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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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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Looking up at the vast ceilings of a temperature controlled warehouse at the old Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) laboratory during a tour of four new city park sites on April 26, Council members Ryan Spiegel and Michael Sesma had fun imagining what the building could be turned into: an indoor tennis court? Indoor...
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This spring, the Kentlands Home and Garden Tour offers an inside look behind the picket fences and blooming flowers of this new urbanist community. The event is sponsored by the Kentlands Community Foundation (KCF) and will take place on May 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine. Tickets for the tour...
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In March, the Kentlands Citizens Assembly (KCA) board of trustees postponed a vote regarding the use of chemical landscape applications (pesticide, herbicide and fertilizer) in the community until its next monthly meeting. However, by the end of the April 24 meeting, the issue remained unresolved. The landscaping chemicals issue was first raised with the...
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City Seeks Input on 2013 Oktoberfest The city of Gaithersburg will hold an open meeting to discuss plans for the 2013 Oktoberfest at the Kentlands on May 8 at 7:30 p.m. at Kentlands Mansion. Community members interested in providing input and/or participating in the planning of this event are invited to attend. In March,...
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Celebrate India at the Library The Quince Orchard Library invites the community to attend “UTSAV: A Celebration of India,” on May 11 from 1:15 – 2:15 p.m. The theme for the free event is Shakti-Strength, and programming will include music, dance, a children’s skit, and a special Penny Theatre presentation of “The Magic Pumpkin.”...
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