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By Saven Wilkins Volunteers planted trees and cleared brush and bamboo, completing the annual spring Landscape Enhancement Day to keep the community looking good and fill in holes in our canopy. Donuts and coffee at the Clubhouse kicked off the day. The Landscape...

Volunteers resurrected the annual International Dinner in February after the three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, bringing together more than 70 residents for an evening of gourmet food, elegant atmosphere, and fun. Our photographers were Morris Kaplan and Raj...

New Mark resident Ardis Fisher documented 11 different species of wildlife over the period of one month. We teased these photos in the New Mark newsletter distributed this weekend. We’re curious how readers did on the test since we published the photos without...

Photos by Nan Whalen, Michelle Ava and Pat Reber   Dozens of New Mark residents—and some former residents returning to visit—joined the holiday musical cheer last Sunday. Gabe Meyer on trombone and Rhonda Gordon with voice, tambourine and bells organized the...

Once again New Mark's creatures and characters of all ages came out of the woods for the Halloween parade. COVID prevented the indoor potluck once again, but the weather was good for a walk. The crowd of children converged near the clubhouse for the group photos...

When the National Park Service went looking for landmarks to highlight women’s history in the United States, it found its way to a German-born Jewish psychiatrist who escaped the Nazis in 1933 and settled in Rockville, Maryland. Her name was Frieda Fromm-Reichmann,...

CORRECTION: The bike lane lines will be created with 10-inch wide white thermoplastic paint, a Rockville City official says—not green epoxy paint. An official July memorandum from the city indicated the color would be green. The creation of bike lanes on Maryland...

New Mark Residents told a Rockville City official that they welcome the prospect of bike lanes on Maryland Avenue but need to first see long-standing safety, traffic and noise issues on the street resolved. The official, Emad Elshafei, the city’s chief of traffic and...

Once again, Sally Guardia has captured life on the lake with vivid photos. And for the second year in a row, she was able to photograph a gosling in daring flight from nest on a lakeside balcony down to the water following the lead of the parent.  The goslings make...

Bernie Egerson, the US postman who prevented a New Mark Commons townhome fire from spreading, received honors from the Maryland Senate for his “heroic, life-saving actions.”