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• DECEMBER 2010
• Special Exception Requested for Child Day Care Center on Brunett  •  SHA Projects on University Boulevard  •  If You Live in NFCCA Territory, Get a YMCA Discount  •  Officer Doug on the Law on Drinking in Public  •  Forest Knolls Elementary School is Now ‘Green’  •  Attention, Avid Readers! Swap Your Paperbacks  •  Book Your Next Event at the New Civic Building  •  Tear-Out Community Telephone Directory   [20 pp.]
• OCTOBER 2010
• Montgomery County Department of Parks Rebrands Park, Rewrites History  •  Oh, Deer!  Part Three:  Population Control  •  Don’t Fear the Trees  •  NFCCA Provides Testimony on Pepco Reliability  •  Chapter II:  Neighborhood Survey Will Provide Additional Data on the Impacts of Power Outages  •  Photos from the Neighborhood After the Storm  •  Help is Available in MoCo for Resolving Conflicts   [16 pp.]
• JUNE 2010
• County Planning Director Tours Four Corners with Civic Association Representatives  •  Casting Call for Kids to Sing, Play  •  11 County Recreation Centers Still Shuttered by County Council  •  5K Fun Run, Hike at Northwood Celebrates Land Restoration in Northwood Chesapeake Bay Trail  •  Feeling Grim?  Sonrieta May Help  •  The Problem with Invasive Species  •  Northwood Lady Gladiators Win Regional Track Championship  •  Second Rachel Carson Meadow Festival:  Celebrating ‘A Sense of Wonder’ in Our North Four Corners Park  •  Thunderbolts Offer Baseball Fun   [20 pp.]
• APRIL 2010
• Future of 11 Park Recreation Centers Uncertain  •  Plant Trees at FKES for Earth Day  •  Oh, Deer!  Part 2:  Discouraging Words are Heard  •  NFCCA Seeking Meeting Space  •  Warmer Weather Brings Home Improvement Con Artists  •  Northwood Chesapeake Bay Trail Project Continues  •  Local Woman Advocates Turning Lawns into Meadows   [16 pp.]
• FEBRUARY 2010
• Woody Debris;  It’s Not Trash, It’s a Good Thing!  •  Comparing Utility Usage for Comparable Homes in North Four Corners  •  Oh Deer!  Part 1:  The Reasons Behind All the Deer  •  Northwood Students Clean-Up Over 5 Tons of Trash   [12 pp.]

• DECEMBER 2009
• Montgomery County Council Acts on Growth Policy  •  Property Detectives:  Finding Out About Any Home  •  Senior-Friendly Communities  •  Meet Our New Board Members  •  Police Give Crime Overview of Our Neighborhood  •  Students Work to Reforest Forest Knolls School  •  Real Estate Changes in Our Neighborhood in 2009  •  Lenett to Speak at December Meeting   [16 pp.]
• OCTOBER 2009
• Not-So-Smart Growth:  County Planning Board’s Proposed 2009 Growth Policy Lowers Standards  •  National Night Out Celebrated on Sultry August Evening  •  Northwood Park’s ‘New York World’s Fair Home’  •  Our Local Elementary School is Calling for Volunteers to Help in Onsite Reforesting Project   [16 pp.]
• JUNE 2009
• Steps to Take to Prevent Residential Burglaries  •  Phosphorus Fertilizer is Banned by 2011  •  Band Seeks More Players 50+  •  Upgrades Made to Our Rec Center  •  How to Report a Malfunctioning Streetlight   [12 pp.]
• APRIL 2009
• Next Meeting on 8 April Features Dist. 4 Candidates’ Forum for County Council Special Election 21 April  •  Catching Up on Our Animal World  •  Warriors Wanted to Fight Ongoing Invasion [of Weeds]  •  Take a Home Water Audit to See How You Use Water  •  Historic Preservation Threatened by Knapp Proposal  •  Caught on Camera: MoCo Photo Traffic Enforcement  •  10 Reasons to Plant a Meadow ... Instead of a Lawn  •  A Guide to Federal Energy Efficiency Incentives in 2009  •  Silver Spring Crime Summit Planned by PrezCo  •  WSSC Replaces Water Mains in Our Neighborhood  •  Eat Local:  Community-Supported Agriculture   [20 pp.]
• FEBRUARY 2009
• Attracting Birds to Your Yard in Winter, Early Spring  •  The Insulation Story, Part 3:  The Saga Concludes  •  Our Solar Dryer  •  Froggie Goes A Courtin’   [12 pp.]

• DECEMBER 2008
• Councilmember Elrich Proposes Bus Rapid Transit  •  Proposed Bill Would Give County Employees Special Tax Breaks  •  Living the Good Life, Part 2:  Cleaning ‘Green’   [12 pp.]
• OCTOBER 2008
• How to Rent North Four Corners Recretation Center for Your Events  •  New County Recycling Rules — No More Checking Necks or Numbers  •  Black Squirrels are Escaped Canadians from Zoo  •  Montgomery County Will Recycle Your Old Electronics  •  A Personal Look Back:  Democrats for Agnew  •  First NFCCA-Sponsored Dog Show, ‘Pitting of the Pooches,’ to be Fun Event on Saturday, 25 October  •  Revisiting the Question of Latino Inclusion  •  Solar Collective Moving Forward  •  Living the Good Life, Part 1:  More Efficiently  •  How to Save the Rec Center  •  The Home Energy Audit That May Have Saved My Life   [20 pp.]
• JUNE 2008
• Could Our Civic Life Be More Inclusive?  •  Nuestra Vida Civica — Podria Ser Mas Inclusivo?  •  Spring Creek Cleanup Easier  •  ‘Saltbox’ Style Kinsman Farmhouse, Which Dates from 1780s, May Be Oldest House in Montgomery County  •  Recent Crime Spurs Interest in Starting a Neighborhood Watch  •  Where’s Our Northwood Sign?  •  North Four Corners Park:  The Saga Continues  •  Check Out the ‘Dramatic’ Carriage Rambler Flyer  •  Consider Joining Your Neighbors in the ‘Northwood Solar Collective’ for Group Purchases of Solar Energy  •  MoCo Recycles Cellphones, Even Your Old Clothes  •  ‘Googling Around’ Yields a Bit of Local History   [20 pp.]
• APRIL 2008
• Council Votes to Put Soccer Field Back in Parks CIP Budget; Construction Not Scheduled Until 2015  •  Special Election to Fill Marilyn Praisner’s Seat  •  Price Comparisons Among Six Local Grocery Stores  •  Parks Dept. Crews Damage Rachel Carson Meadow  •  How MoCo’s Historic Preservation Program Works  •  Dollars & Sense:  About Home Equity Lines of Credit  •  More Memories of ‘Downtown’ Four Corners  •  Silver Spring Judged Most ‘Walkable City’  •  The Bugs Who Came to Dinner:  A Bed Bug Saga   [20 pp.]
• FEBRUARY 2008
• Bad News for the Montgomery County Budget:  Revenue Shortfalls Mean Hiring Freeze, Other Cuts  •  What is CountyStat and How Will It Help Residents?  •  The Continuing Insulation Story  •  What NFCCA Membership Does  •  Proposed Adult Soccer Field for North Four Corners Park is Dropped from County Executive’s Budget  •  Oh, Those Taxing Assessments!   [16 pp.]

• DECEMBER 2007
• Planning Board to Discuss Our Park December 6th  •  Election Judges Needed for Primary, General 2008 Elections  •  Caddington Chit-Chat  •  MoCo Gives Away Composters  •  Homeowners Interested in Group Rate for Home Insulation Sought  •  Dollars & Sense:  Your Credit History is Important!  •  Possible Events in the Community  •  Our (Good) Experience with One of Those ‘Handyman” Services  •  October Creek Cleanup Reveals ‘Sports’ Theme  •  Tips for Keeping Your Pet Safe During the Holidays  •  Have You Seen This Tree in ‘Rachel Carson Meadow’?   [16 pp.]
• OCTOBER 2007
• Getting What We Want for North Four Corners Park  •  Parents Seek Babysitters  •  Do You Know About Freecycle?   [8 pp.]
• JUNE 2007
• North Four Corners Park Meeting on 12th of June  •  Noticing the All-Night McDonald’s  •  How to Contract for Home Improvements  •  New Board to Be Elected in October  •  Less Trash, More Fun in This Year’s Cleanup of Lockridge Creek  •  Stadium Lights at Northwood High School?  •  Northwood Baby Network   [12 pp.]
• APRIL 2007
• Styrofoam Recycling Now Possible — in Crofton, Md.  •  Crimewatch eMail Ceases  •  Montgomery County Code Addresses Trash, Trucks, Parking  •  North Four Corners Park Update  •  The Budget Process:  Slicing the Pie, Part III  •  A Matter of Consciousness — Bringing Your Own Shopping Bags  •  NFCCA’s First ‘Movie Night’  •  Seniors’ Experiences After 2006 Hospital Stays Sought by COA  •  Yard Sale 5/19  •  You, Trees, and Montgomery County Law   [12 pp.]
• FEBRUARY 2007
• Couple Attacked While Walking on Loxford Terrace  •  More on the Montgomery County Budget Process:  Slicing the Pie, Part II  •  Dinner Time is Good for Families  •  How to Reach Our Brand-New Elected Officials  •  One Neighbor’s Trash Can Be Another’s Treasure  •  Letters to the Editor  •  Condemnation  •  Sound Off:  The Law on Neighborhood Noise   [12 pp.]

• DECEMBER 2006
• Northwood Community Yard Sale Rescheduled  •  Fall Creek Cleanup Held in November  •  Gifts Wrapped Helps Einstein  •  Watching the County Budget Process:  Slicing Up a Large Pie  •  Built-In Memories Bring Back to Northwood Park Homebuyers Who Lived Here As Children  •  Area High Schools Hold Concerts in December  •  A Plea for Community:  The Case of the Purloined Paper  •  Would You Say Irresponsible Teens or Just Plain Thieves?  •  New Neighborhood List Serve   [12 pp.]
• OCTOBER 2006
• Charlie Pritchard is Gone  •  NFCCA’s First Pool Party Provided Potluck, Pizza, Plenty of Pizzazz!  •  Caddington Speeding Update  •  College Fair to be Held October 9 at Einstein High School  •  2006 Neighborhood Night Out Can Take the Heat  •  Watch Out for Plant Pilferers  •  Community Yard Sale 22 October  •  Progress on Poopers in the Park  •  Reveling in the Nearby Silver Spring Stage   [12 pp.]
• JUNE 2006
• Power Issues:  Talking with Pepco About Outages  •  ‘Action Group of One’ Takes on Poopers in the Park  •  Your Help is Needed for Neighborhood Night Out 2006  •  Montgomery County’s Stormwater Coalition Pushes for Watershed Protection; ‘Rainwater Harvesting’ Gets a Boost  •  Is Kugler’s Going or Staying?  •  Your Own Electricity Outage Chart   [12 pp.]
• APRIL 2006
• An Important Victory for North Four Corners Park  •  MCCF Challenges DHCA on MPDUs   [12 pp.]
• FEBRUARY 2006
• New Law:  All Dogs, Cats Must be Leashed in Public  •  Need Help?  Give Help to Others  •  Getting Social  •  Traffic Controls are Needed for Caddington Avenue  •  Park Update  •  Local History:  Photos of Neighborhood Homes Under Construction   [8 pp.]