At Rachel Carson Elementary School (RCES), efforts are underway to create a conservation garden in the school’s courtyard. The PTA is partnering with the Muddy Branch Alliance, Whole Foods Market and the Kentlands Community Foundation’s GO GREEN group to rebuild part of its courtyard into a conservation garden, which will use native plants and...
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Earth Day Celebration Chesterbrook Academy preschool students in Kentlands hosted a ladybug release in celebration of Earth Day on April 22. Pre-kindergarten students released more than 3,000 ladybugs into the environment. In the days leading up to Earth Day, students learned that ladybugs feed on aphids (plant lice) and other insects that are harmful...
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“The Sapphires” (PG-13) **** It’s the usual girl singers’ story: Get together at a local hall, be heard, get recruited for something bigger and hit the big time. The difference in this film is that the girls are all Australian aboriginal sisters and cousins, the year is 1968, and the “big time” is a...
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Speaking in a Boston cathedral on April 18, President Barack Obama told us, “Scripture tells us to run with endurance, the race that is set before us.” That’s it, isn’t it? It’s what living is about. Each one of us, with our own race, our own journey – running with endurance. “Endurance,” says Merriam...
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“Solemn.” That is the word I would use to describe the way I felt reading “Benediction” (2013), Kent Haruf’s newest novel. “Respectful,” I would call myself, of the close look he allows into the private lives of ordinary people. In his fifth novel, the acclaimed author once again displays the unique writing style readers...
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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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By Colin Jones and Bradley Walker Girls’ Lacrosse After a relatively slow start, the Quince Orchard (QO) defense kicked in, the offense got up to speed, and the Cougars coasted to a 12-6 victory over Seneca Valley on April 26. In a symmetrical game, the scores were 6-3 in both halves. Top scorer for...
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Area pools are only weeks away from opening, and that can only mean one thing — swim team season will soon be upon us. As in years past, The Town Courier will cover swim team news for Kentlands, Lakelands, Quince Orchard Park and Washingtonian Woods. Here is a preview of each of those teams...
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On April 15, after running in her 10th Boston Marathon, Lisa Reichmann celebrated with fellow runners at a bar a couple of blocks from the finish line. “I stayed there for about an hour-and-a-half,” said Reichmann, a Washingtonian Woods resident who finished the race with a time of 3:18 at 1:18 p.m. “Then I...
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The week before opening night of a theatre production, referred to as “Hell Week,” is notorious for long nights, high emotions and tedious rehearsals. The cast and crew of Quince Orchard (QO) High School’s spring production, “Beauty and the Beast,” endured a particularly vexing “Hell Week,” but the result on opening night was nothing...
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