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December 28, 2017 | Douglas Tallman

Top 20 Stories for 2017

With all the public safety news, the events happening in the school system and even the development announcements we’ve covered this year, our No. 1 story for the year was … drum roll please … sunflowers. Here are the Top 20 stories for the year for MyMCMedia.org:   UPDATED: Acres of Sunflowers Are Blooming in Poolesville […]

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May 19, 2017 | Douglas Tallman

Top 10 Stories from May 12 to May 18

Education news dominated last week’s top stories based on web traffic. Our top story was about two local elementary schools getting major state honors. A follow-up about them receiving the award also made our Top 10 list. Plus, plenty of public safety news in our Top 10 as well. Two Local Elementary Schools to be […]

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May 12, 2017 | Staff Writer

Top 10 Stories from May 5 to May 11

Education news was the top story of the week, with Quince Orchard High School students remembering classmate Austin Cohen who lost his battle with bone cancer May 7. Other top stories include Rachel Carson’s Principal Larry Chep is headed to Clopper Mill Elementary School, police conduct sobriety checkpoint on Cinco de Mayo, and developments in […]

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May 10, 2017 | Douglas Tallman

Quince Orchard High Remembers Classmate

Quince Orchard High School, who lost a student to cancer over the weekend, has turned hallways at the school into chalk memorials to the boy. Austin Cohen, who would have turned 17 Tuesday, died of bone cancer. He had wanted to play for the Quince Orchard football team. Instead, the team made him a part […]

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April 12, 2015 | Krista Brick

Cancer Won’t Define Gaithersburg Teen

Austin Cohen has cancer but that’s not what he wants you to know about him. He loves football, hanging out with his friends from Quince Orchard High School, snapchating and photography and a list of other fun things teenagers do. “I don’t think the story is the QO ex-football player or Gaithersburg teen who has cancer. I think […]

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