Week in Review: New Superintendent, Local Business Will Close and Royal Wedding Celebrations

This week in Potomac, residents were mourning the loss of a professor, saying goodbye to a local business and preparing for the royal wedding.

On Monday, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service the man who at 8509 Scarboro Ct. as Sung Y. Kwack, a 74-year-old Potomac resident. Kwack was a professor at Howard University, according to a NBC story, and the university's website shows that he taught in the Department of Economics. Kwack earned a Ph.D. from the University of California-Berkeley and specialized in teaching monetary economics as well as international finance, according to the his profile on Howard University's website.

On Wednesday, Potomac Patch reported that after 16 years of business in Potomac Village, will . The children’s clothing store, which recently had a , will close on May 31 or a date near that, said Owner Barbara Cohn. The cost of doing business and the changing shopping habits lead to the store’s close, Cohn said.

On Monday evening, the Board of Education pending final contract negotiations and state approval. Starr has been superintendent of Stamford Public Schools, a 15,000-student system with similar demographics to Montgomery County, since 2005.

The Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton may have been in England, but it caused a splash in Potomac, too. The wedding, which took place on Friday morning, got the , such as a Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin Robbins — both in the Cabin John Shopping Center. In honor of the wedding, Dunkin’ Donuts sold jelly-filled, heart-shaped doughnuts and Baskin Robbins sold an ice cream cake designed to be reminiscent of an English garden.