Events

Events 

Christmas at Longwood Gardens, thousands of poinsettias, amaryllis, narcissus, begonias, cyclamen and tulips in heated glass conservatories combined with an outdoor light festival, fountains dancing to holiday music, ice-skating performances, sugar sculptures resembling blown glass, designer trees, miniature trains, period decorations in the Pierce DuPont House, wreath exhibit, childrens small ...
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A one-horse town 
Merchants in tiny Kennett Square benefit from largesse lavished on injured racer. Alice Berstler's florist shop started bustling the day Barbaro came to town. The Kentucky Derby winner was admitted to the large-animal hospital in Kennett Square, Chester County, in May for treatment of the life-threatening injury that ended his racing career.
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2006 was a very good year for meeting new gardening friends 
This week's column is about recent memories; those created over the last year. When I wandered through the yard a day or so after Christmas, I noticed a bright patch of green and rediscovered a patch of hellebores, green or stinking hellebores (Heleborus foetidus). They were happy and healthy,
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Olney community calendar 
To submit an item for thecalendar, send it to: Olney Community Calendar, The Gazette, 1200 Quince Orchard Blvd., Gaithersburg, MD 20878, or fax it to 301-670-7182 or 301-670-7183. Deadline is Wednesday at 5 p.m. for the following weeks edition.
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The Lights Are On in Pine City 
Anna sipped water through a straw to wash down her pain medication. She sat at her kitchen table, watching her mother, Irene, and her 16-year-old son, Thomas, making Christmas dinner. Her Christmas dinner. Thomas pulled the blender down from the shelf. "What's that for?" Anna scribbled onto the pad of paper on the table near her. "None of my recipes need a blender."
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