaten But Wants to Get Better
The defending state champion Quince Orchard football team has reached the point in their season where their toughest competition is with themselves and the goal of each game is not just winning, but also getting better. After winning their last…
Kentlands Starbucks Hosts Coffee with a Cop
Montgomery County Police officers gathered at Starbucks in Kentlands Tuesday to participate in the fourth annual national “Coffee with a Cop” day. Officers mingled, chatted and hung out with community members, even served coffee behind the counter, in an initiative…