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Thea LaFond waited five years for an opportunity to return to the Olympics and find redemption on track and field’s biggest stage. The Kennedy High graduate and teacher, who resides in Silver Spring, qualified for the Tokyo Games, competing for her native Dominica, a small Caribbean island. LaFond carried the Dominica flag in the Opening […]

Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart graduates from the Classes of 2015 and 2020 gathered in Potomac for a watch party Friday night to cheer on their former classmates Katie Ledecky and Phoebe Bacon who were swimming for Team USA in Tokyo. They sang and celebrated as Ledecky finished her last event at these […]

One of the greatest swimmers in Olympic history added to her legend in her final swim at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Katie Ledecky, the Bethesda native and Stone Ridge School graduate, will be bringing yet one more gold medal back home with her. Ledecky led from start to finish in the women’s 800-meter freestyle and […]

Montgomery County residents looking for fresh food can visit local farmers markets to find the best produce around. Find everything from organic fruits and vegetables, meats, baked goods, wine, dairy products and more around Montgomery County. Some of the county’s best local spots include: Freshfarm Downtown Silver Spring Market at 1 Veterans Plaza in Silver […]

Thea LaFond waited five years for this opportunity. The Rio 2016 Olympic Games had been disappointing. She had injured her hamstring during training and finished last in the women’s triple jump competition. The John F. Kennedy High School graduate and teacher yearned for another chance to show her ability and prove she belonged among the […]

Just one year removed from graduating from high school, Phoebe Bacon is closing in on her first Olympic medal while her fellow Stone Ridge School swimming alum Katie Ledecky is one race away from her 10th career Olympic medal. Competing in the women’s 200-meter backstroke, Bacon advanced in Thursday’s preliminaries and on Friday morning (Thursday […]

The 200-meter freestyle delivered one of the most shocking results of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games thus far, as Katie Ledecky swam in the finals of an international meet and failed to reach the podium for the first time in her prolific career. After finding redemption later Tuesday night by winning the gold medal in […]

Two Montgomery County hospitals placed in the top 15 medical centers in Maryland, according to the latest rankings from U.S. News and World Report. Bethesda’s Suburban Hospital was ranked the eighth-best hospital in Maryland, and Holy Cross in Silver Spring was ranked 14th. While both hospitals scored slightly lower than in the previous year (in […]

Katie Ledecky, nativa de Bethesda y graduada de la escuela Stone Ridge, ganó la medalla de plata en los 400 metros estilo libre el lunes por la mañana, y el miércoles obtuvo la sexta medalla de oro de su carrera. PURE. DOMINANCE. Katie Ledecky is the first Olympic champion in the women's 1500m freestyle! #TokyoOlympics […]

One of the greatest Olympians of all time endured perhaps the most trying moments of her incredible career. Katie Ledecky, the Bethesda native and Stone Ridge School graduate, had never known anything other than Olympic gold in individual races until this week. But she was caught from behind and won silver in the 400-meter freestyle […]