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2022 

  Radon is a cancer-causing, radioactive gas that comes from the ground into your home.   You cannot see, smell or taste it, but may still be there.  And the Surgeon General has warned that radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States today.    Only smoking causes more l...
01/12/2022
Maryland Homeowner Assistance Fund Opened  A $248 million Maryland Homeowner Assistance Fund was opened this month to support mortgage relief, home repairs, housing counseling and legal services. The program will be administered by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHC...
01/11/2022
Book Recommendation: Silence in the Library by Katherine SchellmanSilence in the Library (2021) is the second book by Virginia novelist Katherine Schellman. I enjoyed this novel and recommend it for your reading list. Click on the links to learn more about the author and this book.Katharine Schel...
01/11/2022
The original post was first Published and Featured on LinkedIn Pulse in May 2015. Updated for ActiveRain: 01/04/2022 -- Researched and Written by Aura Alex Scientists and researchers have discovered that leadership is usually established by dominance among many kinds of animals, such as lions, c...
01/11/2022
Free Virtual Employment Expo for Residents 50+, Tues., Jan. 11 A free virtual employment expo for residents 50-and-over will be held starting at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. Advance registration is required to participate. The series of expos is sponsored by the Jewish Council for the Aging...
01/10/2022
Montgomery County Volunteer Center’s ‘MLK Week of Service’Every January, for more than a decade, the Montgomery County Volunteer Center has brought thousands of area residents together for an afternoon of volunteer activities featured at its large-scale Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Day of Ser...
01/10/2022
Food Resources in Montgomery County, MarylandLearn more about food resources in Montgomery County https://buff.ly/3FbULozPlease share this information with families that may be food insecure. These programs have assisted over 100,000 of our residents.This is a Montgomery County, Maryland announce...
01/10/2022
Book Recommendation: The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin HarmelThe Forest of Vanishing Stars (2021) by Kristin Harmel is an excellent novel and I recommend it for your reading list. Click on the links to learn more about the author and this book.Kristin Harmel is the New York Times bestselli...
01/10/2022
Have you completed your annual goals review for 2021 and goals for 2022? It is important to have strong goals for your critical business areas. But what about the things that you will stop doing? First, you should see that things did not work. It might be marketing activities for example. You wi...
01/10/2022
Montgomery County Public Libraries Delay Restoration of Sunday Hours  Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) will delay the restoration of Sunday branch service hours that was scheduled to begin this month due to the increased spread of COVID-19 and the Omicron variant.The hours of operation a...
01/09/2022