Josephine Jack

6 days ago | bethesdamagazine.com | Josephine Jack

From left, reporter Elia Griffin, Managing Editor Amy Orndorff, and reporters Ginny Bixby and Ashlyn Campbell hold the awards after Friday's MDDC ceremony in Annapolis. Bethesda Today Editor Julie Rasicot was unable to attend. Bethesda Today brought home a total of 11 awards from the annual Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association’s editorial and advertising contest, including news organization of the year for 2024 in its division.

6 days ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Josephine Jack

Share Maryland’s system, unusual among states, gives the state significant say over the costs of health care services across different coverage plans to keep costs low and consistent. The state hopes to have a similar authority as it transitions into a federal program called the States Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development, or AHEAD, model.

1 week ago | bethesdamagazine.com | Josephine Jack

It turns out you don’t have to be a professional floral designer to whip up an elegant seasonal centerpiece. At a floral design workshop in March at Rolling Ridge Farm in Laytonsville, about 20 participants gathered around metal workbenches with snips and floral foam in hand, guided by Emmi Bergmann, who owns the farm with her husband, Glenn.

2 weeks ago | bethesdamagazine.com | Josephine Jack

It’s rather quiet at Sound Bites, the cafe on the ground floor of National Public Radio’s headquarters on North Capitol Street in Northeast Washington, D.C. As a few people stroll in to pick up lunch, the radio feed in the lobby of the building airs news reports about the previous night’s speech President Donald Trump delivered to a joint session of Congress.

3 weeks ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Josephine Jack

If you go Stay overnight in Thomas at Don’t blink—or you might pass right through historic Thomas, West Virginia, without even realizing it. A sequestered row of multistory buildings with expansive glass shopfronts dates back to the community’s coal mining heyday, but boutiques, eateries and art galleries along that strip have put the town (population just north of 600) back on the map.