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Environment
Eastern Box Turtles Are On the Move
Eastern box turtles are on the move! This weekend, I stopped my car twice to help two different male eastern box turtles (Terrapene c. carolina) safely cross the road. Turtles move f...
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Opinion
DC Levee Upgrade Races Against Climate Change
Grey clouds race over the National Mall, seemingly as fast as the airliners that would normally be making their approach to National. The airport is still closed. It is 2018. Th...
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Police & Fire
PHOTOS: Man Vs. Potomac
When Montgomery County Fire and Rescue services make a Potomac River water rescue, it's usually to help someone on land. Signs near the C&O Canal park entrance at Angler’s Inn ma...
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Government
[VIDEO] Nick's Organic Farm, Brickyard Educational Farm Given Reprieve
The sight of children running around fields picking vegetables, feeding chickens and painting garden signs -- the scene at Brickyard Road in Potomac just a few days ago -- may be here to ...
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Business
Turn Your Trash Into Art in Old Takoma
Environmentalism and art will meet July 29 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Old Takoma Gazebo with Mayor Bruce Williams, Recycling Artist-in-Residence Renee Lachman and Public Works Director...
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Government
Elevated Levels of Toxic Sediment Found in Local Lakes
The discovery of high levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Montgomery Village’s Lake Whetstone and Germantown’s Gunners Lake has prompted a local official to draft ...
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Opinion
To Understand Potomac River, Study a Clam
Viewing the bottom of the Potomac River through a facemask is a little like peering through a microscope. It’s a different world down there, and you never know what you might find....
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Business
Annual County Farm Tour Begins Saturday
Montgomery County’s farms open their barn doors this weekend for the 23rd Annual Farm Tour and Harvest Sale. Area residents will have the opportunity to tour 15 local farms Saturday ...