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From Bethesda Magazine: Collaborating for a cure to pediatric brain cancer

Jan 17, 2025 | bethesdamagazine.com | Amy Halpern

It was September 2009, and Nicole and Mike Giroux knew something was amiss. For days, their 15-month-old daughter, Lila, was having trouble standing, even though she had started walking a couple of months earlier. Her breathing had become labored. Mike noticed that she was balling up her little hands into tight fists. Suspecting a respiratory problem, a pediatrician told the couple to take Lila for a chest X-ray, Nicole says, but the imaging came back normal.
Does MCPS deserve a passing grade?

Oct 8, 2024 | moco360.media | Amy Halpern

At Gaithersburg High School, long after the late bell rings to signal that everyone must be in class, dozens of students remain in the hall, laughing, cursing and checking their phones, says science teacher Kurt Richter. And it’s not just the science corridor that’s packed with students during class time. They gather in bathrooms and hallways throughout the building. Sometimes the students are so loud that Richter goes into the hall to ask them to quiet down.
Tone Glow Presents "You Wouldn't Steal a Movie"

Sep 2, 2024 | toneglow.substack.com | Amy Halpern

Tone Glow is excited to announce “You Wouldn’t Steal a Movie,” a program featuring 10 found-footage experimental films. The event will be held at Sweet Void Cinema in Chicago on Saturday, September 14th at 7pm. Throughout history, avant-garde filmmakers have recycled, repurposed, and reimagined older images into their own liking.
Meet Bethesda Magazine’s 2024 Women Who Inspire recipients

Aug 28, 2024 | moco360.media | Amy Halpern

At 14, Cynthia Bryant was in the waiting room of a Kansas City, Missouri, hospital. Her mother, a philanthropist, and father, an internal medicine doctor, had been taking her to eye specialists across the Midwest, concerned about her peripheral vision. On that day, her mother was consulting yet another physician. Suddently, a hospital social worker sidled up to the teenager with brochures about welfare and other government support programs.
Where to shop, sip and party in Silver Spring

Jun 20, 2024 | moco360.media | Amy Halpern

Silver Spring may have gotten its name from a small spring discovered in the 1800s, but today it’s better known as one of the most diverse cities in the U.S. And with nearly 30 Ethiopian restaurants—not to mention Senegalese, Nepali, Creole, Thai and other dining experiences—located in or just outside its compact downtown district, Silver Spring also boasts one of the country’s most diverse food scenes.
Local organization connects female investors and entrepreneurs

Jun 12, 2024 | moco360.media | Amy Halpern

In February 2019, an article online caught the eye of Bethesda business executive and attorney Lisa Friedlander. It was about a new investor group called Citrine Angels, whose mission was to connect novice female investors with early-stage, women-led startups. Friedlander quickly emailed the founder, Allyson Redpath, to offer her support.
After major investments, are MoCo's streets safer?

Mar 22, 2024 | moco360.media | Amy Halpern

Patricia Bibes still has panic attacks every time she hears an ambulance siren or sees a white “typical contractor minivan,” she says, “and they are everywhere.” It’s been almost two years since Bibes’ 18-year-old son, Enzo Alvarenga, was killed on Old Georgetown Road in North Bethesda—mere blocks from her home—but her emotions remain raw, as if the tragedy happened yesterday.
Local lawyers on what it's really like to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court

Dec 11, 2023 | moco360.media | Amy Halpern

It was the morning of May 4, 2020, and attorney Lisa Blatt was about to make history. From a podium that she set up in her Chevy Chase dining room, Blatt was moments away from presenting oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in the first-ever SCOTUS case conducted by telephone. “My [19-year-old] daughter was there keeping time,” she says, “and my husband was in charge of keeping the dog away from the house so he didn’t bark.” The case was The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office v.
Homeschooling trend spiked in Montgomery County after pandemic

Sep 8, 2023 | moco360.media | Amy Halpern

On a warm June morning, Noah Simmons, 14, is dangling from a rope 40 feet in the air. One of his hands is wrapped around the rope; the other is flapping back and forth the way it often does when Noah feels exhilarated. After a few moments, Noah looks to the wall behind him and angles his body so that his right foot finds purchase on a small blue rocklike protrusion.
Meet Bethesda Magazine's 2023 Women Who Inspire

Aug 29, 2023 | moco360.media | Amy Halpern

“Hi. I’m Brooke, and I was given the terminal diagnosis of ALS.” That’s how Brooke Eby, 34, of North Bethesda starts most of her Instagram stories and TikToks. But the words are hard to reconcile with the vibrant young woman on the screen. Since being diagnosed in March 2022 with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as LouGehrig’s disease, Eby has become one of the most upbeat faces to represent a progressive neuromuscular disorder with few treatments, no cure and certain death.