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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Montgomery Parks will propose a renovation to Columbia Local Park in Burtonsville to the Montgomery Planning Board on Thursday, July 29. If approved, a final design is expected to be proposed by 2022 with construction estimated to begin in 2023 at a cost of $2.6 million. The renovation would replace the current tennis courts with […]