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Ben's Run: A Benefit Race for Children with Cancer Returns for Third Year
Participants have raised more than $80,000 in two years for a special fund at Children's National Medical Center.

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Participants have raised more than $80,000 in two years for a special fund at Children's National Medical Center.

Local painters, filmmakers and photographers were challenged to explore food and culture in the latest exhibit at the Silver Spring Civic Center.
"The work needing to be done will be accomplished," a county official assured councilmembers.
Police say the victims were walking down a sidewalk in the Long Branch area of Silver Spring.
The first report on remediation efforts for the Silver Spring Transit Center to be delivered Tuesday, April 10.
The county Fire and Rescue Service publishes an online newsletter using paper.li.
“I think the public opinion has changed on this across the political spectrum. People understand that if somebody's sick, they deserve medication,” Delegate Dan Morhaim, D-Baltimore County, said.
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A rooftop air conditioner for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will reduce traffic on the street to one lane over the weekend.
The Washington Redskins name controversy dates back many decades. Opponents of the Redskins have long argued that the name is racist.
The Silver Spring Citizen's Advisory Board is advocating for public parks as the neighborhood continues to develop.
The Maryland Transit Administration revealed renderings of the station at the Silver Spring Transit Center.
“The complexity and scale of this project requires an independent evaluation of the information we are being provided,” Ervin said in a statement.
As the debate over changing the name of the Washington Redskins intensifies in the nation’s capital, similar debates are dividing towns where fans of local high schools cheer for their own version of the Redskins.
Seventeen students from Eastern Middle School and nine students from Montgomery Blair High School placed in the network's national competition.
The funds are in addition to the facility's $112 million price tag, the Gazette newspaper reports.
A 63-year-old was severely burned before rescued Tuesday morning.
A study of the White Oak and Hillandale neighborhoods reveal residents grappling with more traffic than the average Montgomery County resident.
The 450-unit apartment complex is now owned by The JBG Companies.
A man in his 60s was one of several residents rescued from a six-floor apartment building Tuesday morning.