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updated: Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:23 pm

Potomac News

Local news for Potomac, MD continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Yesterday | Interior Design

From a Rocking Stool to a Doghouse, Designers Reinvent the Carpet Sample

The Rocking Horse Stool by Vala Abolghasemy of Potomac, Maryland was the Judge's Choice award winner.

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Thu Jul 03, 2008

Gazette.Net

Barbecue startup on a roll

''The first time they have us for the car; the second time they have us for the food," said Jeff Korns, co-owner of Carbecue.

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Related Topix: Olney, MD, Montgomery County, MD

Alexandria Gazette-Packet

Death of Three-Year-Old Investigated

Collision Reconstruction Unit takes lead in investigation to determine the cause of death for Jasmine Afolabi.

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Related Topix: Gaithersburg, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Baltimore, MD, Cabin John, MD

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Weekly Report on Awarded Federal Contracts in Montgomery County, Maryland

A total of 256 contracts were awarded to Montgomery County based businesses. Silver Spring companies topped with over $12 million.

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Related Topix: Rockville, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Silver Spring, MD

Tue Jul 01, 2008

The Daily Times

Water lettuce chokes aquatic life

ANNAPOLIS -- Forget algal blooms -- diminishing bay grasses and choking bay fishes could have a new enemy.

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Sun Jun 29, 2008

The Capital

Soldier on leave sees daughter for first time

With big brother Jake, 3, looking on Army Spc. Jeffery Santoro greets his newborn daughter, Erika, who is held by his wife, Kathleen, for the first time Friday.

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Related Topix: Montgomery County, MD, Middle East, Iraq, World News

Fri Jun 27, 2008

WJLA-TV Arlington

Police Investigate Child's Mysterious Death in Montgomery County

A child's mysterious death is being investigated in Montgomery County, Maryland; the details remain vague and county police are asking for any information from the public.

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Related Topix: Montgomery County, MD, Offbeat

Wed Jun 25, 2008

Bowie Star

Shaking up Shakespeare

Loosely based on Shakespeare's ''Twelfth Night," with a bit of ''Romeo and Juliet," the show tells the story of a young female mechanic who falls in love with a guitar playing rebel.

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Related Topix: Musical Theater, Arts, Theater, Rockville, MD

Mon Jun 23, 2008

WRC Washington DC Channel 4

Sewer Line Causes Foul Odor At C&O Canal

Hydrogen sulfide gas in a sewer line is the source of a foul odor along the C&O Canal.

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Related Topix: Cabin John, MD, Montgomery County, MD

Sat Jun 21, 2008

The Washington Post

6 Montgomery High Schools Ranked Among Top 100 in U.S.

COMMENT By Daniel de Vise Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, June 19, 2008; Page GZ01 Montgomery County high schools turned in their strongest showing yet on the 2008 Challenge Index, the best-known ...

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Related Topix: Bethesda, MD, Gaithersburg, MD, Education Etc.

Thu Jun 19, 2008

Visalia Times-Delta

Engagement / Martinusen - Bellenger

Jill Martinusen and Jerry Folmer and Jack & Janet Martinusen are pleased to announce the engagement of their son, William Martinusen, to Katherine Bellenger, daughter of Don and Cathy Bellenger of North ...

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Related Topix: North Potomac, MD

Tue Jun 17, 2008

Alexandria Gazette-Packet

This Week in Potomac

On Tuesday, June 17, from 9 a.m. - " 4:30 p.m., the 3rd Annual Potomac Watershed Trash Summit will be held at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. This event provides a venue for congressional, state and local ...

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Related Topix: Rockville, MD, North Bethesda, MD, Silver Spring, MD

Wed Jun 11, 2008

Gazette.Net

Richard Montgomery senior wins visual arts award

Courtesy of the Kao family Brooke Kao of North Potomac, winner of the 2008 Ida F. Haimovicz Visual Arts Award, won the 26th Annual Congressional Art Competition for the Eighth Congressional District of Maryland ...

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Related Topix: Takoma Park, MD, North Potomac, MD, Maryland, Silver Spring, MD, Gaithersburg, MD

Mon Jun 09, 2008

Times & Seasons

The Mormons: Director's Cut

Heads up for those in the D.C. area. Greg Prince, co-author of David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism , hosts a great series of events at his house in Potomac, Maryland, the next of which is coming up ...

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Related Topix: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Religion

Sat Jun 07, 2008

The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press

Home oyster gardening popular restoration effort

Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay have been all but wiped out, but amateur conservationists are signing on to the growing hobby of home aquaculture to help bring the struggling bivalves back.

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Related Topix: Aquaculture, Home Gardening, Home

Thu Jun 05, 2008

City Paper

Billionaire Mitchell Rales runs the best modern museum you can't get into.

Last September, 35 graduate students and two professors drove from New York City to Potomac, Md., to see some art.

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Tue Jun 03, 2008

The Washington Post

Massive Delays Expected as Traffic Rerouted at Wilson Bridge

By Eric M. Weiss Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, May 29, 2008; 3:54 PM If your travel plans take you anywhere near the Woodrow Wilson Bridge this weekend, you might want to rethink them.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, James Moran, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Sun Jun 01, 2008

Guardian Newspapers

Atiku: US Can't Pin Bribery Case On Him

D ETAILS of the US grand jury testimony of the wife of the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Dr Jennifer Atiku, denying any participation in a bribery scheme with a US Congressman, are emerging for the ...

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Related Topix: Nigeria, Africa, World News

Fri May 30, 2008

WHSV

Body Found in Potomac

Montgomery County police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in the Potomac River near Great Falls.

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Related Topix: Montgomery County, MD

Wed May 28, 2008

Bowie Star

Marijuana found on Potomac teen in traffic stop

A Potomac teen was arrested for possessing marijuana yesterday afternoon after a car he was riding in was pulled over in a routine traffic stop.

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Related Topix: Montgomery County, MD

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