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2014 

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Kentlands Project Harvest Food Drive   Join area neighbors, businesses and the Kentlands Community Foundation to support a fall food drive to benefit Gaithersburg HELP! Donation boxes are located in the Kentlands Clubhouse, Pritchard Music Academy and Foundry Fitness. Please place non-perishable ...
11/21/2014

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Home Prices, Washington, DC Metro Area, October, 2014   One of the many challenges for families being relocated to the Washington, DC Metro Area is to decide where to live and where to purchase a home. There are over a dozen separate jurisdictions to consider in Northern Virginia, the District of...
11/20/2014

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Blue Crab and Rock Shrimp Fritters   When we hear locals talking about delicious Blue Crab and Rock Shrimp Fritters, we know they have visited the new Coastal Flats restaurant in Downtown Crown in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Dolores and I were there for lunch and enjoyed the excellent food as well as...
11/20/2014

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Fire & Carbon Monoxide Risks During Cold Weather This information was provided by the Montgomery County, Maryland Fire and Rescue service.  Every family should have conversations about fire and carbon monoxide risks in the home. Make sure that fire and carbon monoxide alarms are located on every ...
11/19/2014

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Kathleen Luiten tells us about the legendary 100th Infantry Battalion (aka "The One Puka Puka"). Please visit the original blog if you wish to leave comments.   President Obama meets with veterans of the "One Puka Puka" after signing a bill granting the unit the Congressional Gold Medal The town ...
11/19/2014

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Refine your Pinterest business strategy   There are over 70 million registered Pinterest users and over 40 million of them are active users. You may wish to pay close attention to how some of the top brands such as Starbucks, Nordstrom and Whole Foods Markets are actively using Pinterest. The fol...
11/19/2014

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Killing germs with a Xenex robot named Margret   Asbury Methodist Village, a large retirement community in Gaithersburg, Maryland is taking advantage of the latest technology for killing germs in their facility. In fact they are using the same technology that the Pentagon is using to kill bacteri...
11/18/2014

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Real estate professional Kristin Hamilton has some energy saving tips for you. Please visit the original blog if you wish to leave comments. Tips to Save Energy and $$ this Winter   Winter has come early so it is a good time to think about saving energy in your home which in turn will save you mo...
11/18/2014

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Will you be having Indian Pudding at Thanksgiving?   Bucks County and Philadelphia real estate professional Gita Bantwal blogged about National Indian Pudding Day. Several of the comments on the blog were from readers who were not familiar with Indian Pudding. So, I thought I would find a recipe ...
11/18/2014

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Book Recommendation: A Colder War by Charles Cumming   The latest international spy novel by New York Times Bestselling Author  Charles Cumming is A Colder War (2014). It is very easy to recommend this fast reading tale featuring M16 agent Tom Kell. Use the links to read more about this author an...
11/17/2014
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