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2013 Spring: Check out articles on the Dogs of RCW, knowing your pet laws, meet our new canine neighbors, as well as preparing for summer outages & hurricane season along with tributes to Eleanor Foltz and Alice Holland, farewells to Kathyrn Sandberg and Mari Ellen Spicer, and a hello to Jon Dolan and Sarah Donahue, plus much more!
2011_Summer: Water, Water Everywhere; Remembering Jim Roberts, Bacci Gillard & Rudy Petke; A Musician’s Story; Welcome Andrew & Jenny Letizia and Jessie Angulo and Keith Wright; New President’s “State of the Hood”; Common Causes of Water Damage; Preventing Water Damage; A Special Neighbor to Neighbor Music Award.
2010_Summer: Urban Stream Ecosystem Project; Third Longest Power Outage in RCW; Welcome Susan Finkelpearl & Ted Sobel and Jonathan McIntyre; Basil Downy Mildew; Remembering RCW Cats: Motek & Asparagus; Emergency Power Options; Fire Extinguishers; Emergency Lighting.
2009 Winter: Dogs of RCW; Welcome the Furtado/Suhett Families; How the Layout of Rock Creek Woods Created a Sense of “Neighborhood”; Recent Crime/Break-ins; Dogs of Yore; The Luncheon Club; Music While You Work; Aging in Place for RCW; Cherry Trees/Arborist Report and Plan for the Future; Environmental Film Festival; Recycling update; WineWordsWisdon.com.
2009 Summer: Gardening in RCW; RCW 50th Anniversary Gala Planned; Ride-On Bus Service; Drivers-Watch out for our youngest neighbors; Poison Ivy; RCW makes Wikipedia; Great Books and Resources for Food Lovers; Welcome Kathy & Taylor Lednum; Farewell Joel, Hati and Sophie; Modern Capital Website/Blog; Yoga Classes; Local 4th of July event schedule; Montgomery County Fair; Kensington Farmers Market; Summer at Strathmore.
2008 Summer: Neighborhood Is Looking Good; Local 4th of July Schedule; Book Club; Farewell to Cordie and Neil Goldstein; An Actor in Our Midst; RCWCA Election; Rain Barrels and Other Options for Watering Your Plants; Composting; Welcome John Levinson and Renana Keynes; Contribute to Our Website; What’s at Kensington Farmer’s Market; RCW Labor Day Picnic; Strathmore’s 11th Annual Comcast Film Festival.
2008 Winter: New RCW Neighborhood Sign; Black Path Clean-Up; ChemLawn for Cherry Trees; Rehabilitation Tax Credit from Maryland Historical Trust; Homestead Property Tax Credit; Medical Pioneers: Katherine & Thomas Waldmann; Comings & Goings of RCW Neighbors and “In the Running”; Recycling; Digital TV is Coming; Environmental Film Festival;
2007 Spring: RCW SIGN Proposal; Black Path Clean Up day; Annual Plant Sale; Welcome John Collier and Marc Gagarin; Celebration for the Clausens; In the Shelter of Each Other; Neighborhood Yard Sale.
2006 Summer: Welcome Sue Holbeck; Welcome Steve Dempsey and Mickey Braden; Welcome Mike, Donna, Nobu & Sachi Smith; FIOS Cable/Internet Service; Saying Farewell (Lois Muellen); Neighborhood Watch; Little Children of RCW; Black Path Additions; Cherry Tree Maintenance.
2006 Spring: What a Great Neighborhood: Looking After Each Other; Community Website; House Numbers; Tasting Spanish Wines; Cherry Tree Report; Saying Farewell to Frixos Alexis, Jinny Engelman, and Frank Burnett; Spring Clean Up Day.
2005 Winter: RCW designated Historic District; Cherry Tree Report; Thanksgiving in February; Meet Kelly and Dick Pelz; Welcome Rob Smith & Catherine Horan & their twins: Maeve and Eamon; Welcome Neil Klopfenstein; Barbara Everett’s Baked Tomato Spaghetti; Marcis Sparkling Wine Tasting; Halloween Creatures Invade RCW; Nature’s Corner; County Regs. on Snow removal; Book Group.