Wednesday, March 6, 2013
A March snowstorm keeps some inside but work—and play—goes on.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Ben Gross
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Wednesday, March 6
Officials advised people to stay off the roads, agencies issued winter storm warnings and forecasters suggested that the area brace for a significant snowfall. While most in the area did not see the multiple inches of accumulation predicted, there was enough bad weather for officals to close schools, government offices and disrupt some services. Neither snow nor sleet nor driving winds can slow down local sledders, plow drivers and shovelers. But one grandfather had a better idea. Skip Mills, granddad of the children sledding in the pictures and video above, watched from a disclosed location: "I am happy to bring them out, but told them [I] was staying in the car."
Friday, January 28, 2011
Even without electricity at home in Rockville, Charlie Chaplin would be amazed to see the changes that have occurred in the past 75 years.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Gina Hagler
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Friday, January 28, 2011
Editor's note: If you're snowed in like Gina, you might want to check out a couple of the tools she featured in this photo essay. (No we don't mean a snowblower.) Assuming you have power, or a "Charging Center," check out these two sites. Oh, and for more Charlie Chaplin movies, check out the Internet Movie Database.
Snow means power outages, vacation days and rearranged schedules
Thursday was full of children’s squeals and the din from snowblowers as Rockville residents managed in the city’s first big snowfall of the season. By evening, the hum of generators dotted neighborhoods as residents hunkered down for another night in a cold house. Rockville resident Greg Sanders, who was at Welsh Park earlier Thursday with two of his children, said he lost power about 8:40 Wednesday night. He and his family spent the night in their home, where the temperature dropped to about 50 degrees. What about Thursday night? “We’ll probably go to a hotel tonight unless we get power back in the next couple of hours,” said Sanders. Pepco officials estimate that power will be restored to most customers by 11 p.m. Friday. Other customers…
