The Town Courier introduced you to Lakelands teen singing sensation Josh Bernstein and his popular “Fallin” YouTube video earlier this year. This week, he’s off for his latest adventure as he pursues his dreams of a music career. He is one of the four finalists in the Kidz Bop Kidz Star USA Talent Search...
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Marti Horowitz always knew she wanted to be a designer. “I’ve been doing it forever. It’s always been my dream,” she said. Marti, who goes by her first name (pronounced Mar-tee), went to Parsons School of Design and design school in London. She has worked in retail and buying “everything you could think of,...
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Some people think the location is cursed. In recent memory, it’s been The Last Mango, Zodiac Grill and Tony and James, and now the spot on the corner of Main Street and Center Point Way will become 44 Sports Bar & Grill, set to open Sept. 9. Tony Massenburg, the “Tony” of Tony and...
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For early weekend risers in the neighborhood, they are a familiar scene. A group of bike riders gathered in front of the Kentlands Starbucks, heading off for a morning ride. While they are usually taking scenic rides to Poolesville, Sugarloaf Mountain or through Washington, D.C., they are also training for something much bigger. It...
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It was an unimaginable tragedy. A family was driving home from their vacation when their car was struck in a head on collision. The parents were killed instantly, and their three children injured – two gravely – in the back seat. It didn’t happen here – the family lived in Houston – but thanks...
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As the country is captivated by the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team’s success in the World Cup, one Lakelands resident can reflect candidly about Team USA’s hero, Abby Wambach. Mark Washo is the former president and general manager for the Washington Freedom, the Women’s Professional Soccer team that played its home games at Germantown’s SoccerPlex....
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When Troy Smith of Boyds went to the Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) in Gaithersburg the morning of May 19, he heard some talk about a goat running loose in a nearby shopping center. He thought that was funny enough, until he actually saw it for himself. “I was pulling out of the MVA and...
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For the past 25 years, TV viewers in the Washington, D.C., region have been spending their evenings watching Kentlands resident Sue Palka forecasting the weather for Fox 5. Some might even remember when, just five months after starting at Fox 5, she gave birth to her daughter Liz. Now Liz Palka is following in...
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When Jenna Goldblatt found out her husband was being relocated from New Jersey to the Washington, D.C., area for his job, she had the tough task of neighborhood shopping from afar. Pretty quickly, she decided that Kentlands or Lakelands seemed to be the ideal place for her family. “Relocating from New Jersey with two...
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When Danny Malamis lived in Atlanta with his wife and five kids, they frequented Jersey Mike’s Subs. “I loved it,” he said. So when he and his family were moving to the Washington, D.C.-area, he decided to take his 22 years of franchise experience with Domino’s Pizza and bring the popular chain with him....
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