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2025’s Camps Promise a Summer of Adventure, Memories
Rockville’s 2025 summer camp season is just around the corner — get ready to start planning your adventure! Information will be online Friday, Jan. 31 at www.rockvillemd.gov/life. Give your kids the gift of unforgettable memories and stories that will last a lifetime. Summer Blast Camps are back and will feature full-day and extended-day hours at…
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The Glenview-Peerless Speaker Series Presents the Marquis de Lafayette
The Marquis de Lafayette will be the focus in the latest installment of the Glenview Mansion and Peerless Rockville Speaker Series. The free, in-person presentation will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9 at Glenview Mansion at Rockville Civic Center Park, 603 Edmonston Drive. Patricia Maclay, a lifetime member of the American Friends of…
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Meet Nature Head-On in the New Year at the Hayes Preserve
Updated Trail Map Available Soon Have a New Year’s resolution to walk more? How about the trails in the Hayes Preserve, which feature hikes for all ages and abilities through some of Rockville’s most scenic areas? An updated trail map will be available from Croydon Creek Nature Center soon. The map details 3 miles of…
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Volunteer to Shovel Snow for an Elderly Neighbor
City Pairs Helpers with Seniors Each winter, Rockville looks for ways to help older residents with snow removal. If you’re handy with a shovel and don’t mind digging out an extra driveway or clearing a walkway or two, you can sign up and volunteer for the program. The senior center’s home maintenance coordinator organizes the…
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Matching Grant Program Seeks Projects to Improve Communities
Deadline for Applications is Jan. 17 The Friday, Jan. 17 deadline is approaching for Rockville’s matching grant program, which helps neighbors work together to accomplish common goals that support the health, vitality and inclusivity of the place they call home. Neighborhood, civic or homeowners associations, community groups, organized groups of neighbors and student groups are…
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Gum Health, Good Posture and Sleeping Soundly, in January at the Senior Center
Stay healthy, informed and entertained with seminars and events from the Rockville Senior Center in January. Register with the course number at www.rockvillemd.gov/registration. Learn about 60-plus programs, courses, activities and services at www.rockvillemd.gov/seniorcenter or by calling 240-314-8800. See the “Adults 60+” recreation guide at www.rockvillemd.gov/life for more information.
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Rockville’s Lunar New Year Celebration is Feb. 1
Celebrate Rockville’s Asian cultures at the city’s Lunar New Year celebration. The annual celebration will be held from 3-5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1, at Rockville High School, 2100 Baltimore Road. Multicultural performances will be presented from 3:30-4:45 p.m. The celebration will also include interactive displays, crafts for kids and to-go snack boxes, while supplies…
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Rockville and Region Places 9th in Arts Vibrancy Rankings
The Frederick-Rockville-Gaithersburg region has come in ninth out of 20 large communities ranked as the most arts-vibrant nationwide. SMU DataArts, the National Center for Arts Research, released its ninth Arts Vibrancy Index in December, which identifies the 40 most arts-vibrant communities in the United States. “Rockville, along with its neighbors Frederick and Gaithersburg has consistently…
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Kindertransport and Varied Art: This Month at the Civic Center
The F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre and Social Hall is closed for Americans with Disability Act improvements through Monday, Sept. 1. Box office operations will continue at the Rockville Civic Center Cottage on Wednesday, Jan. 8, and will sell tickets to off-site performances for the Rockville Little Theatre and the Victorian Lyric Opera Company. Box office…
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As Pretty as a Pitcher
Rockville’s always-busy parks crews have been hard at work across the city, but also in Dogwood Park, at 800 Monroe St., where they recently restored the park’s centerpiece statue of Walter “Big Train” Johnson, one of the most accomplished baseball pitchers of all time. The statue, created by Nickelsville, Virginia-based artist Kris Connors, was installed…