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View All →🏡 🚔 Inside MCPD's 2025 Report
MCPD recovered $3.7 million from scammers last year. Sadly, none of it was from that 'extended car warranty' guy who keeps calling.
- Crime dropped 9% in MoCo
- Four Olympians skate into Cabin John
- Emmet Cohen salutes Miles and Coltrane
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🏡 🏀 Brackets and Bragging Rights
St. Patrick's Day is tomorrow. Consider this your 24-hour warning to find something green. In today's Potomac Loop, - Quincy's March Madness Bracket contest - Maryland Senior Olympics' SportsFest - 40 Thieves sings for St. Patty's at Whelans Let's Loop.
🏡 🚗 The Car That Wanted To Swim
If you wore shorts and a winter coat this week, congratulations: you understood the assignment. In today's Potomac Loop, - Car crashes into K9 Aquatic Center - Opening weekend for Whitman's 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood" - Sing your heart out at Whelan's Pint & Sing Let's Loop.
🏡 🎶 Sunday Serenades Are Back
Maryland just killed the grocery store beer bill again, so your weekly shopping will continue to include that ritual detour to the liquor store. Hey, at least you're getting your steps in. Also! The Job Junction is back! Our Wednesday roundup of local jobs that help keep our community humming went on a brief sabbatical, but consider it officially un-sabbatical-ed. We're restarting with 10 jobs this week and building from there. If you or someone you know wants to post a local opening, you can do it for free right on the Job Junction page. In today's Potomac Loop, - Sunday Serenades coming back to Cabin John - French Fridays debut this week at Potomac French Market - Double International Guitar Nights at Wolf Trap Let's Loop.
🏡 🥕 Bethesda Co-Op Says Its Final Goodbye
A red-flanked bluetail showed up in Great Falls this week, instantly becoming the rarest sighting around since a reasonably priced home. In today's Potomac Loop, - Bethesda Co-op closes after 50 years - Tuesday Blood Drive at Beth Shalom Congregation - Strathmore's Keyboardist-in-Residence performs Wednesday Let's Loop.
🏡 🦈 Potomac Couple Hooks A Shark
A Georgetown Prep coach drained a half-court shot for $10K at the Wizards game, which may be the most exciting thing to happen at a Wizards game all season. In today's Potomac Loop, - Local couple lands Shark Tank deal - Full Moon Friday hike at Locust Grove - Academy of St Martin at Strathmore Let's Loop.
🏡 ⛺ Say Goodbye to Glen Echo's Yurts
Glen Echo's pottery yurts have been 'temporary' since 1972. That's 53 years, which in government terms is basically still a pilot program. In today's Potomac Loop, - Glen Echo's pottery yurts face demolition - Annie Jr. performance at Herbert Hoover Theater - Calvin Thomas jamming at The Grove Thursday Let's Loop.
🏡 🚰 243 Million Gallons of Explaining to Do
UMD's free backyard gardening Zoom series starts this month, finally giving us the scientific vocabulary to justify spending $400 on a single Japanese maple. In today's Potomac Loop, - Key details from DC Water's Public Meeting on the Potomac sewage spill - Spring hikes return to Seneca Creek - International Reggae and World Music Award Winners 'Sons of Mystro' perform at Parilla Performing Arts Center Let's Loop.
🚰 What We Learned at the Potomac Interceptor Meeting
DC Water came to Whitman. Here's what the crowd heard.
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