Potomac News

But for a long time, crossing Maryland's waterways meant taking a ferry. In , a new book posthumously published by the Maryland Historical Society, Chestertown author Clara Ann Simmons recalls that colorful era in tidewater maritime transportation.

After several years of revenue growth, sales at Montgomery County specialty catering business Carbecue will likely tail off this year, owing to the recession.

Tiger Woods watches his drive off of the 6th tee box during the Earl Woods Memorial Pro-Am part of the AT&T National hosted by Tiger Woods at Congressional Country Club in Potomac, Maryland on July 1, 2009.

How to top a blowout fifth-grade graduation party at the Potomac Community Center? Put the party to work.

The bodies of two adult males recovered from the Potomac River on June 24 have been identified as the two Virginia swimmers who went missing near Old Angler's Inn last week.

Sarah "Sally" Louise DiStefano, 71, of Potomac, Md., died Wednesday, May 16, 2007, in Rockville, Md.

Lush landscaping greets visitors to this contemporary-style home in Potomac. A multitude of large double- and triplepaned energy-efficient windows in the back of the spacious home on Hidden Hill Lane in Potomac all face out onto a gorgeous wooded backyard filled with a thousand low maintenance plants kept lush with a five-zone sprinkler system.

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Officials have recovered the bodies of two men from the Potomac River, though it is not yet confirmed that the bodies are those of two swimmers that went missing near Old Angler's Inn on Sunday.

Don't Dress For Dinner , a comedy by Marc Camoletti, adapted by Robin Howdon, is a situation comedy about double adultery and mistaken identities.

Montgomery County and Fairfax County rescue teams have called off their search for two men who are unaccounted for after swimming in the Potomac River on Sunday.

A father and grandfather has celebrated his first Father's Day as a Catholic priest.

On Friday, June 19, County Councilman Roger Berliner will host a forum designed to help local senior citizens contemplate their housing options.

Blast-induced traumatic brain injury has reached critical levels in modern-day warfare.

Plans for the Purple Line are moving forward in Maryland, but one question remains: Will it be a rail or bus system? Both the Montgomery and Prince George's county councils and county executives have endorsed the light rail version of the project.

Lindsey Renee Hawkins of Mauldin, and Jason Robert Smith of North Potomac, Md., were married Saturday, June 13, 2009, at Walker Hall in Spartanburg.

U.S. President Barack Obama plans to pursue attempts to engage Tehran whether hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or his moderate rival Mirhossein Mousavi ultimately emerges as the winner of Iran's election.

The Hanson family of Quince Orchard Road in North Potomac, announced last week that they have filed an application to rezone the Hanson Farms.

Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Chapman of Alpharetta announce the engagement of their daughter, Stefani Yvonne Chapman, to Bradley Paul Klinedinst, son of Mr.

Maryland environmental officials are warning folks to stop eating or drastically reduce their intake of rockfish - striped bass - and bluefish that are caught in local waterways because of high levels of a banned chemical that is known to cause cancer.

Allison and Larry Green announce the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Yael Rena, on Sunday, June 14, at Beth Sholom Congregation and Talmud Torah in Potomac, Md.