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PatchCast Feb. 11: East County Science Center Plans/Pressure on Pepco/Poisonous Skating/iCarly/Organic Guerrilla Sculpture

Top Patch news from Montgomery County and Washington, D.C. from the past 24 hours.

PatchCast is a daily roundup of our hyperlocal sites in Montgomery County and Washington, D.C.'s Georgetown neighborhood. Here's what happened over the last 24 hours:

  • Montgomery County planning board approved plans calling for a 300-acre East County Science center.
  • District 18 Delegate Al Carr sent a letter to Pepco Region President inquiring about last month’s Kensington Substation fire.
  • Montgomery County Department of Parks wants to assure the community that area ice skating rinks are equipped with carbon monoxide detectors.
  • "The Dancing Crazy Tour" came to the Music Center at Strathmore on Wednesday.
  • Patch got word of an organic guerilla sculptor anonymously arranging fruit in a Georgetown park.

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