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Week in Review: Coyote 101, Potomac's Founding Farmers and a Debut

A look at the top news Aug. 7 through Aug. 13.

Patch political columnist, Richard Parsons, wrote about the to open the county’s first public charter school. Parsons' opinion piece has elicited a number of readers' comments on the site since it posted Sunday.

Our story on the , including comments on Facebook and Twitter. Patch spoke with Pete Jayne, game program manager at Maryland Department of Natural Resoursces, about the coyote population in Montgomery County. Jayne's helpful tips to discourage coyotes and other wildlife from your property are worth noting.

Another popular story on the site this week was the . The station is located outside the SunTrust bank at 10401 Old Georgetown Road.

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We highlighted a couple of summer camp programs in Potomac, which is usually a fun assignment for reporters. I know it was for me! . Over at Wayside Elementary School, young scientists indulged their curious minds in .

On Wednesday, we posted a story about a , demystify sex and intimacy for women living with cancer.

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Two favorite Montgomery County events were revealed through some lovely photos on the site this week: , the annual Comcast Film Festival, and two photo galleries about the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair— and . If you haven't had a chance to look at these stories, please take a moment. I think you'll be pleased that you did.

And I would be remiss if I didn't didn't include Roger Hamilton's River Watch column. This week he took us to .

We ended the week on an exciting note. Contributor Gina Hagler had the brilliant idea of following up on her story on Founding Farmers restaurant, . Good thing!

Have a great week! Feel free to send your tips and story ideas to Potomac Patch.


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