Bethesda

Bethesda Row will welcome the return of Frankie’s on the Park, a popular tween and teen fashion brand, for a pop-up shop running October 4 through October 13, 2025.

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Gaithersburg

A Joint Public Hearing will take place on Monday, October 20, 2025, at 7:30pm in the Gaithersburg Council Chambers to review the Eugene B. Casey Foundation’s proposal to redevelop the Rosedale Apartments property into a new mixed-income community with up to 434 multifamily units.

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Sponsored

Sponsored article courtesy RLAH Real Estate|

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MCPS

Originally published in 2023

In addition to photos of classmates and teachers, old yearbooks are full of fun snapshots of the era they were created. We recently flipped through the 1999 edition of Watkins Mill High School’s yearbook, Grinder, and found a playful feature titled “‘99 Things You Never Knew About Watkins Mill.” Some of the references are inside jokes best remembered by students and staff from that time, but many are fun facts about the Watkins Mill Wolverines that everyone can enjoy. Check them out below: (more…)


Event

Celebrate Bookstore Romance Day with Romantique Books! Join us for an afternoon dedicated to romance readers, indie authors, and the local bookish community. Browse signed romance books, discover your next favorite read through our curated Blind Date with a Book bundles, and shop a wide selection of bookish gifts, stickers, bookmarks, reading accessories, and more.

Meet local romance authors, explore unique creations from local vendors, enjoy permanent jewelry and tiny book-themed tattoos, and celebrate independent bookstores with fellow readers. The first 50 guests will receive exclusive Bookstore Romance Day swag bags filled with bookish goodies, and a few lucky attendees may even discover extra surprise treats tucked inside.


Education

Niche, a national rankings and review site that analyzes schools and neighborhoods across the country, has released its 2026 list of the top public elementary schools in Maryland (top 25 available below). The Niche list of top 25 public high schools in Maryland can be found here. and its top 25 public middle school rankings can be found here.

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Arts

Laytonsville’s Katie Killacky, who we first featured in 2022 for her work as an actress and longtime acting coach, is seeing her daughters make waves of their own in Hollywood. Killacky, the founder of Capital Coaching Studio, has taught acting from her home in Montgomery County for nearly a decade. Now, her daughters Maggie and Annabelle are building impressive résumés with appearances across some of television and film’s biggest projects.

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Germantown

Originally published in 2021. Courtesy Susan Soderberg of The Germantown Historical Society

It was a sad day in September 1990 when the last of the artist residents said goodbye to their commune home on Frederick Road in Germantown. They left behind their gardens, their lap swimming pool, their treehouse with the triple-chair zipline, their annual masquerade balls; and they took with them their art, their music and their joie de vivre. But the house, the magnificent 125 year-old house with its wrap-around porch and huge fireplace, was not to be torn down– it would be reborn in another location.


Community

In less than 48 hours after the federal government shutdown was announced, two local organizers, Tiffany Kelly and Valarie Davis, mobilized a countywide effort to provide immediate relief to Montgomery County residents affected. The “Rapid Response Event” is taking place at Gaithersburg High School on Friday, October 3, 2025, from 7 pm to 9 pm.

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