Potomac News

POTOMAC, Md. - Cindy Sites is 51 and her physique has hardly changed since her youth.

One robbery and 12 thefts-from-auto were reported in Potomac in the Montgomery County Police Department crime summary for the period of Jan.

A The cause of a recent house fire at Vantage Court in Potomac is still unknown.

Several local students participated in Brian Ganz's Master Class at Strathmore on Feb 3. Chaoyang Wang, 14, a North Potomac freshman at Wootton High School, Ofer Kimchi, 17, a Potomac student at Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School and Nicholas Troccoli, 17, a Bethesda senior at Maret School in D.C. received special, one-on-one instruction from Ganz.

Looks like Potomac yogis will have to buy those signature flower print yoga pants online after March 1, when StretchAlicious ' doors will close in the Cabin John Mall.

A A Potomac man was sentenced last week to 40 months in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud.

A Good morning, Potomac! It's Monday morning, and time to get back to work with today's "5 Things." Among our offerings: weather, some interesting tidbits and a few quick notes.

Three thefts-from-vehicles and two thefts were reported in Potomac in the Montgomery County Police Department crime summary for the period of Jan.

Federal officials gave the go ahead Thursday on the design plan for a spy campus in Bethesda despite residents' concerns about a proposed parking garage that could block their view of the Potomac River and the historic C&O Canal.

A Maryland businessman has been ordered to pay back $6.89 million and serve 40 months in federal prison after pleading guilty in an embezzlement scheme.

A "Visions of Earth," a month-long fundraiser benefiting the regional ALS Association, will show at the Art Gallery of Potomac beginning in March.

A Clean Air Partners, a public-private partnership chartered by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and the Baltimore Metropolitan Council, last week announced the winners of its 2012 slogan contest, including Rida Ali , a sixth-grader at Farmwell Station Middle School .

The new Army surgeon general called on military medical professionals to do better, citing high numbers of soldiers who are not ready to serve for medical reasons, as well as Army suicide and sexual assault statistics.

A In a new feature on North Potomac-Darnestown and Potomac Patch, we'll introduce you to a new community member every few weeks.

Until his, "Remember me?" email showed up a few weeks ago, I had let Matt Bjonerud slip out of mind.

Good morning, Potomac! It's Monday morning, and time to get back to work with today's "5 Things." Among our offerings: weather, some interesting tidbits and a few quick notes.

The M&T Bank in Potomac was robbed at approximately 9:40 a.m. today, Montgomery County Police have confirmed.

A More than half of Potomac commuters spend 30 minutes or more each day driving to work.

An 80,000-square-foot Wal-Mart planned for Rockville Pike is stirring mixed and sometimes passionate reactions from Rockville City Council members, residents and shop owners.

A U.S. government subcontractor serving a 15-year prison sentence in Cuba slipped three satellite phones, three laptops and 13 Blackberry phones into the island, a court document in his case showed.