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Coffee with a Cop in Gaithersburg, Maryland - Tues. March 10th On Tuesday, March 10, join officers from the Gaithersburg, Montgomery County Police Department and Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) Policeat the McDonald's at 465 N Frederick Avenue from 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM for #CoffeewithaCop.T...
03/04/2020

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Book Recommendation: Shots Fired by C. J. Box Shots Fired (2014) is a collection of short stories by The New York Times bestselling American author C. J. Box. Box is know for his series of novels featuring Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett. I enjoyed this book and recommend it for your reading list...
03/04/2020

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This is very good advice for bloggers....from Kathy Streib.        Can You See Me Now???    Ok, let’s try this again.  Sheila Anderson expressed her frustration in a recent post about trying to read small fonts in posts. And, many of us are in agreement.    We really do want to read your posts an...
03/04/2020

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The most common type of flue liner built in homes across the United States is a clay tile flue liner. This is the case because clay tiles do an effective job of protecting the home for an average of about 25 years and yet they are inexpensive materials preferred by the vast majority of builders. ...
03/04/2020

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Wine Selection: Winking Owl California Merlot Chef Dolores said we would need a red wine to go with our dinner and we selected the Winking Owl California Merlot that we had purchased at an Aldi store in West Virginia. This was a good selection for an inexpensive wine and I would buy it again. A m...
03/03/2020

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Book Recommendation: Wild Fire by Ann Cleeves Wild Fire (2018) is book number eight and the final novel in the Shetland Islands series featuring Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez by international best selling English crime writer Ann Cleeves. Dolores and I have enjoyed this series and recommend the...
03/03/2020

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The way a person receives news can dramatically affect how he or she feels about it, so you need to choose the medium very carefully.  Dianthus, Mount Vernon Garden        One sentence with the same words can have many different meanings. Zig Ziglar showed how the sentence “I did not say he beat ...
03/03/2020

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Suburban Maryland Home Show The Suburban Maryland Home Show will take place on March 7 & 8, 2020 at the Discovery Sports Center at Maryland SoccerPlex at 18031 Central Park Circle, Germantown (Boyds), Maryland. The Saturday hours are from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and the Sunday hours are from 10 a.m. to...
03/02/2020

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Coronavirus Preparedness Measures, Montgomery County, MD As federal officials continue to monitor the outbreak of respiratory illnesses caused by a new form of coronavirus first detected in Wuhan, China, County Executive Marc Elrich and County health and emergency management officials are coordin...
03/02/2020

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Book Recommendation: Cold Earth by Ann Cleeves Cold Earth (2016) is book number seven of the eight book Shetland Island series featuring Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez by international best selling English crime writer Ann Cleeves. Dolores and I have enjoyed this series and highly recommend thes...
03/02/2020
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