Every Saturday from May 4 through Nov. 23, the Kentlands Main Street pavilion area will look more like a shoreline farm stand and less like its familiar strip of shops and pedestrian walkways. The popular, annual Main Street Farmers’ Market draws around 600 customers weekly, according to Kristen Hux, recreation program coordinator for the...
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John A. Jenkins is a distinguished investigative and legal journalist, author, biographer, publisher and political scientist. He is the author of three books, and his articles have has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, GQ and many other outlets. He is the recipient of four Certificates of Merit from the American Bar Association...
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It is the subject of many movies, at the core of teenage angst and a topic that drives many to wax nostalgic. Because of all that and more, the high school prom will remain a staple of American life even as it changes and evolves over the years. Yet today’s elaborate hotel affairs and...
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By Claire Lane Mike Watkins is an internationally known architect and town planner who lives and works in Kentlands, the neighborhood he helped to plan. Kentlands resident Claire Lane interviewed Mike to mark the 25th anniversary of the Kentlands charrette this June. In 1993, my husband, Pat, and I put a contract on a...
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Thousands attended Kentlands Day on May 4, which began with sunny skies with a parade down Main Street and continued for hours with a festival in Kentlands Downtown. Kentlands Day organizer Andrew Ross estimated at least 22,000 people attended the day’s events, making it the most well-attended festival to date. Rachel Carson Elementary School...
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Test Violation Creates AP Score Scare The scores of 275 Quince Orchard High School AP Psychology students were at risk after a fellow student took a video in the testing room on her cell phone and posted it online. After several days of waiting while the College Board reviewed the incident, Principal Carole Working...
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Dear Editor: I was horrified to read the quote in the Town Courier’s May 4 edition from Wayne Stengel, who claimed that “there are many people who moved to the Kentlands because it is a premium living community and we...
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Fifth Report Added to Election Code Gaithersburg’s mayor and City Council voted on May 6 to add a fifth campaign finance report to the election code. The fifth report will be required for the upcoming elections in November 2013 and is due 14 days after the election. “I certainly agree with the fifth report....
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Solicitation On May 8 at 11:43 a.m., Montgomery County Police responded to a complaint that two women with a baby were soliciting money in the parking lot of the Kentlands Giant. The women were not found, and no report was filed. Residential Burglary On May 3 at 9:50 a.m., a residential burglary was reported...
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For a group of Diamond Elementary School students, reading has become a family affair. A new Mother-Daughter Book Club has given fourth-grade girls a unique opportunity to spend time with their moms while enjoying literature. The club is the brainchild of Diamond Media Specialist Marcie Gross, who received a $375 grant from Gaithersburg’s Educational...
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