By Nora Fitzpatrick The cold weather arrived just as the holiday season was getting underway. The brisk temperatures are perfect for curling up by the fire and reading a book, sipping hot chocolate, and spending time with family in the…
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Northwest’s Offense Pushes Team to State Finals
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By Sean Gossard In what was meant to be a battle of a versatile offense in Paint Branch, which averaged more than 40 points per game this season, versus a taught defense in Northwest, allowing less than 14 points per…
High School Basketball Teams Lace Up
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By Sean Gossard With fall sports wrapping up for the year, players and coaches are heading indoors to begin the winter athletics season. For Quince Orchard Girls’ Basketball Coach Kenneth Buffum, the season and a fresh start can’t come soon enough.…
Northwest Tops Gaithersburg, Heads to Region Finals
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By Sean Gossard With Northwest High School firing on both sides of the ball in the final weeks of the season, it was only a matter of time for them to reach the regional semifinals. The Jaguars proved on Friday,…
Northwest High School Jaguars Eye Regionals
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By Sean Gossard Northwest High School’s football team continued improving this season with an upset win against 4A West rival and division leader Quince Orchard on Friday, Nov.1 and a regular-season finale win against Springbrook on Friday, Nov. 8. In…
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Common Sense Associated With Running More Miles Let me begin my letter by describing how my day began one recent Tuesday. I had decided to stop by Starbucks on my way to work and left my house around 6 a.m.…
Shop Talk
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TeaSpa Wellness Center Opens Kentlands Location Kentlands residents now have another spa to choose from in the Kentlands area. TeaSpa Wellness Center is a full service spa with another location in Silver Spring. Jeff Shao said that TeaSpa hits the…
Montgomery County Expands BMX Pump Track
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By Sean Gossard The Montgomery County Department of Parks is nearing completion on an addition to its off-road BMX Pump Track at the South Germantown Recreational Park. In 2011, after partnering with the Mid-Atlantic Off-Road Enthusiasts (MORE), Montgomery Parks created…
Riding for More Than Miles
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By Sean Gossard They rode 320 miles in only four days. From Pittsburgh, through the mountains of western Pennsylvania and Maryland, beside the Potomac River in Harpers Ferry, W. Va., and finally along the C&O Canal to their destination at…
Around Town
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Kentlands Panel Examines Managing Turf Without Chemicals Chuck Schuster is a senior agent, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Commercial Horticulture at the University of Maryland, Montgomery County Extension Service. On Oct. 2 at the Kentlands Community Clubhouse, he spoke to a…