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2012 

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Happier Hours in Kentlands at Bonefish Grill One of the benefits of living in the Kentlands community is the convenience of many restaurants within walking distance.  Happy Hour events provide a good time to meet with friends and neighbors.   Bonefish Grill has been one of the preferred places to...
03/10/2012

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Change the batteries in your smoke detectors Katy, Texas real estate professional and ActiveRain blogger Robert Gilbert share some tips for things to do as we change our clocks this weekend.  Many of us have gotten out of bed in the middle of the night to change the batteries in our smoke detecto...
03/10/2012

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Maryland Home & Garden Show and Maryland Orchid Society Show & Sale On Friday, Dolores and I took advantage of the beautiful Maryland weather and made a day trip to attend the Maryland Home & Garden Show and the Maryland Orchid Society Show and Sale.  These two events as well as a large Craft Sho...
03/10/2012

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"The transition into Daylight Savings Time puts us out of sync with our circadian rhythm and this can pose some unique dangers on our roads." ActiveRain real estate professional Karen Hawkins provides the usual reminder to change out clocks for Daylight Savings time. I did not know that our drivi...
03/10/2012

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Inefficiencies in Real Estate - Notes From Roy Kelley    ActiveRain has announced a sponsored contest for March: Eliminating Inefficiencies In Real Estate - A Contest Thanks to DocuSign for the sponsorship of this contest.  The contest rules require us to identify some current or past business in...
03/09/2012

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Helping your children buy their first home By Harvey S. Jacobs, Esq.  From the Washington Post  Although buying a first home may no longer be everyone's American Dream, I do hear from many parents asking how they may be able to help their adult children buy their first home. One such inquiry was...
03/09/2012

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Wine Tastings in Kentlands - Friday Evenings at Pinky & Pepe's When you live in the Kentlands community in Gaithersburg, Maryland, you always know there will be complementary  wine tastings every Friday night at Pinky & Pepe's Grape Escape.  It is a good place to meet neighbors and to make new fr...
03/09/2012

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  A CONVERSATION WITH TOM LONERGAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, CITY OF GAITHERSBURG THURSDAY, MARCH 8 – 7:00 PM -- KENTLANDS CLUBHOUSE   Come join in the conversation on Thursday evening with Tom Lonergan, Gaithersburg’s Economic Development Director, when he will share plans for the city's, a...
03/08/2012

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National Proofreading Day South Florida home stager and ActiveRain blogger Kathy Streib asks us to celebrate National Proofreading Day. All of us need to be using the spell check features when we write blogs, comments and email. In the rush of things, it is very easy to publish material with typo...
03/07/2012

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Chrysanthemum Festival at Longwood Gardens - Roy and Dolores Kelley Photographs One of the annual events that Dolores and I always enjoy is the Chrysanthemum Festival at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.  This festival takes place in the Conservatory and runs from late October thr...
03/07/2012
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