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.…
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…
Mike at the Movies: Midway and More
Midway (PG-13) Midway was the pivotal battle in the Pacific during WWII. Following the disaster at Pearl Harbor, the American forces, particularly the Navy, had to reassemble. They did, within two months, and struck back at the Japanese navy at…
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…
The Park Pages
Your Input Needed on School Bus Overcrowding The Quince Orchard Park Board has created a survey to gather information on school bus overcrowding on MCPS buses that serve our community. This information will be used when the Board communicates with…
Grey Matters
I am here to tell you, I love me a bargain. As such, Black Friday was revered as the Holy Grail of bargain shopping. I awaited the Thanksgiving Day newspaper, hands quaking with excitement, and devoured the meaty Black Friday…