The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory across Montgomery County and surrounding regions.
Due to high temperatures all week, residents should drink plenty of fluids and pay close attention to children and pets while in vehicles or outdoors, the agency cautions. (National Weather Service)
Animal adoption center reopens
The Montgomery County Animal Services and Adoption Center in Derwood, which closed in early May due to an outbreak of a dog virus, reopened.
All dogs who contracted the disease have recovered. (MyMCMedia)
Montgomery Parks climber quests upward for chestnut flower
Montgomery Parks’ urban forestry team ventured about 80 feet in the air to collect flowers from a notable chestnut tree.
The Maryland chapter of an organization working to preserve American chestnut trees hope to use the tree’s pollen to develop healthier chestnuts. (MoCoShow)
Today’s weather: 90 degrees and sunny
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