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In today's newsletter:

  • Electrical malfunction in Rockville bedroom fridge displaces three residents
  • How rising costs are straining Rockville's Manna Food Center shelves

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📰 News we're reading

• 3 People Displaced After Electrical Fire Causes $150K In Damages To MoCo Home: MCFRS (patch.com) — Rockville residents are recovering after an accidental electrical fire, traced to a small refrigerator in an upstairs bedroom, caused about $150,000 in damage to a single‑family home on S. Fallsmead Way. More than 50 Montgomery County firefighters quickly brought the blaze under control, and while three people were displaced, no one was injured, underscoring both the risks of small appliances and the effectiveness of local emergency response.
   

• 'They don't understand the scale of the hunger!'- An unfolding crisis at the nation's food banks (meidasnews.com) — Right now in Rockville, the Manna Food Center's warehouse shelves are thinning as demand for help surges and diesel and food costs soar. CEO Craig Rice says more first-time visitors, including salaried workers, are turning up as budgets buckle. The piece also shows how similar pressures are straining food banks nationwide and how policy decisions on nutrition benefits may deepen local hunger.
   

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Gaithersburg

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Potomac

  • New Under-18 Policy Begins Today at Westfield Montgomery and Westfield Wheaton (mocoshow.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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