ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS

2015 

Gaithersburg Electronic Citizen Survey Elected officials want your opinion about life in Gaithersburg. If you live, work or do business here, please participate in an electronic citizen survey, available through December 7. Results will be combined with those of the scientifically sampled mail-in...
12/05/2015
Facebook Group: Flowers and Nature There are many Facebook groups to explore if you enjoy flowers or flower photography. The Flowers and Nature group, with over 89,000 members, is a group that you may wish to joinFacebook groups are free and you can join existing groups or form your own groups.  ...
12/04/2015
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The garbage disposal... our friend. Well, if you have a septic tank not so much. Grinding up food leftovers and greasy foods and washing them down the drain can mess up your bacteria levels and clog up the drain fields. But, that's not what this blog is all about! It's about the do it yourself-e...
12/04/2015
(This is a repost of a blog I wrote back in 2014. But it still makes good sense) Are You Doing It Wrong? Have you ever wondered how some ActiveRain writers get their blog posts to look so presentable? If you think about your blog as an extension of your business, then it makes A LOT of sense to ...
12/04/2015
Trimming Trees in Public Spaces in Kentlands Please do not prune or trim trees other than those on your property. Trees in the curb strips and medians are the responsibility of the City of Gaithersburg. Please contact the Gaithersburg Public Works Dept at 301-258-6370 or via e-mail at publicworks...
12/04/2015
Facebook Group: Gardening If you are interested in gardening, you may wish to join the Gardening group on Facebook. This active group has over 42,700 members. Click on the link to go to this group.Facebook groups are free. You can create your own groups or join existing groups that share your per...
12/03/2015
Who Is Exempt from Paying the VA Funding Fee? The beauty of a VA Loan is that the Veteran can get a 100% loan for the purchase of his principal residence without paying a downpayment like other loans require. The Department of Veterans's Affair guarantees the loan and the Funding Fees collected ...
12/03/2015
In Connecticut as in still many other parts of the country, we continue to be in a Buyers Market and as a result Seller Paid Closing Costs Continue To Be An Advantage To Buyers.  However, even though Seller Paid Closing cost tend to be mainly thought of as an advantage to Buyers,  Seller Paid Cl...
12/03/2015
Facebook Group: Flowers lovers There are free Facebook groups for almost any personal or professional interests or you can create your own free groups. If you love flowers, you may wish to join the Flowers lovers group on Facebook. This group has about 170,000 members.  Dahlia, Longwood Gardens, ...
12/03/2015
Book Recommendation: The Circle by Bernard Minier The Circle (2012) is the second crime novel in the Commandant Martin Servaz series by French author Bernard Minier. Dolores and I now need to read his first novel, The Frozen Dead. This author is easy to miss by English readers since his website i...
12/02/2015