CJCA September 28 Meeting – 7:30pm Clara Barton Community Center The September CJCA meeting will feature a variety of topics, including: Crab Feast recap – We will provide a summary with the “numbers” and a facilitate a quick conversation on how the event went. Pedestrian Safety – Charlotte Troup Leighton, CJCA VP for Advocacy will …
We are pleased to announce the calendar for CJCA Events for the rest of 2022 through June 2023. Here are some highlights: In keeping with previous years, we will have three Blood Drives, all on Sundays – October 2, February 5, and May 7 (starting at 10am). The still new-ish Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot will …
For those of us untuned to the natural world, our first brush with bats may well have come via Halloween costumes or horror films featuring Count Dracula, Transylvania’s most infamous castle owner. The last three years of the COVID-19 pandemic have changed all that. Those who follow popular accounts of the fieldwork of epidemiologists and …
Chicken and Crab Feast 2022Saturday, September 17, 20222:00 — 6:00 PMClara Barton Community Center You don’t want to miss the gustation of the crustacean, the fire-grilling of the fowl, the simmering of the sides, the valor of the volunteers, the swinging of the band, and especially the fellowship of friends and neighbors swapping laughs and …
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After almost three years of study, Montgomery County Planning released its first-ever Pedestrian Master Plan last month. The 59-page draft plan puts forth dozens of recommendations aimed at improving pedestrian safety and increase walking rates throughout the county. Montgomery Planning is now inviting the public to hear from the planners and provide feedback at two …
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Since its announcement in the March 2021 issue of The Village News, the Minnie’s Island Community Conservancy Corp (MICC) has been hard at work. The MICC is officially a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charged with the “preservation of the ecological, architectural, scientific, and humanist legacy of Minnie’s Island,” an eight-acre island located in the Potomac River, approximately …
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In the daytime, Cabin John’s tree-lined streets belong to adults in their cars and service trucks, kids on their bikes, and dog walkers or other pedestrians. But after dark, other mammals join the night traffic. Here on 78th St., one can see strolling white-tailed deer heading for the neighbor’s Hosta. At midnight, a clever fox …
Chicken and Crab Feast In Need of New Coordinator(s) Cabin John’s annual community celebration and fundraising event held each September urgently needs a new coordinator or coordinators to take the over helm from Allison and Patrick de Gravelles who have capably overseen the event for the last five years. Thank you, Allison and Patrick! Allison …
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Invasive Plant Species: Your Garden May Not Be the Oasis You Think CJ resident and ecologist Mark Frey started his talk on invasive plant species by telling the attendees of the June 1 CJCA meeting they were not going to like what he had to say…and he was right! Folks in the audience actually groaned …
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As always, CJ residents can take a well-timed dip in Palisades Pool whether they are members of the private swim club on Seven Locks or not. Once the pool starts their summer hours on June 20 through Labor Day, Cabin John residents are admitted free of charge to the Palisade Pool on Tuesdays and Thursdays …
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