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July 1, 2020 Minimum Wage Increase in Montgomery County, Maryland The Montgomery County Government announced that the county’s minimum wage will increase starting this Wednesday, July 1.  The increase is dependent on the number of employees that each company has: A small employer (10 or fewer emp...
06/30/2020

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Book Recommendation: The Mephisto Club by Tess Gerritsen The Mephisto Club (2006) is book number six in the series Rissoli and Isles suspense novels by The New York Times bestselling American author Tess Gerritsen. I enjoyed this novel and recommend it for your reading list. Click on the links to...
06/30/2020

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It is easy to set aside the problems of the moment as your focus your attention and your camera on a beautiful flower.     Sometimes you just have to take the time to smell the flowers, or in my case, look at them VERY closely.  Coneflowers are some of my favorites, perhaps it's the patterns that...
06/30/2020

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Fireworks are Illegal in Montgomery County, Maryland  As the Fourth of July approaches, Montgomery County fire officials are reminding residents that fireworks are not only dangerous, but illegal. "If it detonates, if it shoots or elevates, it is illegal," County Fire Chief Scott Goldstein said. ...
06/29/2020

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Book Recommendation: The Hunt by Jack Arbor The Hunt (2019) is book number four of the series of thrillers featuring international assassin Max Austin by Amazon best selling American author Jack Arbor. I enjoyed this novel and recommend this series for your summertime reading list. Click on the l...
06/29/2020

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Learning as you go is the name of the finest educational program in the real estate business.   How you learn is as important as what you learn! Think about that statement for a moment. We are in the ideal business to exercise that first statement. We are in a business that requires you to learn ...
06/29/2020

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City of Gaithersburg Phase 2 Reopening  Following guidance from the Montgomery County Health Department, we'll soon be opening several more facilities and resuming some programming as part of our Phase 2 reopening the week of July 6. Among the reopenings are the Water Park, Skate Park, Miniature ...
06/28/2020

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“Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans.”  North Carolina Museum of Art. "The Thinker" by Rodin I suspect at the beginning of this New Year, few of us had predicted a pandemic would quickly take control over the tapestry of our lives, and alter thoughts and day to day routines!...
06/28/2020

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City of Gaithersburg Pesticide Policy It's National Pollinator Week (June 22 - 28) and we'd like to highlight the City's new Pesticide Use Policy. Pesticides are often linked to bee colony collapse, with chemicals causing issues for pollinators that include impaired learning, foraging, and re-hom...
06/27/2020

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Helping provide a solution requires attunement. We will be more attuned if we ask important questions and listen carefully for the answer then ask more questions to clarify so that we can get a full understanding. Doesn’t it make more sense to assist the client in the buying decision rather than ...
06/27/2020
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