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Week In Review: August 8 - August 13

A wrap up of the news week in Bethesda.

Happy Sunday, Bethesda! Here’s your week in review.

The news week kicked off with the sad news that a woman who lived and worked in the Bethesda area has in Aruba. Robyn Gardner, 35, was last seen in Aruba Aug. 2. A man she was traveling with, Garv V. Giordano of Gaithersburg, has been detained in connection with her disappearance. Aruban authorities have said they are presuming Gardner is dead. The FBI on Friday.

On Monday, Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) was in town to kick off the opening of a on Old Georgetown Road.

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In art news, we reported on a that debuted at the Washington School of Photography in conjunction with Art Walk. In religion news, we spoke to local Muslims about the season of In education news, we reported on a at Burning Tree Elementary and the of the size of a proposed new middle school in the B-CC cluster.

We also reported this week on and the Wisconsin Avenue 7-Eleven, which sold one lucky man a and new at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center.

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Of course, this week also marked the opening of the Send us your pictures via Twitter or Facebook, or email erin@patch.com.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and we’ll see you next week with more news.


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