Back-to-School Twitter Takeover, Toxic Lake, Honest Tea Gets ‘Graphic’: The Daily Digest

Health | Warning: Toxic water at Lake Bernard Frank
Montgomery County Park officials detected high levels of a harmful algae toxin at Lake Bernard Frank. If ingested, microcystin can seriously harm the liver of humans and pets. A similar warning was issued in July for Lake Needwood in Rockville. 

You said it | Rockville resident reflects on the March on Washington
“I knew it then. That was a defining moment of my life. I think of him [King] as my mentor. I wanted to be that kind of minister. I wanted to be an activist. I'm not a brave guy or an out-front type person, but I've got to do something. I became an activist because if King can do it, why couldn't I—shouldn't I—be involved.”

That’s how the Rev. Jim Macdonell remembered feeling after hearing Martin Luther King Jr. deliver the “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963.

His story is posted at Rockville Patch. 

Back-to-School | #MCPSFirstDay
Perhaps the only thing that could rival the record number of students (more than 150,000, according to MCPS) that returned to Montgomery County public school classrooms were the number of #MCPSFirstDay-tagged Tweets from parents, teachers and administrators. Check out our Storify. 

Business | Honest Tea founders publish comic book
"Mission in a Bottle: The Honest Guide to Doing Business Differently — and Succeeding" will hit bookshelves on Sept. 3. See the story at Bethesda Patch. 

Nearby | Silver Spring Jazz Fest
We know Branford Marsalis will be the big name at this year’s Silver Spring Jazz Festival, but who else is set to take the stage? See story at Silver Spring Patch.