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Morning Potomac! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Vehicle stolen in Potomac's police district as county crime cases mount
  • How one Potomac family quietly navigated the chaos of 9/11
  • How are a Potomac congresswoman's stock trades shaping her re‑election race?

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📰 News we're reading

• Homicide, Robbery, Burglary and Six Auto Thefts Included in September 10 Crime Summary (mocoshow.com) — Montgomery County police report that a vehicle was stolen somewhere in the 1st District, which includes Potomac and Rockville, sometime between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning. The same daily summary details additional auto thefts, a homicide, a robbery near Georgia Avenue and Colesville Road, and a residential burglary elsewhere in the county, underscoring ongoing safety concerns.
   

• 'Like an apocalyptic movie': How Americans remember the 9/11 attacks (nbcnews.com) — A Potomac mother recalls hearing about the 9/11 attacks after dropping her children at school in Silver Spring, then racing back to quietly wait in the office before signing them out. Her detailed memory of that anxious day, including buying and hanging an American flag on Rockville Pike, appears among personal stories from across the country marking the attacks' 25th anniversary.
   

• Delaney's Family Account Kept Buying Stock. She Also Voted No on a Trading Crackdown. (mdbaynews.com) — Potomac resident and Rep. April McClain Delaney is under scrutiny for frequent stock trades in a dependent child's account while backing one stock-ban bill and voting against another that included voter ID rules. The article explains her trading disclosures, the competing reform proposals in Congress, and how this could shape her race against Republican Robin Ficker and Green candidate Moshe Landman.
   

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